Copae

Copae or Kopai (Ancient Greek: Κῶπαι), or Copia or Copiae, was an ancient Greek city (polis) in Boeotia, on the northern shore of Lake Copais, which derived its name from this town.^[1] Copae was part of Thersander's kingdom and is mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad.^[2] It was a member of the Boeotian League.^[3]^[4] It was still in existence in the time of Pausanias, who mentions here the temples of Demeter, Dionysus and Sarapis.^[1]^[5]

Its site is located near the Kastro at modern .^[6]^[7]

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^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Pausanias. Description of Greece. 9.24.1. -2.
^ Homer. Iliad. 2.502.
^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. 4.93.
^ Strabo. Geographica. ix. pp. 406, 410. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.7.12.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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

Coordinates: 38°29′35″N 23°09′39″E / 38.493128°N 23.160772°E / 38.493128; 23.160772

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[Pausanias-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Pausanias. Description of Greece. 9.24.1. -2.

[2] Homer. Iliad. 2.502.

[3] Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. 4.93.

[4] Strabo. Geographica. ix. pp. 406, 410. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

[5] Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.7.12.

[6] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.

[7] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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