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ON THE LONG WALLS OP ATHENS. 



'-■'' . .; ■ [BT MR. HAWKINS.} 



IN the course of the preceding enquiry into the topography of Athens, 

 some reference has been made to the long walls which connected 

 that city with the Pirasus, and I have adopted without scruple the 

 opinion which has prevailed both in ancient and in modern times, 

 respecting their number. 



But it would be improper not to notice in this place, an opinion 

 adopted by some critics, whose judgment is entitled to every respect, 

 that there was a third or middle wall in the same direction. I shall 

 therefore pi-oceed to its examination. 



The first authority for this opinion is derived from Thucydides, 

 who notices the commencement of these walls and their completion 

 as well as their respective measures and direction, but who unfortu- 

 nately expresses himself in such a manner concerning their number, 

 as to lead his readers to two very opposite conclusions. 

 •• In the following passage of his history, '■^"u^^o.vto Se ycocTx. rovg ^/f^covovg 



" TOVTOVg zoct Tcc f/,x)cpx. Tif)(yi AS7]vxibi ef 3^Xct.(r<ra.v oixooo[x,Siv, to, ts ^ocXtjocv^e, 



" Kou TO k Uet^xra"* two walls only are mentioned under the deno- 

 mination of the Long Walls ; one joining the sea at Phalerum, the 

 other at the Piraeus. 



In a subsequent passage, Thucydides confirms this idea of their 

 number and direction in the following words : " Tou re ya.^ <PaXri^iKov 



" Til'XO''Jg (yTUOiOl YjO-av TTiVTi KOCl TpiOCHOliToe, TTpOg TOV TtUKAOV TOV OCCrTBug KlXl XUTOUTOU 



" x.uKXouTO(pvX(xa-crof/.svov rpsTgycon Teircx^dKOvro!.' eim as ccutou o zat i%(pvXxy.Tov iiv, 

 " TO [Aercc^u tou te jwajcpou x.a] rou (paXrj^iKou" j" Here we have the positive 

 measure of the Phaleric wall, which agrees with the actual distance; and 



* L. i. t L. ii. 



