Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.33.1

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Passage 10.33.1: Ledon, a nearly deserted Phocian town with ruins by the Cephisus

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἑτέρα δὲ ἐκ Τιθορέας ὁδὸς ἡ ἐπὶ Λέδοντά ἐστιν· πόλις δέ ποτε ἐνομίζετο καὶ αὕτη, κατʼ ἐμὲ δὲ ὑπὸ ἀσθενείας ἐξελελοίπεσαν οἱ Λεδόντιοι τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ἄνθρωποι περὶ ἑβδομήκοντα οἱ οἰκοῦντες ἦσαν ἐπὶ τῷ Κηφισῷ· Λέδων δʼ οὖν ὄνομα ταῖς οἰκήσεσίν ἐστιν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐς τὸν Φωκέων σύλλογον κοινὸν τελεῖν ἠξίωνται καὶ οὗτοι, καθάπερ γε καὶ οἱ Πανοπεῖς. τῶν δὲ ἀνθρώπων οἳ οἰκοῦσιν ἐπὶ τῷ Κηφισῷ τεσσαράκοντά ἐστιν ἀνωτέρω σταδίοις Λέδοντος τῆς ἀρχαίας τὰ ἐρείπια, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς λαβεῖν τὴν πόλιν φασὶν αὐτόχθονος.

English Translation

Another road leads from Tithorea to Ledon. Ledon also was once considered a city, but in my time the Ledontians had deserted it due to its weakness. About seventy people were then living by the Cephisus river. Their settlement is still called Ledon, and these people, like those of Panopeus, are admitted into the common assembly of the Phocians and participate in their sacrifices. Approximately forty stades upstream from the inhabitants by the Cephisus lie the ruins of ancient Ledon. They say that the city took its name from a native-born man.

Proper Nouns

Ledontioi (Λεδόντιοι) person
Also in: 10.33.2
Phocians (Φωκεῖς) person
Cephisus (Κηφισός) place Q115829088
Ledon (Λέδων) place Q3807754
Also in: 10.2.2 10.3.2
Panopeus (Πανοπεύς) place Q2002148
Tithorea (Τιθορέα) place Q56697763
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