§9.2.20κειμένων λιμνῶν ἐστὶν ἥ τε Τρεφία καὶ ἡ Κ μέμνηται καὶ Ὅμηρος
ὅς ῥʼ ἐν Ὕλῃ ναίεσκε μέγα πλούτοιο μεμηλώς, λίμνῃ κεκλιμένος Κηφισσίδι. οὐ γὰρ λίμνην τὴν Κωπαΐδα βούλεται λέγειν, ὡς οἴονταί τινες, ἀλλὰ τὴν Ὑλικὴν προσαγορευομένην ἀπὸ τῆς πλησίον κώμης ἣν καλοῦσιν Ὕλας, οὐδὲ Ὕδην, ὡς ἔνιοι γράφουσιν
ὅς ῥʼ ἐν Ὕδῃ ναίεσκεν. ἡ μὲν γάρ ἐστιν ἐν Λυδίᾳ
Τμώλῳ ὑπὸ νιφόεντι, Ὕδης ἐν πίονι δήμῳ,
ἡ δὲ Βοιωτιακή· ἐπιφέρει γοῦν τῷ
λίμνῃ κεκλιμένος Κηφισσίδι
τὸ
πὰρ δὲ οἱ ἄλλοι ναῖον Βοιωτοί. ἡ μὲν γάρ ἐστι μεγάλη καὶ οὐκ ἐν τῇ Θηβαΐδι, ἡ δὲ μικρά, ἐκεῖθεν διʼ ὑπονόμων πληρουμένη, κειμένη μεταξὺ Θηβῶν καὶ Ἀνθηδόνος.
Among the lakes situated [nearby] are Trephia and [Hylicia], of which Homer also makes mention: 'who dwelt in Hyle, highly caring for wealth, leaning on the Cephisian lake.' For he does not mean the Copaic lake, as some suppose, but the one called Hylicia from the nearby village which they call Hylae, nor is it Hyde, as some write: 'who dwelt in Hyde.' For the former is in Lydia, 'under snowy Tmolus, in the rich land of Hyde,' but the latter is Boeotian; at any rate, he adds to 'leaning on the Cephisian lake' the words: 'and near him dwelt the other Boeotians.' For the one (Copaic) is large and not in the territory of Thebes, while the other (Hylicia) is small, filled from there through underground channels, situated between Thebes and Anthedon.
Ὅμηρος δʼ ἑνικῶς ἐκφέρει τοτὲ μὲν ἐκτείνων τὴν πρώτην συλλαβήν, ὡς ἐν τῷ καταλόγῳ
ἠδʼ Ὕλην καὶ Πετεῶνα,
ποιητικῶς, τοτὲ δὲ συστέλλων
ὅς ῥʼ ἐν Ὕλῃ ναίεσκε
σκυτοτόμων ὄχʼ ἄριστος Ὕλῃ ἔνι οἰκία ναίων. οὐδʼ ἐνταῦθα εὖ γραφόντων τινῶν Ὕδῃ ἔνι· οὐ γὰρ ὁ Αἴας ἐκ Λυδίας τὸ σάκος μετεπέμπετο.
And Homer expresses it in the singular, sometimes lengthening the first syllable poetically, as in the Catalogue: 'and Hyle and Peteon,' and sometimes shortening it: 'who dwelt in Hyle,' and: 'by far the best of leather-cutters, dwelling in his home in Hyle.' Nor in this case do some write well 'in Hyde'; for Ajax did not send for his shield from Lydia.
§9.2.21λίμναι τὴν τάξιν τῶν ἐφεξῆς τόπω λόγῳ περιληφθῆναι σαφῶς, ὅτι ὁ τοῖς ὀνόμασι τῶν τόπων τῶν τε ἀξ χαλεπὸν ἐν τοσούτοις καὶ ἀσήμοις τοῖς πλείστοις καὶ ἐν μεσογαίᾳ μηδαμοῦ τῇ τάξει διαπεσεῖν·
[As for these] lakes, [it is difficult] to grasp clearly the order of the successive places in text, because, with so many names of places, most of them obscure and in the interior, it is difficult not to slip in the order.
ἡ παραλία δʼ ἔχει τι πλεονέκτημα πρὸς τοῦτο· καὶ γνωριμώτεροι οἱ τόποι, καὶ ἡ θάλαττα τό γε ἑξῆς ὑπαγορεύει βέλτιον·
But the coast has some advantage in this respect; the places are better known, and the sea suggests the succession better.
διόπερ καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐκεῖθεν πειρώμ· ἐνταῦθα δʼ ἐάσαντες τοῦτο τῷ π διαρίθμησιν, προστιθέντες ὅ τι ἂν χρήσιμον ᾖ ν ἡμῖν, ὑπʼ ἐκείνου δὲ παραλειφθέν.
Therefore we too attempt [to describe] from there; but here, leaving this to the poet's enumeration, we add whatever may be useful to us but was omitted by him.
ἄρχεται ης καὶ τῆς Αὐλίδος, περὶ ὧν εἰρήκαμεν.
He begins from Hyria and Aulis, of which we have already spoken.
§9.2.22σχοῖνος δʼ ἐστὶ χώρα τῆς Θηβαϊκῆς κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν ἐπὶ Ἀνθηδόνος, διέχουσα τῶν Θηβῶν ὅσον πεντήκοντα σταδίους· ῥεῖ δὲ καὶ ποταμὸς διʼ αὐτῆς Σχοινοῦς.
Schoenus is a territory of the Theban land on the road to Anthedon, distant from Thebes about fifty stadia; and a river of the same name, Schoenus, flows through it.
§9.2.23Σκῶλος δʼ ἐστὶ κώμη τῆς Παρασωπίας ὑπὸ τῷ Κιθαιρῶνι, δυσοίκητος τόπος καὶ τραχύς, ἀφʼ οὗ καὶ ἡ παροιμία
εἰς Σκῶλον μήτʼ αὐτὸς ἴναι, μήτʼ ἄλλῳ ἕπεσθαι. καὶ τὸν Πενθέα δὲ ἐνθένδε καταγόμενον διασπασθῆναί φασιν.
Scolus is a village of Parasopia under Cithaeron, a place difficult to inhabit and rugged, from which also the proverb: 'go not to Scolus yourself, nor follow another.' And they say that Pentheus was brought from there and torn to pieces.
ἦν δὲ καὶ τῶν περὶ Ὄλυνθον πόλεων ὁμώνυμος αὐτῇ Σκῶλος.
There was also a Scolus of the same name among the cities around Olynthus.
εἴρηται δʼ ὅτι Παρασώπιοι καὶ κώμη τις καλεῖται ἐν Ἡρακλείᾳ τῇ Τραχινίᾳ, παρʼ ἣν ῥεῖ Ἀσωπὸς ποταμός, καὶ ὅτι ἐν Σικυωνίᾳ ἄλλος ἐστὶν Ἀσωπὸς καὶ ἡ χώρα Ἀσωπία, διʼ ἧς ῥεῖ.
And it has been said that Parasopii is also the name of a certain village in Heracleia of Trachis, by which the Asopus river flows, and that in the territory of Sicyon there is another Asopus, and the country is called Asopia, through which it flows.
§9.2.24ὁ Ἐτεωνὸς δὲ Σκάρφη μετωνομάσθη, καὶ αὕτη δὲ τῆς Παρασωπίας.
Eteonus was renamed Scarphe, and this too belongs to Parasopia.
ὁ γὰρ Ἀσωπὸς καὶ ὁ Ἰσμηνὸς διὰ τοῦ πεδίου ῥέουσι τοῦ πρὸ τῶν Θηβῶν· ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἡ Δίρκη κρήνη καὶ Πότνιαι, ἐφʼ ὧν μυθεύεται τὰ περὶ τὸν Ποτνιέα Γλαῦκον τὸν διασπασθέντα ὑπὸ τῶν Ποτνιάδων ἵππων τῆς πόλεως πλησίον, καὶ ὁ Κιθαιρὼν δὲ οὐκ ἄπωθεν τῶν Θηβῶν τελευτᾷ·
For the Asopus and the Ismenus flow through the plain in front of Thebes; and there is also the fountain Dirce and Potniae, of which is mythologized the story about Glaucus of Potniae, who was torn to pieces by the mares of Potniae near the city; and Cithaeron ends not far from Thebes.
παρʼ αὐτὸν δὲ ὁ Ἀσωπὸς ῥεῖ, τὴν ὑπώρειαν αὐτοῦ κλύζων καὶ ποιῶν τοὺς Παρασωπίους εἰς κατοικίας πλείους διῃρημένους, ἅπαντας δʼ ὑπὸ Θηβαίοις ὄντας (ἕτεροι δʼ ἐν τῇ Πλαταιέων φασὶ τόν τε Σκῶλον καὶ τὸν Ἐτεωνὸν καὶ τὰς Ἐρύθρας· καὶ γὰρ παρα Πλαταιὰς καὶ παρὰ Τάναγραν ἐκδίδωσιν)·
Beside it flows the Asopus, washing its foot and dividing the Parasopians into several settlements, all of whom are under the Thebans (though others say that Scolus, Eteonus, and Erythrae are in the territory of the Plataeans; for indeed the river empties beside Plataeae and beside Tanagra).
ἐν δὲ τῇ Θηβαίων εἰσὶ καὶ αἱ Θεράπναι καὶ ὁ Τευμησσός, ὃν ἐκόσμησεν Ἀντίμαχος διὰ πολλῶν ἐπῶν, τὰς μὴ προσούσας ἀρετὰς διαριθμούμενος
ἔστι τις ἠνεμόεις ὀλίγος λόφος. γνώριμα δὲ τὰ ἔπη.
In the territory of the Thebans are also Therapnae and Teumessus, which Antimachus celebrated in many verses, enumerating virtues that did not belong to it: 'there is a certain windy, small hill.' And the verses are well known.