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were called "EXkTjves by their neighbors, because they continued to 

 worship idols as late as the time of his grandfather Basil ; * "EWrjves 

 in Hebraistic and Byzantine Greek being usually equivalent to gen- 

 tiles, heathens, idolaters. Now it cannot be easily believed that the 

 Greeks mentioned by these authors were the only Greeks in existence 

 at that time. 



* PORPHYROGENITUS, Adm. p. 224 'lariov oTi ot tov Kuirrpov t^s Matvrjs 

 oiKrjTopes ovK etcrlv otto ttjs yeveas rav irpopprjdevTcou S/cXajSco!/, aXX' ex rav ira- 

 XuLorepayv Fcopatcav ' ol koi fie^pt tov vvv Tvapa rav evTonicov 'EXXrjves npoaayo- 

 pfvovrai, 8ia to iv toIs ■KpoTraKaio'is xpovois el8co\o\dTpas etVai koi irpocTKVvrjTas 

 Tcov eiSwXcoi/ KUTo. Tovv TraXaiovs"E,Xkr]vas. OiTives enl ttjs ^aaiXeias tov doiSi- 

 p.ov BaatKeiov ^aiTTiadevTes ;YP"'"'''tai'ot yeyovaaiv . O 8e tottos iv a> olicovaiv 

 i(TTiv avvhpos Koi dnpoaodos, iXaiocpopos 8e • odev koI ttjv TrapapLvdiav exovai. 

 AtoKeirat Se 6 toiovtos tottos fls liKpav tov MaXe'a [write Tati/apow] , rjyovv 

 iKeWev tov "E^epov npos TrapadaXaaaiav. 



In this extract, for MaXe'a we must read Taivapov , which is beyond 

 (eKeWev) Ezeron, with respect to Constantinojile, the author's residence. Ac- 

 cording to the " Book of the Conquest of the Morea by the Franks," Matvr] 

 stood near the celebrated cave of Tsenarum. Several centuries after the age 

 of Porphyrogenitus, the French erected a fort in the vicinity of this cave, and 

 named it Matvr], Maivrj (in two syllables), or Mdvt]. Fi-om which it would 

 appear that, in the thirteenth century, of the Matvr] of Porphyrogenitus only 

 the name remained. Conquest, 1677 Koi eirepacre tov Ilaa-a^av koi eSce^r} 

 fts TTjv Md'ivriV' 'Eicel rjvpe (TTTrjkaiov (f)o^ep6v els aKpaTrjpt drrdvat. Atari tov 

 (ipeae ttoXXo, fTToirjaev eva KaaTpov, Koi Md'ivrjv to wvopacre, oiiTco to Xeyovv 

 irdXiv. 1711 Koi dcpoTov yap eKTiadrjaav Tci Kaa-Tpr] ottov ae e'aro), To AfvTpov 

 Ka\ t[oO] Mi^idpa. Ka\ ttjs naXaids Maivrfs : perhaps the true reading is p.eyd\T]5 

 Md'iptjs. 3004 To KddTpov ttjs Movo^acnds koi ttjs pLeydXrjs Md'ivrjs- 3174 

 'E8i€J3r] (Is TOV Mi^idpdv, avTov e8a>Ke irpaTov, 'AneKei T7]v Movo^aaidv, Ka\ rpi- 

 Tov Se TTjv Mdvr]v. PacHYMERES, I, p. 88, 4 Movep^aaiav, Matvrjv, 'lepdKiov, 

 K. T. X. NiCEPHORUS GreGORAS, I, p. 80, 1 Tr]v T€ Movefx^aaiav Ka\ ttjV 

 TTfpl Ta AevKTpa Maivrjv (write Matvijv), ^ Taivapia TrdXat nap^ ''EXXr]aiv"AKpa 

 eKoXelTO- PhraNTZES, p. 17, 10 Ta AevKTpa Matvrjs, ^ kol Taivapia ndXac 

 "AKpa e'/caXeiTo nap' "EXKrjat. Incorrectly copied from the preceding passage. 

 131,1 To AevKTpov MaivT]s, to ottoIov Kcrapt'a (write Taivapia} ndXai ["Axpa] 

 eVaXelro. 133, 5 ' Av8pov(ra Xeyw Ka\ KaXafxaTa, MavTiveia, 'idvviT^a, Hi^rjpa 

 (write Ilri8r]pa) Ka\ M ivrj koi Nrjalv Ka\ STrirdXti' koi Tpepnevrj koi 'AeTos Koi 

 "NeoKaaTpov, k- t. X. 391, 4 To AevKTpov Ka\ to ttoXv Ttjs Mdvrjs ^vyov, The ridge 

 of Mane. 



At present the name Mdvrj is applied to a district comprised in the ancient 

 Laconia, and including the ruins of the Byzantine and the French Maivrj. 

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