Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.34.1

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Passage 10.34.1: Elateia, second-largest Phocian city, near Amphikleia on the Kephisos plain.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Ἐλάτεια δὲ τῶν ἐν Φωκεῦσι μεγίστη πόλεών ἐστι τῶν ἄλλων μετά γε τοὺς Δελφούς· κεῖται δὲ κατὰ Ἀμφίκλειαν, καὶ ἐς αὐτὴν ὀγδοήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ὁδός ἐστιν ἐξ Ἀμφικλείας σταδίων, πεδιὰς ἡ πολλὴ καὶ αὖθις οὐκ ἐπὶ πολὺ ἀνάντης ἡ ἐγγυτάτω τοῦ Ἐλατέων ἄστεως. ῥεῖ δὲ ἐν τῇ πεδιάδι ὁ Κηφισός· αἱ δὲ ὠτίδες καλούμεναι παρὰ τὸν Κηφισὸν νέμονται μάλιστα ὀρνίθων.

English Translation

Elateia is the largest of the Phocian cities after Delphi itself. It lies near Amphikleia, and the road between them is one hundred and eighty stadia. Most of the way is flat terrain, and then again only slightly uphill as one approaches the city of Elateia. The Kephisos River flows through this plain, and the birds known as otides particularly frequent its banks.

Proper Nouns

Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Cephisus (Κηφισός) place Q115829088
Phocis (Φωκίς) place Q2637650
Amphikleia (Ἀμφίκλεια) place Q474840 Pleiades
Elateia (Ἐλάτεια) place Q1235347
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