Strabo, Geography, Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator), 9.3.15

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[15] Anemoreia¹ has its name from a physical accident, to which it is liable. It is exposed to violent gusts of wind from a place called Catopterius,² a precipitous mountain, extending from Parnassus. It was a boundary between Delphi and the Phocians, when the Lacedaemonians made the Delphians separate themselves from the common body of the Phocians,³ and permitted them to form an independent state.

Some call the place Anemoleia; it was afterwards called by others Hyampolis,⁴ (and also Hya,) whither we said the Hyintes were banished from Boeotia. It is situated quite in the interior, near Parapotamii, and is a different place from Hyampea on Parnassus.

Elateia⁵ is the largest of the Phocian cities, but Homer was not acquainted with it, for it is later than his times. It is conveniently situated to repel incursions on the side of Thessaly. Demosthenes⁶ points out the advantage of its position, in speaking of the confusion which suddenly arose, when a messenger arrived to inform the Prytaneis of the capture of Elateia.

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.) — 9.3.15 focus

[15] ἡ δʼ Ἀνεμώρεια ὠνόμασται ἀπὸ τοῦ συμβαίνοντος πάθους· καταιγίζει γὰρ εἰς αὐτὴν ὁ καλούμενος Κατοπτήριος χῶρος, κρημνός τις ἀπὸ τοῦ Παρνασσοῦ διήκων· ὅριον δʼ ἦν ὁ τόπος οὗτος Δελφῶν τε καὶ Φωκέων, ἡνίκα ἀπέστησαν τοὺς Δελφοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ συστήματος τῶν Φωκέων Λακεδαιμόνιοι καὶ ἐπέτρεψαν καθʼ αὑτοὺς πολιτεύεσθαι· τινὲς δὲ Ἀνεμώλειαν καλοῦσιν. εἶθʼ Ὑάμπολις (Ὕα μετὰ ταῦτα ἐκλήθη ὑπό τινων), εἰς ἣν ἐκ Βοιωτίας ἐκπεσεῖν ἔφαμεν τοὺς Ὕαντας· ἔστι δʼ ἐν τῇ μεσογαίᾳ μάλιστα καὶ αὕτη, πλησίον τῶν Παραποταμίων, ἑτέρα οὖσα τῆς ἐν τῷ Παρνασσῷ Ὑαμπεί ας, καὶ Ἐλάτεια ἡ μεγίστη πόλις τῶν Φωκικῶν, ἣν Ὅμηρος μὲν οὐκ οἶδε (νεωτέρα γάρ ἐστι τῆς ἡλικίας ἐκείνου), ἐπικαιρίως δʼ ἵδρυται πρὸς τὰς ἐκ τῆς Θετταλίας εἰσβολάς. δηλοῖ δὲ τὴν εὐφυΐαν ταύτην καὶ Δημοσθένης, φράζων τὸν θόρυβον τὸν γενηθέντα Ἀθήνησιν αἰφνιδίως, ἐπειδὴ ἧκέ τις ἀπαγγέλλων ὡς τοὺς πρυτάνεις ὡς Ἐλάτεια κατείληπται.

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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).) — 9.3.15 focus

[15] Anemoreia¹ has been named from a circumstance connected with it: squalls of wind sweep down upon it from Catopterius,² as it is called, a beetling cliff extending from Parnassus. This place was a boundary between Delphi and the Phocians when the Lacedaemonians caused the Delphians to revolt from the common organization of the Phocians,³ and permitted them to form a separate State of their own. Some, however, call the place Anemoleia. And then one comes to Hyampolis (later called Hya by some), to which, as I have said,⁴ the Hyantes were banished from Boeotia. This city is very far inland, near Parapotamii, and is not the same as Hyampeia on Parnassus; also far inland is Elateia, the largest city of the Phocians, which is unknown by Homer, for it is more recent than the Homeric age, and it is advantageously situated in that it commands the passes from Thessaly. Demosthenes⁵ clearly indicates the natural advantage of its position when he speaks of the commotion that suddenly took place at Athens when a messenger came to the Prytanes with the report that Elateia had been captured.⁶

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Geography

1. ἄνεμος, the wind.

2. The Look-out.

3. 457, B. C.

4. This place was destroyed in the Persian war; no remains existed in the time of Pausanias.

5. The ruins are situated on the east of Turkochorio, made a free state by the Romans. Pausanias, b. x. ch. 34.

6. Demos. pro Coronâ. B. C. 338.

Strabo Geography 9.3.15

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

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