[502] Κώπας: this town gave its name to the lake on which it lay.
Θίσβην: between Mt. Helicon and the Corinthian Gulf, not far from the coast. In the holes of the cliffs there, many wild doves now build their nests. cf. “ἡ δὲ Θίσβη Θίσβαι νῦν λέγονται . . . ἐπίνειον” (roadstead) “δ̓ ἔχει πετρῶδες περιστερῶν μεστόν” Strabo ix. 411. Shakspere's ‘Thisbe’ was named for the nymph of this place.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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