294 PLrsr's NATUEAL HISTOET. [Book ly. 



miles from the narrow pass of Thermopylae \ Heraclea, which 

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

 Callidromus^, and the celebrated towns of Hellas'*, Halos*, 

 Lamia^, Phthia^, and Ame^. 



CHAP. 15. (8.) — THESSALY 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 

 Pherse", at the back of which is Pieria^^, extending to Ma- 

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

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

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



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

 Sperchius is now called the EUada. 



1 This famous spot stiU retains its name. It is also called Boc<» di Lupo. 



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

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

 is probably in error. ^ ^ peak of the range of CEta. 



* The name of a to-rni and small district of Phthiotis : it eventually 

 gave its name to the whole of Greece, which by its inhabitants was called 

 Hellas. 



*• Near the river Amphrysus. Leake places it at Kefalosi, at the ex- 

 tremity of Mount Othrys. ^ The modem Zeitoun. 



7 Said to have been the city of Achilles. 



8 According to Stephanus of Byzantium, Cierium was identical with 

 Arne. Leake places it at the modem Mataranga. 



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

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

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

 called Seripu. 



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

 village of Grunitza. 



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

 Thessaly. The modem Valestina occupies its site. 



12 Spoken of in C. 17 of the present book. 



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

 or lenitchen. 



1* Leake places Gomphi on the heights now called Episkopi, on the 

 left bank of the Bhuri. 



15 Its ruins are said to be seen about eight miles from the modem 

 city of Yolo. 



IS The city ofVolo stands on its site. The Q-ulfis called the Bay of Yolo. 



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

 Pohorcetes, about two or three miles to the west of Pagasa, the inhabit- 



