Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.24.2

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Passage 9.24.2: Lake Cephisus: submerged towns and exceptionally large eels

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

λέγουσι δὲ οἱ Βοιωτοὶ καὶ πολίσματα ἄλλα πρὸς τῇ λίμνῃ ποτὲ Ἀθήνας καὶ Ἐλευσῖνα οἰκεῖσθαι, καὶ ὡς ὥρᾳ χειμῶνος ἐπικλύσασα ἠφάνισεν αὐτὰ ἡ λίμνη. οἱ μὲν δὴ ἰχθῦς οἱ ἐν τῇ Κηφισίδι οὐδέν τι διάφορον ἐς ἄλλους ἰχθῦς τοὺς λιμναίους ἔχουσιν· αἱ δὲ ἐγχέλεις αὐτόθι καὶ μεγέθει μέγισται καὶ ἐσθίειν εἰσὶν ἥδισται.

English Translation

The Boeotians say that other towns, once inhabited, called Athenae and Eleusis, existed near the lake, but one winter season the lake flooded and caused their disappearance. The fish inhabiting Lake Cephisus do not differ at all from other lake-fish, but the eels found there are the largest in size and most delicious to taste.

Proper Nouns

Boeotians (Βοιωτοί) person
Cephisid (Κηφισίς) place Q136490941
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
Eleusis (Ἐλευσίς) place Q11918833
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