Fables: Temple of Olympian Zeus

Latin Text

Qui prima templa deorum constituerunt.
Aedem Iovi Olympio primum fecit Pelasgus Triopae filius in Arcadia. Thessalus templum [quod est in Macedonia] Iovis Dodonaei in terra Molossorum. Eleuther primus simulacrum Liberi patris consistuit et quemadmodum coli deberet ostendit. Phoroneus Inachi filius templum Argis Iunoni primus fecit. Otrera Amazon Martis coniunx templum Dianae Ephesi prima fecit, quod postea a rege restituerunt. Lycaon Pelasgi filius templum Mercurio Cyllenio in Arcadia fecit. Pierus…

Those Who First Built Temples to the Gods

Pelasgus, son of Triopas, first made a temple to Olympian Jove in Arcadia. Thessalus raised the temple [which is in Macedonia] of Jove of Dodona in the land of the Molossi. Eleuther first set up a statue to Father Liber and showed how it was to be tended. Phoroneus, son of Inachus, first made a temple to Juno in Argos. Otrera, an Amazon, wife of Mars, first founded the temple of Diana at Ephesus, later restored by King (?). Lycaon, son of Pelasgus, built a temple to Mercury of Cyllene in Arcadia. Pierus…