398 PELOPONNESUS. ' 
CHAP, to the cleanly accommodation offered beneath 
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the still humbler shed of an Albanian peasant, 
the night was spent in thankfulness and luxury. 
Here, as at Epiada, the coins which were 
brought to us, as antient medals, were evidently 
Venetian : some of them had this legend, 
ARMATA . ET MOREA but without any date. 
The Ligurians, like the inhabitants of Epiada, 
amused us with traditionary stories of Asclapius, 
considering him as a great king who had once 
reigned in Epidauria. Immense plants of the 
Cactus Ficus Indica flourished about this place. 
We set out for the sacred seat of ^ESCULAPIUS, 
at sun-rise. The Ruins are situate an hour's 
distance from Ligurid, at a place now called 
JE'RO, pronounced Yero, which is evidently a 
corruption of 'legov (sacra cedes]. Chandler con- 
verted this word Jero into Gerao, which is 
remarkable, considering his usual accuracy. 
Our friend Sir W. Gel!, who was here after our 
visit to the spot, and has published a descrip- 
tion and plan of the Ruins 1 , writes it lero, as 
being nearer to the original appellation. Cir- 
cumstances of a peculiar nature have conspired 
(I) Itinerary of Grtecc, p. 103. 
