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with a free citj of similar name\ Crannon"^, and Iletia. 

 The mountains of Phthiotis are Nymphaeus, once so beau- 

 tiful for its garden scenery, the work of nature ; Busygaeus, 

 Donacesa, Bermius^, Daphusa, Chimerion, Athamas, and 

 Stephane. In Thessaly there are thirty-four, of which the 

 most famous are Cercetii, Olympus^, Pierus, and Ossa, oppo- 

 site to which last are Pindus and Othrys, the abodes of the 

 LapithaB. These mountains look towards the west, Pelion* 

 towards the east, all of them forming a curve like an amphi- 

 theatre, in the interior of which, lying before them, are no 

 less than seventy-five cities. The rivers of Thessaly are the 

 Apidanus®, the Phoenix'^, the Enipeus®, the Onochonus^, and 

 the Pamisus. There is also the Fountain of Messeis, and 

 the lake Boebeis'". The river Peneus" too, superior to all 

 others in celebrity, takes its rise near Gomphi, and flows 

 dovni a well-wooded valley between Ossa and Olympus, a 



ants of which were removed to that place. Its remains are to be seen, 

 according to Leake, on the face of a maritime height called Groritza. 



^ Pharsalus, now Farsa or Fersala, in ThessaJiotis. On its plain 

 Pompey was defeated by Ceesar, B.C. 48. 



2 Or Cranon ; said to have been anciently called Ephyre. Leake 

 places its site at some ruins called Palea Larissa, distant two hours and 

 twenty-seven minutes' journey from Larissa. It was the residence of the 

 powerful family of the Scopadro. 



' Tliis range in Macedonia is now called Verria. Herodotus states 

 that it was impassable for cold, and that beyond were the gardens of 

 Midas, where roses grew spontaneously. 



* The name of the eastern part of the great mountain chain extending 

 west and east from the Promontory of Acroceraunia on the Adriatic to 

 the Thermaic G-ulf. It is now called by the Greeks Elymbo, and by the 

 Tm-ks Semavat-Evi, the " Abode of the Celestials." A portion of this range 

 was called Pierus ; and Ossa, now Kissavo, the "ivy-clad," was divided 

 from Olympus on the N.W. by the Vale of Tempe. Othrys extended 

 from the south of Moimt Pindus, to the eastern coast and the Promon- 

 tory between the Gulf of Pagasa and the northern point of Euboea. 



^ Now called Plessedhi or Zagora ; situate in the district of Magnesia 

 in Thessaly, between lake Boebeis and the Pagasaean Gulf. 



8 Now the Gk)uropotamo. 



7 Flowing into the Asopus near Thermopylae. 



^ In Pieria. Supposed to be the modem Litokhoro. 



9 The modem Kajani. 



^^ Tliis lake received the rivers Onchestus, Amyrus, and others. It is 

 now called Karla, from an adjoining village which has ceased to exist. 

 The town of Boebe was in its vicinity. 



" Now the Salambria or Salamria. 



