Cyparissus (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
- ↑ Homer. Iliad. 2.519.
- ↑ Strabo. Geographica. ix. p. 423. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ↑ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 10.36.5.
- ↑ Statius, Thebaid, vii. 344
- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
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