Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.24.1

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Passage 9.24.1: The lake Kephisian (Kopais) and the lakeside town Kopai with sanctuaries.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἐξ Ἀκραιφνίου δὲ ἰόντι εὐθεῖαν ἐπὶ λίμνην τὴν Κηφισίδα---οἱ δὲ Κωπαΐδα ὀνομάζουσι τὴν αὐτήν--- πεδίον καλούμενόν ἐστιν Ἀθαμάντιον· οἰκῆσαι δὲ Ἀθάμαντα ἐν αὐτῷ φασιν. ἐς δὲ τὴν λίμνην ὅ τε ποταμὸς ὁ Κηφισὸς ἐκδίδωσιν ἀρχόμενος ἐκ Λιλαίας τῆς Φωκέων καὶ διαπλεύσαντί εἰσι Κῶπαι. κεῖνται δὲ αἱ Κῶπαι πόλισμα ἐπὶ τῇ λίμνῃ, τούτου δὲ καὶ Ὅμηρος ἐποιήσατο ἐν καταλόγῳ μνήμην· ἐνταῦθα Δήμητρος καὶ Διονύσου καὶ Σαράπιδός ἐστιν ἱερά.

English Translation

Going straight from Akraiphnium to the lake called Kephisian—also called Kopais by some—there is a plain known as Athamantion. They say Athamas himself once dwelt in it. Into the lake flows the river Kephisos, whose source is at Lilaia among the Phokians, and sailing across the lake, one arrives at Kopai. Kopai is a small city situated on the shore of the lake, and Homer has also mentioned it in his catalogue. Here there are sanctuaries of Demeter, Dionysos, and Sarapis.

Proper Nouns

Demeter (Δήμητρα) deity
Dionysus (Διόνυσος) deity
Sarapis (Σάραπις) deity
Phocians (Φωκείς) other
Athamas (Ἀθάμας) person
Homer (Ὅμηρος) person
Cephisid (Κηφισίς) place Q136490941
Cephisus (Κηφισός) place Q115829088
Copaïs (Κωπαΐς) place Q1234240
Kopai (Κῶπαι) place Q5168569
Also in: 9.24.3
Lilaia (Λιλαία) place Q1267602
Also in: 10.33.9
Athamantion (Ἀθαμάντιον) place Q34229182
Also in: 9.24.3
Acraiphnium (Ἀκραιφνιόν) place Q15394073
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