Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 



A many feaslfay docrore and dafh againft it.For on the North fide the Ionian Tea Breakethin : oh 

 the Weft it is beaten upon With the Sicilian. From tkc South the Ctetian Tea driveth againft it i 

 iEgeum from the Southeaft^and Myrtoum on the Northcaftj which beginning at the Megari- 

 an gulfe^wafheth all Attica. 



Chap. vi. 



^ Of Arudhu 



THe midland parts tbercbf,Arcadia moft of all taketh up^being every way far remotie from 

 the fca : at the beginning it was named Drymodis^but foone alter Pelafgis. The townes id 

 B it bePfophiSjMantincajStymphalumjTegeajAntcgoneajOrchomenum, Phcneum, Pa- 



latium/rom whence the mount Palatium at Rome tookethe name.Megalepolis^CatinajBoca- 

 liumjCatmonjParrhariiE3ThelphurajMelana2ajHera?a3Pile3pellana,Agr32jEpiumjCyn£ethaj 

 Lepreon of ArcadiajPartheniumjAleajMcthydriumjEnefpejMaciftuni^LampejClitoriumg 

 ^ Cleone:berwecne which townesis the trad: Nemea^ufually called Berubinadia. Mountaines iii 

 Xrcadia^Pholoe with a towne fo named. Item^Hyllene^LyceuSi wherein was the chappell of 

 piter X^fi'w^^jMajnaluSjArtemifiuSjParthenianSjLampeuSjand Nonacris : and eight befidcs of 

 bafe account. RiverSjLadon^iiruing out of the meercs and fennes of Phencusj Erynianthus out 

 of amountaincof the fame nafiie^running both downe into Alpheus. The reft ot thecictics to 

 bee named in Acha:a3Aliphirx'ijAbeata2,Pyrgenfes3Pareat325Paragenitia?,Tortuni,Typrtn^i3 

 ^ Thryafij^Trittenfes, All Achcsa generally throughout, Bomittiis Tiero endowed with fieedomec 

 Peloponneftis fromthepromontorieof Maiea to the townc Lechi-eura upon the Corinthian 

 ^uifejiicth in breadth 1 60 miles : but over ctofle from Elis to Epidaurum 12 5 myles : from O- 

 iympia to Argos through Arcadia 6^ miles. From the fame pjnce toPhiiiis is the faid mcafurCo: 

 And all throughout^as if Nature made recompence for the irruptions of the feasat rifeth up in 

 threefcore and lixtecne hils. 



Chap. vii. 



^ Grsece nnd A!:ik.u 



AT the ftreights of Ifthmiis beginnerh Hdlas^of our coun'treymcn called Grxcia.Thc firf! 

 trad thereof is Attica, in oldtimcnamed Ade. Itreacheth unto Blhmus on that part 

 thcrof which is called Megaris of thecolonieiVlegarajOragainilPagx-Thefetwo towns 

 asPeloponnefiis lieth out in length, arefeated on either hand, as it were, upon the fiioulders of 

 Hellas* The Pagarans^ and more than fo, the .Egofthenienfcs lie annexed to the Magarenfians, 

 and owcfcrvicc to them. In the coaft thereof is the haven Schceniis.Townes,Sidus,CreiByon, " 

 Scironia rockes for three myles long,Geranea,Mcgarasand Elcufin. There were befides.Ocnoa 

 and ProbalinrhuSjwhich now are not to be leene,52 myles from Ifihmus. Pyr^eus andPhalera, 

 two havens joined to Athens by a wall, within theiand five myles. A free cittie this isjiind nee- 

 ■p deth no more any mans praifc : fo noble and fimous it is othcrwilc^beyond all msaiure. In Atri- 

 ca be thefe fountaineSjCephiffiajLarine^Callirrhoejand Enneacreunos. MountaincsjBrileiTuSj 

 MegialcuSjIcariuSjHymctrus, and Lyrabctus : alfo the river llilfos From Pyrxeum 42 miles off, 

 is thepromontorieSuniumjlikewifethepromonrorieDorifciim. Airo,Poramos and Braiiron, 

 townes in time paft.The village Rhamnus,and the place Maraihon,the plain Thriaftius, the town 

 Melita and Oropus, in the confines or marches oi B«.£otia. ,Vnto which belong Anriiedon^On- 

 cheftoSjThcfpras afree townc Lebadca : and Thebes fiirnamcd Bo2btia,not interior in fame and 

 renowne to Athens^as being the native countrey,and as men would have it,of two gods, Ijher 

 and Harcules, i\lfo,they attribute the birth of thci Mufcs In the wood Keliccn. To this Thebes is 

 affigned theforreft Citha^ronjand the river Iiincnus.MorCvOver,Fountaincs inBocotia.Oedipo- 

 diuThjPfamTOatejDirce.EpigraneajArcthufajHippocrenejAg 

 T taines over ai!>^.befides the forenamed,MycakOuSj Adylifiis, Acontius.The reft of thetoMis be- 

 ' tweenc Megara and Thebes3Eleiither3£5HaliartuSjPlate;2,Pherx3Arpledon,KyIe,l hisbe^ Ery- 

 t]ira;,Glifras,and Cop£e.Nder6 to iheriver CephifluSjLamia and Anichia : Medeorj5pbligonej 

 Grephis^CoronxajCh^ronia.But in the outward borders^beneath Thebes, Ocale, Elxpn^Sco- 

 i0spcoenoSjPeEeon5Hyrie>lyc2k(rus,HyrefeonjPteleon,Olyros3Tanagia3a free State-, and in 

 : H ij the 



