Pausanias, Description of Greece, W.H.S. Jones (Translator), H.A. Ormerod (Translator), 8.41.7

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[7]
Phigalia is surrounded by mountains, on the left by the mountain called Cotilius, while on the right is another, Mount Elaius, which acts as a shield to the city. The distance from the city to Mount Cotilius is about forty stades. On the mountain is a place called Bassae , and the temple of Apollo the Helper, which, including the roof, is of stone.

Description of Greece. Pausanias. W.H.S. Jones (Translator), H.A. Ormerod (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1918-1935.

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Description of Greece (English) (Pausanias. Pausanias Description of Greece, Volumes 1-4. Jones, W.H.S. (William Henry Samuel), translator; Ormerod, Henry Arderne, translator. London, New York: W. Heinemann, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1918-1935.)

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Ἑλλάδος Περιηγήσεως Perseus (Pausanias. Pausaniae Graeciae descriptio, Volumes 1-3. Spiro, Friedrich, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1903.) — 8.41.7 focus

[7]
περιέχεται δὲ ἡ Φιγαλία ὄρεσιν, ἐν ἀριστερᾷ μὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ καλουμένου Κωτιλίου, τὰ δὲ ἐς δεξιὰν ἕτερον προβεβλημένον ἐστὶν αὐτῆς ὄρος τὸ Ἐλάιον. ἀπέχει δὲ τῆς πόλεως ἐς τεσσαράκοντα τὸ Κωτίλιον μάλιστα σταδίους· ἐν δὲ τῷ αὐτῷ χωρίον τέ ἐστι καλούμενον Βᾶσσαι καὶ ὁ ναὸς τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος τοῦ Ἐπικουρίου, λίθου καὶ αὐτὸς καὶ ὁ ὄροφος.

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English (Jones and Ormerod; retranslated Gregory Nagy, CHS, 2018) (OCR draft) Experimental (CHS Pausanias Reader retranslation by Gregory Nagy, based on Jones and Ormerod, with marked Greek terms, notes, quotations, and bibliographic attributions preserved.) — 8.41.7 focus

[7] Phigalia is surrounded by mountains, on the left by the mountain called Kotilios, while on the right is another, Mount Elaious, which acts as a shield to the city. The distance from the city to Mount Kotilios is about forty stadium-lengths. On the mountain is a place called Bassae, and the temple of Apollo the Helper, which, including the roof, is of stone.

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