Hellanicus of Lesbos was a Greek author from the 5th century BC who wrote several books.
One of his lesser-known books, ‘The Deucalionia,’ has been lost, save for fragments and references in other ancient sources; most, if not all from NT-times onward, hence I post it here and not in the sub-forum for older Greek.
Two reconstructions have been made, one by Mülleri in 1841
-(Mülleri, Car. et Theod., Fragmenta Historicum Græcorum, (Paris: Instituti Regii Franciæ Typographo, 1841), pp. 48-49. [This source is in the public domain; download here https://mega.nz/file/5q5lkCBZ#bpQqDZXIObmEEMUoYcnuA0WQ-KmZp8BiaoUFEo4lBzU]. For a digital and searcheable rendering of Mülleri’s work: www.dfhg-project.org/DFHG/index.php?volume=Volumen%20primum)
and one by Kullmer in 1902
-(Kullmer, Hans, “Die Historiai des Hellanikos von Lesbos. Ein Rekonstruktionsversuch”, Jahrbücher für classische Philologie 27 (1902): 455-698, pp. 526-535. [This source is in the public domain; download here https://mega.nz/file/434nFAxa#0vKoTTHWC6uyVtVhV9dgT6dHrU1wNXg4bBB2enJPhXk])
who rearranged and expanded upon Mülleri’s reconstruction. Kullmer’s expanded reconstruction counts 479 Greek words.
As for translations, Mülleri was kind enough to provide a Latin translation that covered all fragments (both his and Kullmer’s). Several fragments have also been translated into German, and one fragment (from Josephus) has been translated into several languages.
I know of no comprehensive English translation of these fragmentary reconstructions, so I’ve set out to make my own, as I plan to use it in my Ph.D. I hope to get your feedback on my efforts, as you’ve so kindly provided with an earlier translation of mine.
I’ll be breaking up my translation into four parts, with the necessary references to primary sources and translations, and post them one at a time, so no one (read: I) will get lost in all the discussions.
I hope you’ll enjoy this exercize and help me improve my Greek in the process.
A completed translation will be posted here: www.floodstories.wordpress.com
Part one: https://www.textkit.com/greek-latin-forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=70362
Part two: [forthcoming]
Part three: [forthcoming]
Part four: [forthcoming]