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with a free city of similar naine\ Crannon^, and Iletia. 
Tlie mountains of Phtliiotis are Nymphseus, once so beau- 
tiful for its garden scenery, the work of nature ; Busygseus, 
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 
Lapithse. 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 Eountain of Messeis, and 
the lake Boebeis^^. The river Peneus^^ too, superior to all 
others in celebrity, takes its rise near Gomphi, and flows 
down 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 Gioritza. 
^ Pharsalus, now Farsa or Persala, in Thessahotis. On its plain 
Pompey was defeated by Caesar, 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 Scopadse. 
2 This range in Macedonia is now called Yerria. 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 Grulf. It is now called by the Grreeks Elymbo, and by the 
Turks 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 Mount 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 Pagassean Grulf. 
c Now the Grouropotamo. 
7 Flowing into the Asopus near Thermopylae. 
^ In Pieria. Supposed to be the modern Litokhoro. 
9 The modern Rajani. 
1^ This lake received the rivers Onchestus, Amyrus, and others. It is 
now called Karla, from an adjoining village wliich has ceased to exist. 
The town of Boebe was in its vicinity. 
" Now the Salambria or Salamria. 
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