(■'icic 0/ Thebes towarils the North, as seen in the Road to Plataa. 
CFJxVP. Hi. 
THEBES, TO THE GROVE OF THE MUSES IN 
MOUxNT HELICON. 
Population of Thebes — Female inJiabitanls — Antlcnt 
Gates of Thebes — Other antiquities — Medals — Re- 
markable Soros — Albanian Market — Journey to 
Cithaeron and Plataea — View of the Cadmaean Citadel-^ 
Platana Village — Asopus — Source of the River — 
Traditions of the Battle of Plataea — Condition of the 
Inhabitants — Camp of Mardonius — Situation of the 
Sacred Well — Plataean Territory — Ruins of the City of 
Plataea — Medals observed iipon the spot — Mural Turrets 
of the Citadel — Cocla — Remains of Leuctra — Ruins 
at Phria — Helicon — Village of Neocorio — Doubts 
respecting the supposed Situation of Thespia — Medals 
— Discovery of the old Route over Helicon — Further 
Acc.unt of the Albanian Peasants — Journey over Mount 
Helicon 
