§9.2.13μετὰ δὲ Σαλγανέα Ἀνθηδὼν πόλις λιμένα ἔχουσα, ἐσχάτη τῆς Βοιωτιακῆς παραλίας τῆς πρὸς Εὐβοίᾳ, καθάπερ καὶ ὁ ποιητὴς εἴρηκεν
Ἀνθηδόνα τʼ ἐσχατόωσαν. εἰσὶ μέντοι ἔτι προϊόντι μικρὸν πολίχναι δύο τῶν Βοιωτῶν, Λάρυμνά τε, παρʼ ἣν ὁ Κηφισσὸς ἐκδίδωσι, καὶ ἔτι ἐπέκεινα Ἁλαί, ὁμώνυμοι τοῖς Ἀττικοῖς δήμοις.
After Salganeus is Anthedon, a city having a harbor, the last of the Boeotian coast opposite Euboea, just as the poet also has said: 'and Anthedon at the extremity.' However, for one proceeding a little further, there are still two small towns of the Boeotians: Larymna, beside which the Cephisus empties, and still further beyond, Halae, homonymous with the Attic demes.
κατὰ δὲ τὴν παραλίαν ταύτην κεῖσθαί φασιν Αἰγὰς τὰς ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ, ἐν αἷς τὸ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος ἱερὸν τοῦ Αἰγαίου· ἐμνήσθημεν δʼ αὐτοῦ καὶ πρότερον.
Opposite this coast they say lies Aegae in Euboea, in which is the temple of Poseidon of Aegae; we have mentioned it also before.
δίαρμα δʼ ἐστὶν ἀπὸ μὲν τῆς Ἀνθηδόνος εἰς Αἰγὰς ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι στάδιοι, ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν ἄλλων τόπων πολὺ ἐλάττους· κεῖται δʼ ἐπὶ ὄρους ὑψηλοῦ τὸ ἱερόν, ἦν δέ ποτε καὶ πόλις· ἐγγὺς δὲ τῶν καὶ αἱ Ὀρόβιαι.
The passage across from Anthedon to Aegae is one hundred and twenty stadia, but from the other places much less; and the temple lies on a high mountain, and there was once also a city; and near these is also Orobiae.
ἐν δὲ τῇ Ἀνθηδονίᾳ Μεσσάπιον ὄρος ἐστὶν ἀπὸ Μεσσάπου, ὃς εἰς τὴν Ἰαπυγίαν ἐλθὼν Μεσσαπίαν τὴν χώραν ἐκάλεσεν.
In the territory of Anthedon is Mount Messapium, named after Messapus, who went to Iapygia and called the country Messapia.
ἐνταῦθα δὲ καὶ τὰ περὶ τὸν Γλαῦκον μυθεύεται τὸν Ἀνθηδόνιον, ὅν φασιν εἰς κῆτος μεταβαλεῖν.
And here indeed are also mythologized the stories concerning Glaucus of Anthedon, who they say was transformed into a sea monster.
§9.2.14πλησίον δʼ ἐστὶν Ἀνθηδόνος ἱεροπρεπὴς τόπος τῆς Βοιωτίας, ἴχνη πόλεως ἔχων, ὁ καλούμενος Ἴσος συστέλλοντι τὴν πρώτην συλλαβήν.
Near Anthedon is a sacred place of Boeotia, containing traces of a city, which is called Isus with the first syllable shortened.
οἴονται δέ τινες δεῖν γράφειν
ἶσόν τε ζαθέην Ἀνθηδόνα τʼ ἐσχατόωσαν
ἐκτείνοντες τὴν πρώτην συλλαβὴν ποιητικῶς διὰ τὸ μέτρον, ἀντὶ τοῦ
Νῖσάν τε ζαθέην. ἡ γὰρ Νῖσα οὐδαμοῦ φαίνεται τῆς Βοιωτίας, ὥς φησιν Ἀπολλόδωρος ἐν τοῖς περὶ νεῶν ἴη, εἰ μὴ τὴν Νῖσαν οὕτως εἴρηκεν· ἦν γὰρ ὁ Μεγαρικῇ. ἐκεῖθεν ἀπῳκισμένη πρόςιρῶνος, ἐκλέλειπται δὲ νῦν.
But some think they ought to write: 'and sacred Isus and Anthedon at the extremity' lengthening the first syllable poetically for the sake of the meter, instead of: 'and sacred Nisa.' For Nisa is nowhere to be seen in Boeotia, as Apollodorus says in his work 'On Ships' <...>, unless he called Nisa in this way; for there was <...> in Megarian territory colonized from there toward <Cithae>ron, but it has now disappeared.
τινὲς δὲ γράφουσι
Κρεῦσάν τε ζαθέην,
τὴν νῦν Κρέουσαν δεχόμενοι, τὸ τῶν Θεσπιέων ἐπίνειον ἐν τῷ Κρισαίῳ κόλπῳ ἱδρυμένον· ἄλλοι δὲ
Φαράς τε ζαθέας. ἔστι δὲ τῆς τετρακωμίας τῆς περὶ Τάναγραν, Ἑλεῶνος Ἅρματος Μυκαλησσοῦ Φαρῶν.
But some write: 'and sacred Creusa,' taking it to mean the present Creusa, the harbor-town of the Thespians situated in the Crisaean Gulf; others write: 'and sacred Pharae.' And this is one of the four villages (tetracomia) around Tanagra, which consists of Heleon, Harma, Mycalessus, and Pharae.
γράφουσι δὲ καὶ τοῦτο
Νῦσάν τε ζαθέην. κώμη δʼ ἐστὶ τοῦ Ἑλικῶνος ἡ Νῦσα.
And they also write this: 'and sacred Nysa.' Nysa is a village of Helicon.
ἡ μὲν οὖν παραλία τοιαύτη τις ἡ πρὸς Εὔβοιαν.
Such indeed is the coast opposite Euboea.
§9.2.15τὰ δʼ ἑξῆς ἐν τῇ μεσογαίᾳ πεδία ἐστὶ κοῖλα πάντοθεν ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων μερῶν ὄρεσι περιεχόμενα, τοῖς Ἀττικοῖς μὲν πρὸς νότου, πρὸς ἄρκτου δὲ τοῖς Φωκικοῖς· ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς ἑσπέρας ὁ Κιθαιρὼν λοξὸς ἐμπίπτει μικρὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς Κρισαίας θαλάττης, ἔχων τὴν ἀρχὴν συνεχῆ τοῖς Μεγαρικοῖς καὶ τοῖς Ἀττικοῖς ὄρεσιν, εἶτʼ ἐπιστρέφων εἰς τὰ πεδία, παυόμενος δὲ περὶ τὴν Θηβαίαν.
The next plains in the interior are hollow, surrounded on all other sides by mountains, by the Attic mountains on the south, and by the Phocian mountains on the north; and from the west Mount Cithaeron falls obliquely a little above the Crisaean Sea, having its beginning continuous with the Megarian and Attic mountains, and then turning toward the plains, and ending near the territory of Thebes.
§9.2.16τῶν δὲ πεδίων τούτων τὰ μὲν λιμνάζει, ποταμῶν ἀναχεομένων εἰς αὐτά, τῶν δʼ ἐμπιπτόντων, εἶτα ἐκρύσεις λαμβανόντων· τὰ δʼ ἀνέψυκται καὶ γεωργεῖται παντοδαπῶς διὰ τὴν εὐκαρπίαν.
Of these plains, some are flooded as rivers spread out into them, while other rivers flow into them and then find outlets; and some are dried up and cultivated in all kinds of ways because of their fertility.
ὑπάντρου δὲ καὶ σηραγγώδους οὔσης κατὰ βάθους τῆς γῆς, σεισμοὶ γενόμενοι πολλάκις ἐξαίσιοι τοὺς μὲν ἔφραξαν τῶν πόρων τοὺς δὲ ἀνέῳξαν, τοὺς μὲν μέχρι τῆς ἐπιφανείας τοὺς δὲ διʼ ὑπονόμων·
Since the earth deep down is hollow and full of caverns, violent earthquakes occurring frequently have blocked some of the passages and opened others, some up to the surface and others through underground channels.
συμβαίνει δὴ καὶ τοῖς ὕδασι τοῖς μὲν διʼ ὑπονόμων φέρεσθαι τῶν ῥείθρων τοῖς δʼ ἐπιπολῆς, τοῖς τε λιμναίοις καὶ τοῖς ποταμίοις.
Consequently, it happens also to the waters, both of the lakes and of the rivers, that some of their streams are carried through underground channels, and others on the surface.
ἐγχωσθέντων δὲ κατὰ βάθους τῶν πόρων αὔξεσθαι τὰς λίμνας συμβαίνει μέχρι τῶν οἰκουμένων τόπων ὥστε καὶ πόλεις καταπίνεσθαι καὶ χώρας, ἀνοιχθέντων δὲ τῶν αὐτῶν ἢ ἄλλων ἀνακαλύπτεσθαι, καὶ τοὺς αὐτοὺς τόπους ποτὲ μὲν πλεῖσθαι ποτὲ δὲ πεζεύεσθαι, καὶ τὰς αὐτὰς πόλεις ποτὲ μὲν ἐπὶ τῇ λίμνῃ ποτὲ δὲ ἄπωθεν κεῖσθαι.
And when the passages deep down are choked up, it happens that the lakes rise as far as the inhabited places, so that both cities and lands are swallowed up, but when the same or other passages are opened, they are uncovered again, and the same places are at one time navigated by boats and at another traversed on foot, and the same cities lie at one time on the lake and at another far from it.