Kitap 8
42.6
Azanian Arcadians, acorn-eaters, who dwellIn Phigaleia, the cave that hid Deo, who bare a horse,You have come to learn a cure for grievous famine,Who alone have twice been nomads, alone have twice lived on wild fruits.It was Deo who made you cease from pasturing, Deo who made you pasture againAfter being binders of corn and eatersWith the reading ἀναστοφάγους “made you pasture again, and to be non-eaters of cakes, after being binders of corn.” of cakes,Because she was deprived of privileges and ancient honors given by men of former times.And soon will she make you eat each other and feed on your children,Unless you appease her anger with libations offered by all your people,And adorn with divine honors the nook of the cave.
42.7
When the Phigalians heard the oracle that was brought back, they held Demeter in greater honor than before, and particularly they persuaded Onatas of Aegina, son of Micon, to make them an image of Demeter at a price. The Pergamenes have a bronze Apollo made by this Onatas, a most wonderful marvel both for its size and workmanship. This man then, about two generations after the Persian invasion of Greece, made the Phigalians an image of bronze, guided partly by a picture or copy of the ancient wooden image which he discovered, but mostly (so goes the story) by a vision that he saw in dreams. As to the date, I have the following evidence to produce.
