Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.24.13

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Passage 7.24.13: The submerged city on Mount Sipylus (Lake Saloe) and the ruined city of Helice

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

τοιοῦτό γε δὴ κατέλαβεν, καὶ ἕτερον τὴν ἰδέαν, ἐν Σιπύλῳ πόλιν ἐς χάσμα ἀφανισθῆναι· ἐξ ὅτου δὲ ἡ ἰδέα κατεάγη τοῦ ὄρους, ὕδωρ αὐτόθεν ἐρρύη, καὶ λίμνη τε ὀνομαζομένη Σαλόη τὸ χάσμα ἐγένετο καὶ ἐρείπια πόλεως δῆλα ἦν ἐν τῇ λίμνῃ, πρὶν ἢ τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπέκρυψεν αὐτὰ τοῦ χειμάρρου. σύνοπτα δὲ καὶ Ἑλίκης ἐστὶ τὰ ἐρείπια, οὐ μὴν ἔτι γε ὁμοίως, ἅτε ὑπὸ τῆς ἅλμης λελυμασμένα.

English Translation

Indeed, such a disaster befell them, and another of a similar nature happened, the disappearance of a city on Mount Sipylus into a chasm. From the moment that the mountainside broke away, waters flowed forth at that spot, and the chasm became a lake called Saloe. The ruins of the city were clearly visible in the lake until the water rising from the torrent concealed them. The ruins of Helice are also still visible, although no longer to the same extent, since they have been corroded by seawater.

Proper Nouns

Sipylus (Σίπυλος) place Q532698
Saloe (Σαλόη) place Q25634513
Helike (Ἑλίκη) place Q1432654
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