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GLISSAS (Ancient city) THIVES
Glissas: Eth. Glisantios. An ancient town of Boeotia, mentioned by
Homer in the same line with Plataea (Il. ii. 504), and celebrated in mythology
as the place where the Epigoni fought against the Thebans, and where the Argive
chiefs were buried who fell in the battle. (Paus. i. 44. § 4, ix. 5. § 13, ix.
8. § 6, ix. 9. § 4, ix. 19. § 2.) Pausanias, in his description of the road from
Thebes to Chalcis, says that Glisas was situated beyond Teumessus, at the distance
of seven stadia from the latter place; that above Glisas rose Mount Hypatus, from
which flowed the torrent Thermodon. (Paus. ix. 19. §2.) Strabo (ix.) places it
on Mt. Hypatus, and Herodotus (ix. 43) describes the Thermodon as flowing between
Glisas and Tanagra. Leake identifies Glisas with the ruins on the bank of the
torrent of Platanaki, above which rises. the mountain of Siamata, the ancient
Hypatus.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
TEFMISSOS (Ancient city) THIVES
Teumessos: Eth. Teumessios. A village in Boeotia, situated in the
plain of Thebes, upon a low rocky hill of the same name. The name of this hill
appears to have been also given to the range of mountains separating the plain
of Thebes from the valley of the Asopus. Teumessus was upon the road from Thebes
to Chalcis (Paus. ix. 19. § 1), at the distance of 100 stadia from the former.
(Schol. ad Eurip. Phoen. 1105.) It is mentioned in one of the Homeric hymns (Hymn.
in Apoll. 228) with the epithet lechepoie or grassy, an epithet justified by the
rich plain which surrounds the town. Teumessus is celebrated in the epic legends,
especially on account of the Teumessian fox, which ravaged the territory of Thebes.
(Paus. l. c.; Anton. Lib. 41; Palaeph. de Incrsedib. 8.) The only building at
Teumessus mentioned by Pausanias was a, temple of Athena Telchinia, without any
statue.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
A mountain in Boeotia, near Hypatus, and close to Thebes, on the road from the latter place to Chalcis.
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