Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.1.2

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Passage 10.1.2: The territory and borders of Phocis.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τὰ μὲν δὴ ἀπαντικρὺ Πελοποννήσου καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ Βοιωτίας καθήκουσιν ἐπὶ θάλασσαν οἱ Φωκεῖς, τῇ μὲν ἐς Κίρραν τὸ ἐπίνειον Δελφῶν, τῇ δʼ ἐπὶ Ἀντίκυραν πόλιν· τὰ δὲ πρὸς τοῦ Λαμιακοῦ κόλπου Λοκροὶ σφᾶς παραθαλασσίους οἱ Ὑποκνημίδιοι κωλύουσιν εἶναι· οὗτοι γὰρ δή εἰσιν οἱ ταύτῃ τὴν Φωκίδα ὑπεροικοῦντες, Σκαρφεῖς μὲν τὰ ἐπέκεινα Ἐλατείας, ὑπὲρ δὲ Ὑάμπολιν καὶ Ἄβας οἱ πόλιν τε Ὀποῦντα καὶ Ὀπουντίων ἐπίνειον νεμόμενοι Κῦνον.

English Translation

The Phokians extend to the sea opposite the Peloponnese and along the Boeotian coast; on one side through Cirrha, the port-town of Delphi, and on the other by way of the city of Anticyra. But towards the Malian Gulf the Hypocnemidian Locrians prevent their being a maritime people; indeed, these Locrians occupy the territory lying above Phocis in that direction—Scarphea beyond Elateia, as well as Hyampolis and Abae—and they possess the city of Opous and its harbor Cynus.

Proper Nouns

Locrians (Λοκροί) person
Opuntians (Ὀπούντιοι) person
Also in: 1.23.4 3.19.12
Hypocnemidian (Ὑποκνημίδιοι) person
Phokians (Φωκεῖς) person
Abae (Ἄβαι) place Q304823
Anticyra (Ἀντίκυρα) place Q680099 Pleiades
Boeotia (Βοιωτία) place Q187570
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Elateia (Ἐλάτεια) place Q1235347
Cirrha (Κίρρα) place Q56754242
Cynus (Κῦνος) place Q5200184
Lamiac (as in Lamiac Gulf) (Λαμιακός) place Q16331676
Opous (Ὀποῦς) place Q771434
Also in: 10.35.5
Peloponnese (Πελοπόννησος) place Q78967
Scarpheia (Σκάρφεια) place Q3475188
Hyampolis (Ὑάμπολις) place Q1534902
Phocis (Φωκίς) place Q2637650
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