§9.24.1ἐξ Ἀκραιφνίου δὲ ἰόντι εὐθεῖαν ἐπὶ λίμνην τὴν Κηφισίδα—οἱ δὲ Κωπαΐδα ὀνομάζουσι τὴν αὐτήν— πεδίον καλούμενόν ἐστιν Ἀθαμάντιον· οἰκῆσαι δὲ Ἀθάμαντα ἐν αὐτῷ φασιν.
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.
ἐς δὲ τὴν λίμνην ὅ τε ποταμὸς ὁ Κηφισὸς ἐκδίδωσιν ἀρχόμενος ἐκ Λιλαίας τῆς Φωκέων καὶ διαπλεύσαντί εἰσι Κῶπαι.
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.
κεῖνται δὲ αἱ Κῶπαι πόλισμα ἐπὶ τῇ λίμνῃ, τούτου δὲ καὶ Ὅμηρος ἐποιήσατο ἐν καταλόγῳ μνήμην· ἐνταῦθα Δήμητρος καὶ Διονύσου καὶ Σαράπιδός ἐστιν ἱερά.
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.
§9.24.2λέγουσι δὲ οἱ Βοιωτοὶ καὶ πολίσματα ἄλλα πρὸς τῇ λίμνῃ ποτὲ Ἀθήνας καὶ Ἐλευσῖνα οἰκεῖσθαι, καὶ ὡς ὥρᾳ χειμῶνος ἐπικλύσασα ἠφάνισεν αὐτὰ ἡ λίμνη.
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.
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.
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.
§9.24.3Κωπῶν 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 δοκεῖν τῆς Ὀρχομενίας εἰσὶ καὶ αὗται καὶ πεδίον τὸ Ἀθαμάντιον.
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.
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, ὄντος οὐχὶ ἀγάλματος σὺν τέχνῃ, λίθου δὲ ἀργοῦ κατὰ τὸ ἀρχαῖον.
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.
§9.24.4Ὑήττου δὲ στάδια ὡς εἴκοσιν ἀπέχουσι Κύρτωνες· τὸ δὲ ἀρχαῖον ὄνομα τῷ πολίσματί φασιν εἶναι Κυρτώνην.
About twenty stades from Hyettus are Cyrtones; they say the ancient name for the town was Cyrtone.
ᾤκισται δὲ ἐπὶ ὄρους ὑψηλοῦ, καὶ Ἀπόλλωνός ἐστιν ἐνταῦθα ναός τε καὶ ἄλσος· ἀγάλματα δὲ ὀρθὰ Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ Ἀρτέμιδός ἐστιν.
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.
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.
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.
§9.24.5ἐκ δὲ Κυρτώνων ὑπερβάλλοντι τὸ ὄρος πόλισμά ἐστι Κορσεία, ὑπὸ δὲ αὐτῷ δένδρων ἄλσος οὐχ ἡμέρων· πρῖνοι τὸ πολύ εἰσιν.
Crossing over the mountain from Cyrtones, there is a town Corseia, and below it a grove of uncultivated trees, mostly holm-oaks.
Ἑρμοῦ δὲ ἄγαλμα οὐ μέγα ἐν ὑπαίθρῳ τοῦ ἄλσους ἕστηκε. τοῦτο ἀπέχει Κορσείας ὅσον τε ἥμισυ σταδίου.
A small statue of Hermes stands in the open air of the grove; this is about half a stade distant from Corseia.
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.
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.