A city in Phokis (Phocis).
During the Trojan War, Schedios (Schedius) and Epistrophos (Epistrophus) commanded the Achaian (Achaean) soldiers from Phokis including the cities of Panopeus, Anemoreia, Daulis, Hyampolis, Krisa (Crisa), Kyparissos (Cyparissus), Lilaia (Lilaea), Pytho, and the vicinity of the Kephisos (Cephisus) River.
Tityos was a son of Ge (Earth) but his exalted birthright could not mitigate his punishment for trying to assault the goddess, Leto.
As she was traveling towards Apollon's shrine at Delphi, Leto passed through Panopeus, noted for its dancing floors and beautiful lawns. Tityos encountered Leto and tried to manhandle her. He was either killed or severely wounded by arrows from Leto's children, Apollon and Artemis.
The traveler/historian Pausanias was in the precincts of Panopeus on the border between Phokis and Boeotia (Boeotia) when he encountered a group of women called the Thyiads. Tradition has it that a woman named Thyia was the first priestess of Dionysos (Dionysus) on Mount Parnassos (Parnassus) where she would celebrate orgies in honor of the god. Women who followed her example came to be known as Thyiads. Every other year, a group of Thyiads would dance from Athens to Delphi and then to Mount Parnassos.
Pausanias had a revelation when he saw the Thyiads at Panopeus dancing with wild abandon as they made their way to Mount Parnassos to celebrate the rites of Dionysos. Pausanias speculated that the poet Homer had probably seen a similar display because Homer noted the beautiful dancing lawns of Panopeus in his epic poem The Odyssey.
Latitude North, Longitude East
38.4952, 22.7943
| References: Homer, Iliad book 2, line 520 book 17, line 307 Homer, Odyssey book 11, line 581 Pausanias, Description of Greece book 10.4.2–4; book 10.4.7 |