Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.37.2

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Passage 10.37.2: Boule (Boulon), a Phocian town settled from Doris, with distances from Thisbe and Anticyra.

Historical Skeptical

Greek Text

τῇ δὲ γῇ τῇ Φωκίδι ἐστὶν ὅμορος ἥ ὀνομάζεται μὲν ἀπὸ Βούλωνος ἀγαγόντος τὴν ἀποικίαν ἀνδρός, συνῳκίσθη δὲ ἐκ πόλεων τῶν ἐν τῇ ἀρχαίᾳ Δωρίδι. λέγονται δὲ οἱ Βούλιοι Φιλομήλου καὶ Φωκέων σύλλογον τὸν κοινόν. ἐς δὲ τὴν Βοῦλιν ἐκ μὲν τῆς Βοιωτίας Θίσβης σταδίων ἐστὶν ὁδὸς ὀγδοήκοντα, ἐξ Ἀντικύρας δὲ τῆς Φωκέων διʼ ἠπείρου μὲν καὶ εἰ ἀρχήν ἐστιν οὐκ οἶδα· οὕτω δύσβατα ὄρη καὶ τραχέα τὰ μεταξὺ Ἀντικύρας τέ ἐστι καὶ Βούλιδος· ἐς δὲ τὸν λιμένα σταδίων ἐξ Ἀντικύρας ἐστὶν ἑκατόν, τὰ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ λιμένος στάδια ὁδοῦ τῆς πεζῆς τὰ ἐς Βοῦλιν ἑπτὰ εἶναι μάλιστα εἰκάζομεν.

English Translation

Bordering the land of Phocis is a territory named after Boulon, the man who led the colony. It was settled from cities in ancient Doris. These Boulians are said to have joined Philomelus and the common assembly of the Phocians. From Thisbe in Boeotia, the way to Boule is eighty stadia. But from Anticyra in Phocis by land I cannot state the distance precisely from the start, so difficult and rugged are the mountains lying between Anticyra and Boule. From Anticyra to the harbor itself is a distance of one hundred stadia, and from the harbor to Boule the journey by land we estimate as approximately seven stadia.

Proper Nouns

Boulians (Βούλιοι) person
Boulon (Βούλων) person Q124788290
Philomelus (Φιλόμελος) person
Phocian (Φωκεύς) person
Boeotia (Βοιωτία) place Q187570
Boulis (Βοῦλις) place Q895095
Also in: 10.37.3
Doris (Δωρίς) place
Thisbe (Θίσβη) place Q57374186
Also in: 9.32.2 9.32.3
Phocis (Φωκίς) place Q2637650
Antikyra (Ἀντίκυρα) place Q680099 Pleiades
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