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DAULIS

Translation

Of Daulis (town)

DAULIS was the Naiad-nymph of a well or fountain in the town of Daulis in Boiotia, central Greece. She was a daughter of the local river-god Kephisos (Cephisus).

PARENTS

KEPHISOS (Pausanias 10.4.7)

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Pausanias, Description of Greece 10. 4. 7 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :
"They say that the name of the city [of Daulis in Phokis] is derived from Daulis, a Nymphe, the daughter of Kephisos (Cephisus)."

SOURCES

GREEK

• Pausanias, Description of Greece - Greek Travelogue C2nd A.D.

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