Copae
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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.cite-ref-pausanias-1-0[1] Copae was part of Thersander's kingdom and is mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad.cite-ref-2[2] It was a member of the Boeotian League.cite-ref-3[3]cite-ref-4[4] It was still in existence in the time of Pausanias, who mentions here the temples of Demeter, Dionysus and Sarapis.cite-ref-pausanias-1-1[1]cite-ref-5[5]
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cite-note-pausanias-11. ↑ refPausanias (1918). "24.1". Description of Greece. Vol. 9. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.-2.
cite-note-44. ↑ citerefstraboStrabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. pp. 406, 410. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
cite-note-77. ↑ citerefrichard-talbert2000Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
cite-note-88. ↑ citereflund-universityLund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: citerefsmith1854-1857Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Hyle". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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