Cyparissus_(Phocis)

Cyparissus (Phocis)

Cyparissus (Phocis)

Town of ancient Phocis

Cyparissus or Kyparissos (Ancient Greek: Κυπάρισσος) was a town of ancient Phocis, in the vicinity of Delphi. It is mentioned in the Homeric Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad along with Pytho (Delphi).[1] It is described by Dicaearchus as situated in the interior of Phocis. It is placed by Strabo below Lycoreia, which was situated on one of the heights of Parnassus.[2] Pausanias erroneously reports that Cyparissus was the ancient name of the place afterwards called Anticyra.[3] Cyparissus is also mentioned by Statius[4] and Stephanus of Byzantium.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.519.
  2. [2]
    Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p. 423. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. [3]
    Pausanias (1918). "36.5". Description of Greece. Vol. 10. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  4. [4]
    Statius, Thebaid, vii. 344
  5. [5]
    Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cyparissus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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