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🌍 Lake Copais (Boiotia)

  • <div data-attribute_names="{&quot;7140&quot;:{&quot;11292578&quot;:&quot;Strabo&lt;span style=\&quot;font-style: italic;\&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&quot;,&quot;9650165&quot;:&quot;Homer, &lt;span style=\&quot;font-style: italic;\&quot;&gt;Iliad&lt;/span&gt;&quot;,&quot;10801396&quot;:&quot;Pindar&lt;span style=\&quot;font-style: italic;\&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&quot;},&quot;11354&quot;:{&quot;11306421&quot;:&quot;Geography&quot;,&quot;11320769&quot;:&quot;Epic&quot;},&quot;7139&quot;:{&quot;11292577&quot;:&quot;Strabo&quot;,&quot;8359986&quot;:&quot;Homer&quot;,&quot;9881208&quot;:&quot;Pindar&quot;},&quot;11355&quot;:{&quot;11306417&quot;:&quot;Greek&quot;},&quot;11356&quot;:{&quot;11306420&quot;:&quot;Early Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)&quot;,&quot;11310601&quot;:&quot;Geometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)&quot;,&quot;11309898&quot;:&quot;Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)&quot;,&quot;11309899&quot;:&quot;Early Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)&quot;,&quot;11309900&quot;:&quot;Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)&quot;},&quot;6580&quot;:{&quot;8253960&quot;:&quot;🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) &lt;q&gt;city in Boiotia&lt;/q&gt;&quot;},&quot;11408&quot;:{&quot;11328614&quot;:&quot;Pindar&quot;}}"><span title="Strabo&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;; Homer, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Iliad&lt;/span&gt;" data-attribute_object_ids="[&quot;7140_11292578&quot;,&quot;11354_11306421&quot;,&quot;7139_11292577&quot;,&quot;11355_11306417&quot;,&quot;11356_11306420&quot;,&quot;7140_9650165&quot;,&quot;11354_11320769&quot;,&quot;7139_8359986&quot;,&quot;11356_11310601&quot;]"><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11290493" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11290493">📖 Homer, <span style="font-style: italic;">Iliad</span> 5.703-5.710</span></span><span title="Strabo&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;; Pindar&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;" data-attribute_object_ids="[&quot;7140_11292578&quot;,&quot;11354_11306421&quot;,&quot;7139_11292577&quot;,&quot;11355_11306417&quot;,&quot;11356_11306420&quot;,&quot;7140_10801396&quot;,&quot;7139_9881208&quot;,&quot;11356_11309898&quot;,&quot;11356_11309899&quot;,&quot;11356_11309900&quot;,&quot;6580_8253960&quot;,&quot;11408_11328614&quot;]"><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11292716" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11292716">📖 Pindar<span style="font-style: italic;"></span> fr. 198b Snell-Maehler</span></span><span title="Strabo&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;; Homer, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Iliad&lt;/span&gt;" data-attribute_object_ids="[&quot;7140_11292578&quot;,&quot;11354_11306421&quot;,&quot;7139_11292577&quot;,&quot;11355_11306417&quot;,&quot;11356_11306420&quot;,&quot;7140_9650165&quot;,&quot;11354_11320769&quot;,&quot;7139_8359986&quot;,&quot;11356_11310601&quot;]"><span class="a type-6581" data-type_id="6581" data-object_id="11290283" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6581_11290283">📖 Homer, <span style="font-style: italic;">Iliad</span> 2.494-2.510</span></span></div>
  • Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540715
    Somewhere in or near
    🌍 Boiotia
    Identified with
    🌍 Lake Cephisis (Boiotia) Homeric toponym on the Orchomenian Plain, often identified with Lake Copais
    Created by
    👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero
    Created from
    🌍 River Cephisos (Phocis/Boiotia) river in Phocis and Boiotia
    Personification
    👤 Copais
    Related entities
    👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero🌍 River Cephisos (Phocis/Boiotia) river in Phocis and Boiotia🌍 Lake Cephisis (Boiotia) Homeric toponym on the Orchomenian Plain, often identified with Lake Copais🌍 Orchomenos (Boiotia) city in Boiotia🌍 Mount Acontion (Boiotia)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia🌍 Arne (Boiotia) unlocatable city in Boiotia🌍 Mideia (Boiotia) unlocatable city in Boiotia
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 9.38.7📖 Strabo 9.2.20📖 Strabo 9.2.27📖 Strabo 9.2.42📖 Diodoros, Library 4.18.2-4.18.7📖 Strabo 1.3.18
    Mentioned in text
    PausaniasStraboDiodoros, Library
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Homer, IliadPindar
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homer, Iliad 5.703-5.710📖 Pindar fr. 198b Snell-Maehler📖 Homer, Iliad 2.494-2.510
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