Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.23.8

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Passage 8.23.8: Route from Kaphyai to the Ladon and the oak-forest Soron

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἀνελθὼν δὲ ἐκ Καφυῶν ὅσον σταδίους ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Νάσους καλουμένας καταβήσῃ· πεντήκοντα δὲ προελθόντι αὐτόθεν σταδίους ἐστὶν ὁ Λάδων. διαβήσῃ τε δὴ τὸν ποταμὸν καὶ ἐπὶ δρυμὸν ἀφίξῃ Σόρωνα διά τε Ἀργεαθῶν καὶ Λυκούντων καλουμένων καὶ Σκοτάνης.

English Translation

Going up from Kaphyai for about seven stades, you come down to the place called Nasoi. Fifty stades further on from there is the Ladon river. After crossing over the river, you will arrive at the oak forest called Soron, passing through the places named Argeathai, Lycountes, and Skotane.

Proper Nouns

Ladon (Λάδων) other
Also in: 6.22.5 9.10.6
Lykountes (Λύκουντες) other
Argeathoi (Ἀργεᾶθοι) other
Caphyae (Καφυαί) place Q2365548
Nesoi (Νῆσος) place Q6967679
Skotane (Σκοτάνη) place Q60791560
Soron (Σόρων) place Q16330917
Also in: 8.23.9
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