426 PELOPONNESUS. 
S ays they were called Cyclopea, as having been 
^ - -' the work of the Cyclops 1 , it being usual to at- 
tribute to a race of men who, from their power, 
were considered by after-ages as giants, any 
result of extraordinary labour 2 . The beauties 
of the scenery, and the interesting nature of the 
country, had detained us so long, that we did not 
reach NAUPLIA until the gates were shut 5 ; 
and there was no possibility of causing a re- 
quest to be conveyed to the Governor for their 
being opened ; neither would any attention have 
been paid to such our petition, if it had been 
made. The worst of the scrape was, that all our 
beds and baggage, being with the sumpter- 
horses and guides, had already entered the town 
before the gates had been closed. There 
seemed, therefore, to be no other alternative, 
but that of ending a long day of entire fasting 
without any hope of nourishment, and with 
( 1 ) *Ef i?f Ji Tf Xat^rX/at ri rrr,).tua, eu it i mvrt's i'tKtttfir.ro'i X- 
KTKAnnEIA ? niftagevrii. Strabon. Geog. lib. viii. p. 536. 
ed. Oxon. 
(2) " Cyclopea autem dicta bsec videntur, ob maguitudine : ' nam,' 
inquit vetus Papinii interpres (ad Theb. 1. i. ver. 251.) ' quicquid mag- 
nititdine tud nolile ett, Cyclopum maun dicilur fabricator*.' " Vid. 
Annot. Casnub. in Strabon. Geog. lib. viii. p. 536. (4.) edit. Oxon.' 1807. 
(3) Sir W. Cell makes the distance from Ligurib to Nauplia five 
hours and forty-eight minutes; not quite equal to sixteen miles 
English. See /tin. of Greece, p. 101. Loud. 1810. 
