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- Pausanias. Pausaniae Graeciae descriptio, Volumes 1-3. Spiro, Friedrich, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1903.
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Pausanias describes the geography, local sanctuaries, and myths of the towns around Lake Cephisis, including Copae, Hyettus, Cyrtones, and Halae.
ἐξ Ἀκραιφνίου δὲ ἰόντι1 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.
For one going from Acraephnium straight to the lake Cephisis—which some call Copais—there is a plain called Athamantium; they say that Athamas dwelt in it. Into this lake the river Cephisus empties, which has its source at Lilaea of the Phocians, and for one who has sailed across it is Copae. Copae lies as a town on the lake, and of this Homer also made mention in the Catalogue; there are sanctuaries here of Demeter, Dionysus, and Sarapis.
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.
The Boeotians also say that other towns, Athens and Eleusis, were once inhabited near the lake, and that the lake flooded in the winter season and wiped them out. Now the fish in the Cephisis are in no way different from other lake fish, but the eels there are both very large in size and extremely pleasant to eat.
Κωπῶν δὲ ἐν ἀριστερᾷ σταδίους προελθόντι ὡς δώδεκα εἰσὶν Ὄλμωνες, Ὀλμωνέων δὲ ἑπτά που στάδια Ὕηττος ἀφέστηκε κῶμαι νῦν τε οὖσαι καὶ εὐθὺς ἐξ ἀρχῆς· μοίρας δὲ ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν2 τῆς Ὀρχομενίας εἰσὶ καὶ αὗται καὶ πεδίον τὸ Ἀθαμάντιον. καὶ ὅσα μὲν ἐς Ὕηττον ἄνδρα Ἀργεῖον καὶ Ὄλμον τὸν Σισύφου λεγόμενα ἤκουον, προσέσται καὶ αὐτὰ τῇ Ὀρχομενίᾳ συγγραφῇ· θέας δὲ ἄξιον ἐν μὲν Ὄλμωσιν οὐδʼ ἐπὶ βραχύτατον παρεῖχον οὐδέν, ἐν Ὑήττῳ δὲ ναός ἐστιν Ἡρακλέους καὶ ἰάματα εὕρασθαι παρὰ τούτου τοῖς κάμνουσιν ἔστιν, ὄντος3 οὐχὶ ἀγάλματος σὺν τέχνῃ, λίθου δὲ ἀργοῦ κατὰ τὸ ἀρχαῖον.
On the left of Copae, for one who has gone forward about twelve stades, is Olmones, and about seven stades from Olmones is Hyettus, which are villages both now and right from the beginning; in my opinion, both these and the Athamantium plain are a part of the Orchomenian territory. Whatever stories I heard told about Hyettus the Argive and Olmus the son of Sisyphus will be added to the Orchomenian history; as for things worth seeing, in Olmones they provided nothing even in the slightest degree, but in Hyettus there is a temple of Heracles, and it is possible for the sick to find cures from him, since he is not represented by an artistic statue, but by a rude stone according to the ancient fashion.
Ὑήττου δὲ στάδια ὡς εἴκοσιν ἀπέχουσι Κύρτωνες· τὸ δὲ ἀρχαῖον ὄνομα τῷ πολίσματί φασιν εἶναι Κυρτώνην. ᾤκισται δὲ ἐπὶ ὄρους ὑψηλοῦ, καὶ Ἀπόλλωνός ἐστιν ἐνταῦθα ναός τε καὶ ἄλσος· ἀγάλματα δὲ ὀρθὰ Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ Ἀρτέμιδός ἐστιν. ἔστι δὲ αὐτόθι καὶ ὕδωρ ψυχρὸν ἐκ πέτρας ἀνερχόμενον· νυμφῶν δὲ ἱερὸν ἐπὶ τῇ πηγῇ καὶ ἄλσος οὐ μέγα ἐστίν, ἥμερα δὲ ὁμοίως πάντα ἐν τῷ ἄλσει δένδρα.
About twenty stades from Hyettus are Cyrtones; they say the ancient name for the town was Cyrtone. It is built on a high mountain, and there is a temple and a grove of Apollo here; and there are upright statues of Apollo and Artemis. There is also cold water there rising from a rock; by the spring is a sanctuary of the nymphs and a small grove, and all the trees in the grove are likewise cultivated.
ἐκ δὲ Κυρτώνων ὑπερβάλλοντι τὸ ὄρος πόλισμά ἐστι Κορσεία, ὑπὸ δὲ αὐτῷ δένδρων ἄλσος οὐχ ἡμέρων· πρῖνοι τὸ πολύ εἰσιν. Ἑρμοῦ δὲ ἄγαλμα οὐ μέγα ἐν ὑπαίθρῳ τοῦ ἄλσους ἕστηκε. τοῦτο ἀπέχει Κορσείας ὅσον τε ἥμισυ σταδίου. καταβάντων δὲ ἐς τὸ χθαμαλὸν ποταμὸς Πλατάνιος καλούμενος ἐκδίδωσιν ἐς θάλασσαν· ἐν δεξιᾷ δὲ τοῦ ποταμοῦ Βοιωτῶν ἔσχατοι ταύτῃ πόλισμα οἰκοῦσιν Ἁλὰς ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ, ἣ τὴν Λοκρίδα ἤπειρον ἀπὸ τῆς Εὐβοίας διείργει.
Crossing over the mountain from Cyrtones, there is a town Corseia, and below it a grove of uncultivated trees, mostly holm-oaks. A small statue of Hermes stands in the open air of the grove; this is about half a stade distant from Corseia. Descending into the flat country, a river called Platanius empties into the sea; on the right of the river, the last of the Boeotians in this direction inhabit Halae, a town on the sea, which separates the Locrian mainland from Euboea.
- 9.24.1ἰόντι
Present participle dative masculine singular. This is the dative of reference or direction typical of Pausanias' itineraries, representing the route from the viewpoint of an imagined traveler ('for one going...').
- 9.24.3ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν
An absolute use of the infinitive functioning adverbially to limit the whole assertion, meaning 'in my opinion' or 'as it seems to me.'
- 9.24.3ὄντος
Present participle genitive masculine singular, agreeing with Ἡρακλέους (of Heracles) in the preceding clause. It explains the nature of the deity's representation, or functions as a genitive of cause ('since it is not an artistic statue...').