The Structure of the Muslim Town

In His Description of Greece, Pausanias ¹ the Periegete (d. after A.D. 176) comes to speak of Panopeus, “a city of the Phocians, if one can give the name of city to those who possess no government offices, no gymnasium, no theater, no market, no water descending to a fountain [i.e., no piped water supply], but live in bare shelters just like mountain cabins, right on a ravine. Nevertheless, they have boundaries with their neighbors, and even send delegates to the Phocian assembly.”