VOYAGE TO ATHENS. 189 
mountain upon the At tic coast, that it had nearly c f**' 
upset the caique. These transitory gales are N ' 
common in all gulphs surrounded by high land, 
and they render the navigation precarious for 
small vessels. The mountain to the east of us 
was called, by our sailors, Elimbo, which is EKmU. 
a modern name for Olympus; and the latter 
appellation, perhaps, formerly denoted any very 
lofty eminence, as it was common to many 
celebrated mountains ; to one in Pieria, the seat 
of the Gods; to another in Bithynia; to a third 
in Mysia; a fourth in Cyprus; a fifth in Crete; at 
sixth in Elis; and a seventh in Arcadia. In the 
course of this day we found that we were 
accompanied by a few small vessels, sailing up 
the gulph, with red sails. At four o'clock in 
the afternoon, being off Cape Fari, and upon 
the look-out towards the N. N. E. we beheld, with 
great transports of joy, the first sight of ATHENS ; First sight 
, of Athens. 
its lofty edifices catching me sun s rays, and 
rendering the buildings in the Acropolis visible 
to us at the distance of fifteen miles. The 
reflected light gave them a white appearance. 
The PARTHENON appeared, first, above a long 
chain of hills in the front: presently, we saw 
the top of MOUNT ANCHESMUS, to the left of the 
temple; the whole being backed by a lofty 
mountainous ridge, which we supposed to be 
