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These rivers descend from the Phocian mountains, and among them the Cephissus,There were several rivers of this name. See below, c. iii. § 16. having its source at Lilaea, a Phocian city, as Homer describes it; And they who occupied Lilaea, at the sources of Cephissus.Il. ii. 523.Il. ii. 523. It flows through Elateia,See below, ch. iii. § 15. Elateia is represented by the modern village of Elefta. the largest of the cities among the Phocians, through the Parapotamii, and the Phanoteis, which are also Phocian towns; it then goes onwards to Chaeroneia in Boeotia; afterwards, it traverses the districts of Orchomenus and Coroneia, and discharges its waters into the lake Copais. The Permessus and the OlmeiusSee ch. ii. § 26. descend from Helicon, and uniting their streams, fall into the lake Copais near Haliartus. The waters of other streams likewise discharge themselves into it. It is a large lake with a circuit of 380 stadia;It is impossible to make any exact statement respecting its extent, since it varied so much at different times of the year and in different seasons. On the northern and eastern sides its extent is limited by a range of heights, but on the opposite quarter there is no such natural boundary to its size. Smith, v. Boeotia, which contains also a useful map from Forschamer’s Hellenica of the Basin of the Copais. the outlets are nowhere visible, if we except the chasm which receives the Cephissus, and the marshes.
