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PANORAMIC VIEW OF ATHENS. 



K. 9. On a rocky point of land stretching to a considerable distance 

 on the outside of the bay, is the tomb of Themistocles. Large 

 blocks of a broken column, and an oblong excavation in the rock 

 about six feet in length, which is occasionally covered by the waves 

 of the sea, mark the position. The accounts of Plutarch and Pau- 

 sanias agree that the tomb was placed near the Piraeus. The former 

 says, that as you come from Alimus, which is to the east of the port, 

 after doubling a promontory, the tomb of Themistocles is seen near 

 the harbour, close to the calm water ; he cites some verses by Plato, 

 the comic poet, which he supposes were composed for the tomb of the 

 hero. 



I. 5. Mount Arachnseus in Argolis, between Epidaurus and Argos. 

 Its summit was the last post in the line of communication between 

 Troy and Argos ; and a fire blazing on it announced to Clytem- 

 nestra the destruction of the former city. (iEschyl. Agam. 1. 319.) 

 Between Arachnaeus and Cithaeron, 1. 22., there was only one other post 

 for the signal. It is called iEgeplanctus by the poet, and was probably 

 part of that high range which we ascend in leaving Megara on the 

 road to Corinth. 



Plate IV. Aspect from S. E. to N. E. 



A. 1. Port of Munychia. 



B. 2. Port of Phalerum. Here Xerxes stationed his fleet previous 

 to the battle of Salamis. (Herod, lib. viii. c. 67.) 



C. 3. The isles Eleusa and Belbina, near iEgina. 



C. 4. The Sinus Saronicus. 



D. 5. Isle of JEgina. The distant mountains beyond it are in 

 Argolis. 



E. The monument of Philopappus, on the summit of the hill 

 of Musaeus. (Pausan. lib. i.) 



F. 5. I have here lowered the hill of Musaeus a little, in order to 

 introduce the point of Scylloeum, near which the Saronic Gulph 

 enters the iEgaean Sea. Near the point is a small island anciently 

 called Calauria, where Demosthenes ended his life by poison. (Plu- 

 tarch, vit. Demos. Pausan. lib. i. Strabo, lib. viii. p. 542.) 



