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[13] ἑξῆς γὰρ ἐν τῇ παραλίᾳ μετὰ τὴν Ἀντικύραν πολίχνιόν ἐστιν Ὀπισθομάραθος: εἶτ᾽ ἄκρα Φαρύγιον ἔχουσα ὕφορμον: εἶθ᾽ ὁ λιμὴν ὕστατος ὁ προσαγορευθεὶς μυχὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ συμβεβηκότος, ὑπὸ τῷ Ἑλικῶνι καὶ τῇ Ἄσκρῃ κείμενος. οὐδ᾽ αἱ Ἀβαὶ δὲ τὸ μαντεῖον ἄπωθεν τῶν τόπων τούτων ἐστίν, οὐδ᾽ ἡ Ἄμβρυσος, οὐδ᾽ ἡ Μεδεὼν ὁμώνυμος τῇ Βοιωτιακῇ. ἔτι δὲ μᾶλλον ἐν τῇ μεσογαίᾳ μετὰ Δελφοὺς ὡς πρὸς τὴν ἕω Δαυλὶς πολίχνιον, ὅπου Τηρέα τὸν Θρᾷκά φασι δυναστεῦσαι: καὶ τὰ περὶ Φιλομήλαν καὶ Πρόκνην ἐκεῖ μυθεύουσι1. τοὔνομα δὲ τῷ τόπῳ γεγονέναι ἀπὸ τοῦ δάσους: δαυλοὺς γὰρ καλοῦσι τὰ δάση. Ὅμηρος μὲν οὖν Δαυλίδα εἶπεν, οἱ δ᾽ ὕστερον Δαυλίαν. καὶ τὸ ‘οἳ Κυπάρισσον ἔχον’ δέχονται διττῶς, οἱ μὲν ὁμωνύμως τῷ φυτῷ οἱ δὲ παρωνύμως κώμην ὑπὸ τῇ Λυκωρείᾳ.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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