Strabo, Geography, Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator), 9.2.34

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[34] The Teneric plain has its name from Tenerus. According to mythology, he was the son of Apollo and Melia, and declared the answers of the oracle at the mountain Ptoum,¹ which, the same poet says, had three peaks:

At one time he occupied the caves of the three-headed Ptoum;

and he calls Tenerus

the prophet, dwelling in the temple, and having the same name as the soil on which it stands.

“The Ptoum is situated above the Teneric plain, and the lake Copaïs, near Acraephium.

Both the oracle and the mountain belonged to the Thebans.

Acrsephium² itself is situated upon a height. This, it is said, is the place called Arne by the poet, having the same name as the Thessalian Arnē.

Geography. Strabo. Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator). London. 1854-1857.

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Geography (English) (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 1-3. Hamilton, Hans Claude, translator; Falconer, William, translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854-1857.)

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Γεωγραφικά Perseus (Strabo. Strabonis Geographica, Vols. 1-3. Meineke, August, editor. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.) — 9.2.34 focus

[34] τὸ δὲ Τηνερικὸν πεδίον ἀπὸ Τηνέρου προσηγόρευται μυθεύεται δʼ Ἀπόλλωνος υἱὸς ἐκ Μελίας, προφήτης τοῦ μαντείου κατὰ τὸ Πτῷον ὄρος, ὅ φησιν εἶναι τρικόρυφον ὁ αὐτὸς ποιητής

καί ποτε τὸν τρικάρανον Πτωίου κευθμῶνα κατέσχεθε·

¹ καὶ τὸν Τήνερον καλεῖ

ναοπόλον μάντιν δαπέδοισιν ὁμοκλέα.

ὑπέρκειται δὲ τὸ Πτῷον τοῦ Τηνερικοῦ πεδίου καὶ τῆς Κωπαΐδος λίμνης πρὸς Ἀκραιφίῳ· Θηβαίων δʼ ἦν τό τε μαντεῖον καὶ τὸ ὄρος· τὸ δʼ Ἀκραίφιον καὶ αὐτὸ κεῖται ἐν ὕψει. φασὶ δὲ τοῦτο καλεῖσθαι Ἄρνην ὑπὸ τοῦ ποιητοῦ, ὁμώνυμον τῇ Θετταλικῇ.

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Geography (Books 6-14) Perseus (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 3-6. Jones, Horace Leonard, translator. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1924-1929 (printing).) — 9.2.34 focus

[34] The Teneric Plain is named after Tenerus. In myth he was the son of Apollo by Melia, and was a prophet of the oracle on the Ptoüs Mountain, which the same poet calls three-peaked:

“and once he took possession of the three-peaked hollow of Ptoüs.”

¹And he calls Tenerus

“temple minister, prophet, called by the same name as the plains.”

²The Ptoüs lies above the Teneric Plain and Lake Copais near Acraephium. Both the oracle and the mountain belonged to the Thebans. And Acraephium itself also lies on a height. They say that this is called Arne by the poet, the same name as the Thessalian city.

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1. The three summits of Ptoum bear the names of Palea, Stranitza, and Skroponeri.

2. The ruins are situated at a short distance south of Kardhitza. The site of Cierium, the modern village Mataranga, was first discovered by Leake, who identifies it with Arne, and supposes, with much probability, that the name Arne may have been disused by the Thessalian conquerors, because it was of Boeotian origin, and that the new appellation may have been taken from the neighboring river Curalius or Cuarius.

Strabo Geography 9.2.34

Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator)

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