Pausanias Analysis

Passage 10.38.4

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Passage 10.38.4: Amphissa: the chief Ozolian Locrian city, named for Amphissa, beloved of Apollo.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Δελφῶν δὲ ἀπωτέρω σταδίοις εἴκοσί τε καὶ ἑκατόν ἐστιν Ἄμφισσα μεγίστη καὶ ὀνομαστοτάτη πόλις τῶν Λοκρῶν. ἐσποιοῦσι δὲ αὑτοὺς ἐς τὸ Αἰτωλικὸν αἰσχύνῃ τῶν Ὀζολῶν τοῦ ὀνόματος· καὶ δὴ καὶ ἔχει λόγον εἰκότα, ὅτε βασιλεὺς ὁ Ῥωμαίων ἀναστάτους ἐς τὸν Νικοπόλεως συνοικισμὸν ἐποίησεν Αἰτωλούς, ἀποχωρῆσαι τοῦ δήμου τὸ πολὺ ἐς τὴν Ἄμφισσαν. τὸ μέντοι ἐξ ἀρχῆς γένους τοῦ Λοκρῶν εἰσι· τεθῆναι δὲ τῇ πόλει τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ Ἀμφίσσης τῆς Μάκαρος τοῦ Αἰόλου φασὶ καὶ Ἀπόλλωνα ἐραστὴν γενέσθαι τῆς Ἀμφίσσης.

English Translation

Twenty stades and one hundred beyond Delphi lies Amphissa, the greatest and most famous city of the Locrians. Due to their shame at the name of the Ozolian Locrians, the inhabitants associate themselves rather with the Aetolian nation. Indeed, the story has a degree of plausibility, because when the emperor of the Romans removed the Aetolians and resettled them in his new foundation of Nicopolis, a large portion of the population withdrew to Amphissa. Yet originally they descend from the Locrian people. They say the city derived its name from Amphissa, daughter of Macareus, son of Aeolus, and Apollo was said to have been Amphissa's lover.

Proper Nouns

Apollo (Ἀπόλλων) deity
Aetolians (Αἰτωλοί) person
Aeolus (Αἴολος) person
Locrians (Λοκροί) person
Macar (Μάκαρ) person
Amphissa (daughter of Macar) (Ἀμφισσα) person
Ozolian Locrians (Ὀζόλαι Λοκροί) person
Romans (Ῥωμαῖοι) person
Aetolia (Αἰτωλία) place Q26857
Delphi (Δελφοί) place Q75459 Pleiades
Nicopolis (Νικόπολις) place Q943637
Amphissa (Ἄμφισσα) place Q470481 Pleiades
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