Histories

Herodotus

Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).

Marching this way down the river Cephisus, they ravaged everything that lay in their way, burning the towns of Drymus, +Charadra [20.9917,39.1667] (Perseus) Charadra, Erochus, Tethronium, Amphicaea, Neon, Pediea, Tritea, Elatea, +Hyampolis [22.9,38.6] (Perseus) Hyampolis, Parapotamii, and Abai [22.9583,38.5917] (Perseus)Abae, where there was a richly endowed temple of Apollo, provided with wealth of treasure and offerings. There was also then as now a place of divination at this place. This temple, too, they plundered and burnt, and they pursued and caught some of the Phocians near the mountains. Certain women too perished because of the multitude of their violators.