Τὸ δὲ γ΄ περὶ Ὕλλου τοῦ Ἡρακλέους υἱοῦ, ὡς κέρας εἶχε περὶ τὸ ἀριστερὸν μέρος τῆς κεφαλῆς ἐκπεφυκὸς μικρόν, καὶ τοῦτο λάβοι ὁ Σικυώνιος Ἐποπεύς, ἐκ μονομαχίας ἀνελὼν αὐτόν, καὶ κομίσοι ἐν τῷ κέρατι τὸ Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, καὶ βασιλεύσοι τῆς χώρας.
The third is about Hyllus, the son of Heracles: how he had a small horn growing on the left side of his head, and Epopeus of Sicyon took it, killing him in single combat, and carried the water of the Styx in the horn, and became king of the country.
ὅτι περὶ τοῦ ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ Στυγὸς ὕδατος οὕτω φασίν, ὡς Δημήτηρ πενθοῦσα τὴν θυγατέρα, ἐπεὶ Ποσειδῶν αὐτὴν ἐν κατηφείᾳ οὖσαν ἐπείρα, εἰς ἵππον ἑαυτὴν μετεμόρφωσε χαλεπήνασα, ἐλθοῦσα δ' ἐπὶ τὴν πηγὴν καὶ θεασαμένη τὴν μορφὴν ἐστύγησέ τε καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ μέλαν ἐποίησε.
That they tell of the water of the Styx in Arcadia as follows: Demeter, mourning her daughter, when Poseidon tried to seduce her in her dejection, in anger changed herself into a mare; and when she came to the spring and saw her shape, she loathed it and turned the water black.
περὶ Ἑκάλης, καὶ πόσαις γέγονεν ἐπώνυμον τοὔνομα.
About Hecale, and for how many women [?] the name has become a by-name.
ὅτι Ἀλεξάνδρῳ πατὴρ οὐχ ὁ Φίλιππος γένοιτο, ἀλλά τις τοὔνομα Δράκων, γένος Ἀρκάς, ἐξ οὗ καὶ τὸν περὶ τοῦ δράκοντος μῦθον ῥυῆναι.
That Alexander's father was not Philip but a certain man named Drakon, an Arcadian by birth, from whom the story about the serpent also flowed.
περὶ τοῦ Πτολεμαίου κυνός, καὶ ὡς συνεμάχει τῷ δεσπότῃ, καὶ ὡς μετὰ τελευτὴν ἀνασχισθεὶς τὴν καρδίαν εὑρέθη ἔχων τετριχωμένην· ἦν δὲ γένος Μολοττός, ὄνομα Βριάρεως.
About the dog of Ptolemy, and how it fought at its master's side, and how after its death, when it was cut open, its heart was found to be hairy; it was a Molossian by breed, and its name was Briareus.
περὶ Πελυδάμαντος.
About Pelydamas [?].
τί ἐστι τὸ παρὰ τῷ ποιητῇ „ὡς δ' ὅτε Πανδαρέου κούρη χλωρηῒς ἀηδών" καὶ ἑξῆς.
What is the passage in the poet, "as when the daughter of Pandareus, the greenish nightingale" and what follows.
περὶ τοῦ Παλλαδίου, ὅτι δύο κλέψειαν Διομήδης καὶ Ὀδυσσεύς.
About the Palladium, that two men stole it, Diomedes and Odysseus.
περὶ τοῦ καλάμου τοῦ εἰπόντος ὅτι Μίδας ὄνου ἔχει ὦτα.
About the reed that said that Midas has donkey's ears.
περὶ τῶν παρὰ Στησιχόρῳ ζητουμένων Ἀκεσταλίων ὀρνίθων.
About the Acestalian birds that are inquired about in Stesichorus.
περὶ τῆς παρὰ τὸν ὠκεανὸν Γιγωνίας πέτρας, καὶ ὅτι μόνῳ ἀσφοδελῷ κινεῖται, πρὸς πᾶσαν βίαν ἀμετακίνητος οὖσα.
About the Gigonian rock by the Ocean, and that it is moved by asphodel alone [?], being unmovable against all force.
„ὅτι Ῥόπαλος υἱὸς Ἡρακλέους ἦν, ὃς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ καὶ ὡς ἥρωι τῷ πατρὶ ἐνήγισε καὶ ὡς θεῷ θύσειεν.
That Rhopalus was a son of Heracles, who on a single day made offerings to his father as to a hero and sacrificed to him as to a god.
ὅτι Ἀμφιάραος ἐκλήθη, ἐπεὶ ἄμφω οἱ τῆς μητρὸς γονεῖς ἠράσαντο αὐτὴν ἄνευ τεκεῖν μόγου.
That Amphiaraus was so called because both of his mother's parents prayed that she should bear him without labour [?].
τίνος ἐστὶν ὁ ὕμνος ὁ ᾀδόμενος ἐν Θηβαίοις εἰς Ἡρακλέα, ἐν ᾧ λέγει Διὸς καὶ Ἥρας υἱός.
Whose is the hymn that is sung among the Thebans to Heracles, in which he says "son of Zeus and Hera".
ἔνθα περὶ τῶν κατὰ πόλεις τοὺς ὕμνους ποιησάντων, καὶ ὡς Φιλοστέφανος ὁ Μαντινεὺς ὁ ποιητὴς ἐκ γενετῆς ἱματίῳ οὐκ ἐχρήσατο, καὶ ὡς Μάτρις ὁ Θηβαῖος ὑμνογράφος μυρσίνας παρ' ὅλον τὸν βίον ἐσιτεῖτο.
Here, about the men who composed the hymns in the various cities; and how the poet Philostephanus of Mantinea never wore a cloak from birth, and how Matris of Thebes, the hymn-writer, lived on myrtle-berries [?] throughout his life.
καὶ ὡς Εὐπόμπου τοῦ Σαμίου, ὃς δράκοντα θηρίον τέρας ἔτρεφεν ἄπιστον καὶ εἰπεῖν καὶ ἀκοῦσαι, τούτου τοῦ Εὐπόμπου παῖδα Δράκοντα τοὔνομα ὀξυωπέστατον γενέσθαι φασίν, ὡς διὰ σταδίων κ΄ θεωρεῖν ῥᾳδίως· ὃν καὶ Ξέρξῃ ἐπὶ χιλίοις συγγενόμενον τάλαντοις καὶ συγκαθεζόμενον ὑπὸ τῇ χρυσῇ πλατάνῳ διηγεῖσθαι βλέποντα τὴν Ἑλλήνων καὶ βαρβάρων ναυμαχίαν καὶ τὴν Ἀρτεμισίας ἀνδρίαν.
And how they say that the son of Eupompus of Samos, who reared a serpent, a beast, a prodigy incredible both to tell and to hear of, Drakon by name, was extremely sharp-sighted, so that he could see easily from twenty stades away; and that he, engaged by Xerxes for a thousand talents and sitting with him under the golden plane-tree, described what he saw: the sea-battle of Greeks and barbarians and the courage of Artemisia.
καὶ ὡς Πλησίρροος ὁ Θεσσαλὸς ὁ ὑμνογράφος, ἐρώμενος γεγονὼς Ἡροδότου καὶ κληρονόμος τῶν αὐτοῦ, οὗτος ποιήσειε τὸ προοίμιον τῆς πρώτης ἱστορίας Ἡροδότου Ἁλικαρνασσέως· τὴν γὰρ κατὰ φύσιν εἶναι τῶν Ἡροδότου ἱστοριῶν ἀρχὴν „Περσέων οἱ λόγιοι Φοίνικας αἰτίους γενέσθαι φασὶ τῆς διαφορῆς."
And how Plesirrhous the Thessalian, the hymn-writer, who had been the beloved of Herodotus and the heir of his property, composed the proem of the first history of Herodotus of Halicarnassus; for the natural beginning of Herodotus' Histories, he says, is "The learned among the Persians say that the Phoenicians were the cause of the quarrel."
καὶ ὡς Κυρηναῖος ὁ Πολύζηλος οὐδέ ποτε γελάσειεν· ἐξ οὗ καὶ τὸ ἐπώνυμον αὐτῷ ὁ ἀγέλαστος.
And how Polyzelus of Cyrene never laughed, whence the epithet "the Unlaughing" attached to him.
καὶ ὡς ἐπὶ θεοσεβείᾳ πάντων διενεγκεῖν οἱ μὲν Ἀντίγονον τὸν Ἐφέσιον, οἱ δὲ Λυκίαν τὸν Ἑρμιονέα, οὗ καὶ Θεόφραστος ἐν ἐπιστολαῖς μνημονεύει, φασίν.
And how some say that Antigonus of Ephesus surpassed all in piety, others Lycias [?] of Hermione, whom Theophrastus also mentions in his Letters.
καὶ ὡς Ἀχιλλέως καὶ Δηϊδαμίας δύο ἐγενέσθην παῖδες, Νεοπτόλεμος καὶ Ὄνειρος· καὶ ἀναιρεῖται κατ' ἄγνοιαν ὑπὸ Ὀρέστου ἐν Φωκίδι ὁ Ὄνειρος, περὶ σκηνοπηγίας αὐτῷ μαχεσάμενος.
And how two sons were born to Achilles and Deidamia, Neoptolemus and Oneiros; and Oneiros is killed unwittingly by Orestes in Phocis, after quarrelling with him about the pitching of a tent.
Εἶτα διαλαμβάνει περὶ συνεμπτώσεως ἱστορικῆς, ὡς Ἀμύκου τῷ τάφῳ ῥοδοδάφνη ἔφυ, καὶ οἱ φαγόντες αὐτῆς ἐπεθύμουν πυκτικήν, καὶ ὡς Ἀντόδωρος φαγὼν αὐτῆς δεκατρεῖς στεφάνους ἀνείλετο, πλὴν ὑπὸ Διοσκόρου τοῦ Θηραίου ἐν τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ ἀγωνίᾳ ἡττήθη, ὥσπερ καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ Ἄμυκος λέγεται ὑφ' ἑνὸς τῶν Διοσκούρων καταπαλαισθῆναι.
Then he treats of historical coincidence: how an oleander grew on the tomb of Amycus, and those who ate of it were seized with a desire for boxing; and how Antodorus, having eaten of it, won thirteen crowns, but was beaten by Dioscorus of Thera in the fourteenth contest, just as Amycus himself is said to have been overcome by one of the Dioscuri.
καὶ τὸν Κροῖσόν φασι γεννηθῆναι ἐν ἑορτῇ Ἀφροδίτης, καθ' ἣν Λυδοὶ τὸν ἅπαντα πλοῦτον περιτιθέντες αὐτῇ πομπεύουσι.
And they say that Croesus was born at a festival of Aphrodite, at which the Lydians go in procession putting all their wealth upon her.
καὶ ταύρῳ θύοντι τῷ πατρὶ ἀπήγγελται τεχθῆναι Θεμιστοκλῆς, καὶ ταύρου πιὼν αἷμα ἀπεβίω.
And as his father was sacrificing a bull, it was reported to him that Themistocles had been born, and Themistocles died after drinking the blood of a bull.
ὡς ὁ Ὑστάσπου Δαρεῖος ἐκτεθεὶς ὑπὸ τῆς μητρὸς ἵππου θηλαῖς ἀνετράφη ὑπὸ Σπαργαπίσῃ τῷ ἱπποφορβῷ, καὶ ἵππου χρεμετισμῷ βασιλεύει.
How Darius, the son of Hystaspes, was exposed by his mother, was reared on the teats of a mare by Spargapises the horse-herd, and becomes king by the neighing of a horse.
καὶ ὡς Ἰβύκου τοῦ μελοποιοῦ θεράπων, τοὔνομα Ἡρακλῆς, ζῶν ἐκαύθη, συναράμενος τοῖς λῃσταῖς κατὰ τοῦ δεσπότου.
And how the servant of the lyric poet Ibycus, Heracles by name, was burned alive, having sided with the robbers against his master.
ὡς Ὀρέστης κατὰ τὴν ἑορτὴν τεχθείη τῆς Δήμητρος τῆς καλουμένης Ἐρινύος.
How Orestes was born during the festival of Demeter who is called Erinys.
ὡς Φίλιππος ἔτι παῖς ὢν τοὺς ἀφαλλομένους τῆς κινήσεως [ὡς] ἀστέρας ἐπειρᾶτο καθ' ἑσπέραν τοξεύειν, καὶ Διόγνητον μὲν εἰπεῖν τὸν μάντιν ἐγκρατῆ πολλῶν τὸ παιδάριον ἔσεσθαι, Ἀστὴρ δ' ἦν ὄνομα καὶ τῷ ἐκκόψαντι αὐτοῦ βέλει τὸν ὀφθαλμόν.
How Philip, while still a boy, tried every evening to shoot at the stars that leap off from their course [?], and Diognetus the seer said that the little boy would have mastery over many; and the man who struck out his eye with an arrow was also named Aster.
ὡς Μαρσύας ὁ αὐλητής, ὃς ἐξεδάρη, ἐν ἑορτῇ Ἀπόλλωνος ἐτέχθη, ἐν ᾗ πάντων τῶν θυομένων ζῴων τὰ δέρματα αὐτῷ ἐκδερόμενα ἀνατίθεται.
How Marsyas the piper, who was flayed, was born at a festival of Apollo, at which the skins of all the animals sacrificed are flayed and dedicated to him.
περὶ Τιτυοῦ τοῦ ἐπιβουλεύσαντος Ἀλέξανδρον.
About Tityus, who plotted against Alexander.
„ὡς Κλαύδιον κύουσα ἡ μήτηρ βωλητῶν τοὺς μύκητας ἐπιθυμήσασα φάγοι, καὶ Κλαύδιος μύκητας πεφαρμακευμένους φαγὼν ἀποβιῴη.
How Claudius' mother, when she was pregnant with him, longed for boletus mushrooms and ate them, and Claudius died after eating poisoned mushrooms.
περὶ Κενταύρου τοῦ Λαμίου, ὡς μοιχεύων ληφθείς, οἱ μὲν ὑπὸ Πειρίθου τοῦ εὐνούχου, οἱ δ' ὑπὸ Θησέως ἀναιρεθῆναι.
About the Centaur Lamius [?], how, when he was caught committing adultery, some say he was killed by the eunuch Perithous, others by Theseus.
οὕτω πολλὰ ταῖς ἱστορίαις τῶν συνεμπτώσεων ἕπεται.
So many of the coincidences attend the histories.
ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ γ΄ ἐν τούτοις βιβλίον.
The third book, too, is contained in these matters.
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