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CHAP. 
III. 
1 * 
FROM THE CIMMERIAN BOSPORUS, 
of Alexander, with the extraordinary anecdotes 
of his horse Bucephalus ; and the History of 
the Antient Kings of Byzantium. Their mode 
of pronouncing Greek is much softer than ours, 
rendering it more like the Italian ; but they 
understand Englishmen, who endeavour to read 
the Greek after their manner. Among all the 
Greeks, the letter (3 is sounded like our V ; 
and it is doubtful whether this were not the 
case in antient times The natives of the 
Crimea still call the town of Kertchy Fospor, 
and the straits Fospor, although they write the 
word Bospor. It may be well to inquire into 
the origin of the very popular poem of Eroto- 
critus ; since, although in rhyme, and certainly 
of no antient date, the traditions and the stories 
upon which it is founded are common among 
all the inhabitants of Greece. They pretend 
that the palace of Erotocritus is still to be seen, 
at a place called Cava Cotonna, near Athens ; 
alluding, evidently, to the promontory and temple 
of Sunium. Upon the walls of Keriaki's apart- 
ments were rude drawings, representing sub- 
jects taken from Grecian history : among others. 
(1) The late Professor Porson believed that the Antient Greeks 
pronounced the /3 as we do ; and, in proof of his opinion, used to 
cite this verse of Cratinus : 
‘O S’ faifoos, tiring irgoffarevt fit) fin (hX T (u» 
