292 plint's natural histoet. [Book IV. 



on the coast and below Thebes, are Ocalea^ Heleon, Scolos, 

 Schoenos^, Peteon^, Hyriae'', Mycalesos*, Iresion, Pteleon, 

 Olyros, and Tanagra^, the people of which are free ; and, 

 situate upon the very mouth of the Euripus^, a strait formed 

 by the opposite island of Euboea, Aulis^, so famous for its 

 capacious harbour. The Boeotians formerly had the name 

 of Hyantes. 



After them come the Locrians, sumamed Epicnemidii', 

 formerly called Leleges, through whose country the river 

 Cephisus passes, in its course to the sea. Their towns are 

 Opus^° ; from which the Opuntian Grulf " takes its name, and 

 Cynos. Daphnus^^ is the only town of Phocis situate on the 

 coast. In the interior of Locris is Elatea^^, and on the 

 banks of the Cephisus, as we have previously stated**, Lilsea, 

 and, facing Delphi, Cnemis** and Hyampolis*^ Again, upon 



vicinity between the Athenians and Boeotians, B.C. 447, and between 

 Philip of Macedon and the Athenians and Boeotians, B.C. 338, and that 

 in which Sylla defeated the generals of Mithridates B.C. 86. It stood on 

 the site of the modem village of Kapuma. 



I On the river Copais, at the foot of Mount Tilphusion. 



3 On the river of that name, and on the road from Thebes to Anthedon. 



* Its site appears to be unknown. 



* Eniunerated by Homer with Aulis. Ancient critics have, without 

 sufficient reason, identified it with Hysise. 



6 It was sacked by the Athenians, B.C. 413, and in ruins ia the time 

 of Pausanias. 



6 The modem Grimadha or Ghimala occupies its site. 



7 The modem channel of Egripo. 



8 The place where the Grecian fleet assembled when about to sail for 

 Troy. Leake says that its harbour is now called Vathy, evidently from 

 the Greek (ia9vs, "wide." 



9 So called from dwelling near Mount Cnemis. 



10 Its ruins are to be seen three miles horn, the modem Talanti. 



II Now the Golfo di Talanti. 



12 On the Euboean Sea, which here extended to the Corinthian Gulf. 

 It was in ruins in the time of Strabo. Cynus was the chief sea-port 

 of the Locri Opuntii. Its site is marked by a tower called Palseopyrgo/ 

 and some ruins to the south of the village of Livanates. 



13 The modem village of Lefti stands on its site, and there are some 

 ruins to be seen. 



14 In C. iv. of this Book. 



15 Or Cnemides, a fortress built on the range of Moimt Cnemis, neai* 

 the modem Nikoraki. 



16 Eavaged by PhHip of Macedon. Its ruins are near the modem vil- 

 lage of Yogdhani. 



