Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.36.1

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Passage 10.36.1: Vineyards between Stiris and Ambrossos and the kokkos shrub.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐς δὲ Ἄμβροσσον στάδιοι περὶ ἑξήκοντά εἰσιν ἐκ Στίρεως· πεδιὰς ἡ ὁδός, ὀρῶν ἐν μέσῳ πεδίον κείμενον. ἄμπελοι δὲ τὸ πολύ εἰσι τοῦ πεδίου, καὶ ἐν γῇ τῇ Ἀμβροσσέων οὐ συνεχεῖς μὲν ὥσπερ αἱ ἄμπελοι, πεφύκασι μέντοι καὶ αἱ θάμνοι· τὴν δὲ θάμνον ταύτην Ἴωνες μὲν καὶ τὸ ἄλλο Ἑλληνικὸν κόκκον, Γαλάται δὲ οἱ ὑπὲρ Φρυγίας φωνῇ τῇ ἐπιχωρίῳ σφίσιν ὀνομάζουσιν ὗς. γίνεται δὲ αὕτη μέγεθος μὲν ἡ κόκκος κατὰ τὴν ῥάμνον καλουμένην, φύλλα δὲ μελάντερα μὲν καὶ μαλακώτερα ἢ ἡ σχῖνος, τὰ μέντοι ἄλλα ἐοικότα ἔχει τῇ σχίνῳ.

English Translation

From Stiris to Ambrossos is about sixty stades; the road crosses a plain situated between the mountains. Most of this plain is planted with vines; and in the land of the Ambrossians, though not as continuous as the vineyards, grows also a shrub. This shrub is called "kokkos" by the Ionians and the rest of the Greeks, but the Galatians, who live beyond Phrygia, call it "hys" in their native tongue. The "kokkos" shrub is similar in size to the plant called "rhamnos"; its leaves are darker and softer than those of the mastic tree (schinos), but otherwise resemble them.

Proper Nouns

Galatians (Γαλάται) person
Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) person
Ionians (Ἴωνες) person
Stiris (Στίρειος) place Q12884846
Phrygia (Φρυγία) place Q32579
Ambrossos (Ἄμβροσσος) place Q12872250
Also in: 10.3.2 10.36.3
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