294 pliis^t's natural HISTOET. [Book TV. 



miles from tlie narrow pass of Thermopylae^ Heraelea, which 

 from it takes its surname of Trachin". Here too is Mount 

 Callidromus^, and tlie celebrated towns of Hellas ''j Halos^, 

 Lamia "^j Phthia^, and Arne^. 



CHAP. 15. (8.) — THESSALT PEOPEE. 



In Thessaly is Orchomenus, formerly called the Minyan^, 

 and the towns of Almon, by some called Salmon, Atrax^°, 

 and Pelinna ; the Fountain of Hyperia ; the towns also of 

 Pherae^^ at the back of which is Pieria^'^, extending to Ma- 

 cedonia, Larisa^^, Gromphi^*, Thebes ^^ of Thessaly, the grove 

 of Pteleon, the Grulf of Pagasa, the town of Pagasa^^, which 

 was afterwards called Demetrias^^, the Plains of Pharsalia, 



teeth. Its site is marked by the modern village called Akhino. The 

 Sperchius is now called the EUada. 



1 This famous spot still retains its name. It is also called Bocoa di Lupo. 



2 From rpaxws, "narrow," in allusion to the narrowness of the moun- 

 tain passes. Brotier places it on the site of the modern Zeitoun, but he 

 is probably in error. ^ A peak of the range of OEta. 



"* The name of a town and small district of Phthiotis : it eyentuaUy 

 gave its name to the whole of Grreece, which by its mhabitants was called 

 Hellas. 



5 Near the river Amplirysus. Leake places it at Kefalosi, at the ex- 

 tremity of Mount Otlu-ys. ^ The modern Zeitoun. 



' Said to have been the city of Achilles. 



^ According to Stephanus of Byzantium, Cierium was identical with 

 Arne. Leake places it at the modem Mataranga. 



9 So called from the people called Minyse, who derived their name 

 from Minyas, the father of OrcJiomenus. In the time of Strabo, this 

 city, the capital of the Minyan empire, was in ruins. Its site is now 

 called Seripu. 



^^ Leake places its site on the left bank of the Peneius, opposite the 

 village of Grunitza. 



^^ The residence of Admetus, and in later times of the tyrants of 

 Thessaly. The modern Yalestina occupies its site. 



^2 Spoken of in C. 17 of the present book. 



^^ The ancient capital of the Pelasgi. It is now called Larissa, Larza, 

 or lenitchen. 



^^ Leake jjlaces Gomplii on the heights now called Episkopi, on the 

 left bank of the Bhuri. 



^» Its ruins are said to be seen about eight miles from the modern 

 city of Yolo. 



16 Tbe city of Volo stands on its site. The Grulf is caUed the Bay of Volo. 



17 Tliis is not strictly correct. Demetrias was founded by Demetrius 

 PoUorcetes, about two or three mQes to the west of Pagasa, the inhabit- 



