JOURNEY TO PLAT^A. i03 
of this well as precisely as possible, it is neces*- 
sary to state, that the whole distance to the 
ground called The field of battle by the people of 
Platana, is not more than a mile to the north-east 
of their village ; and this well is about half way 
thither. The stream near to it may perhaps be 
that of the Gargaphian fountain, mentioned by 
Herodotus when he notices the station of the 
Lacedcemonian soldiers, before the battle of 
Plata; a^\ it was near to \}[\^ Asopus, and upon 
the right wing of the Grecian army at the foot of 
Cithceron*. And the ivell seems to correspond, 
as to its situation, with the sacred ivell of 
Pausanias; but there were no ruins by the side 
of it*. The peasants still entertain traditions 
and superstitious notions concerning another 
well, somewhat farther on, more accordant with 
his account^ of the inspiring properties of the 
f>PEAP lEPON, and whose situation will be 
particularly described. Every object of this 
kind, not being liable to change, will be eagerly 
sought for by travellers, as the antient topo- 
(3) T»)» T« xoriinv rhv Ta^yociflriv, «t' v; i^oiuiro 'rat tI (TT^aTiufia. ro'EXXu- 
ttxtf, ffVfiTii^cc^ay xai truvt^uffat. irxv fiiv u» xara rhv xf>!v>)i> Aajtiaaiuittu 
fuiiitet TiTctyfiUoi. Heroduti Cillinpe, c. 48. p. 552. Land. 1679. 
(4) Ibid. 
{5) 'Ev rcT; l^urloi;, x.t.\. Pausan. Bccot. c. 2. p. 714. eA. Kuhn. 
(6) 'E^arriMyra tlwi'ru. Ibid. 
