Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.13.6

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Passage 8.13.6: Caphyatic Rock and boundary ravine with spring on the road to Pheneus

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἐς Φενεὸν ἐκδέξεταί σε ὄρος· ἐν δὲ τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ συνάπτουσιν Ὀρχομενίων καὶ Φενεατῶν τε καὶ Καφυατῶν ὅροι τῆς γῆς. ἀνατείνει δὲ ὑπὲρ τοὺς ὅρους κρημνὸς ὑψηλός· πέτραν Καφυατικὴν ὀνομάζουσι τὸν κρημνόν. μετὰ δὲ τοὺς ὅρους ταῖς κατειλεγμέναις πόλεσι φάραγξ τε ὑπόκειται καὶ φέρει διʼ αὐτῆς ἡ ἐς Φενεὸν ὁδός· κατὰ μέσην δέ που μάλιστα τὴν φάραγγα ὕδωρ ἄνεισιν ἐκ πηγῆς, καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ πέρατι τῆς φάραγγος Καρυαί ἐστι χωρίον.

English Translation

On the way leading toward Pheneus, you will next come upon a mountain; on this mountain, the territories of the Orchomenians, the Pheneatians, and the Caphyatans meet. Above the boundary markers rises a lofty crag, which they call the Caphyatic Rock. Beyond these borders of the aforementioned cities lies a ravine through which the road to Pheneus passes. At approximately the midpoint of this ravine, water emerges from a spring, and at the far end of the ravine is a place called Caryae.

Proper Nouns

Kaphyates (Καφυάτης) person
Pheneatian (Φενεάτης) person
Also in: 8.14.9 8.17.5
Karyai (Καρυαί) place Q12878817
Also in: 8.14.1
Kaphyatic Rock (Καφυατικός πέτρα) place
Pheneus (Φενεός) place Q12885741
Orchomenos (Ὀρχόμενος) place Q1855083
Also in: 9.25.4 9.26.1
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