RUINS OF PLATiEA. 107 
Platana of course takes its present name from chap. 
the gromid whereon it stands. The ruins of ^- > 
PLATiEA are upon a promontory, projecting 
from the base of Cith^ron. The place has 
now the usual appellation bestowed upon the 
ruins of Grecian citadels: it is called Falceo- 
Castro; but it must not be confounded with 
Coda, being at least a mile nearer to Platana 
than that village. In going from Platana to 
Palceo- Castro, before arriving at these ruins, we 
we saw the tombs before mentioned: then we 
arrived at the walls of Plat^a ; standing rather 
in an elevated situation, upon the promontory 
which here stretches out from the mountain. 
Those walls exhibit the earliest style of mili- 
tary architecture, and are almost Cyclopean; 
consisting of very considerable masses, evenly 
■hewn, and well built. Here the peasants, in 
ploughing the soil, find their labours frequently 
obstructed by large blocks of stone; and the 
earth is filled with broken remains of terra cotta. 
The upper part of the promontory is entirely 
covered with ruins: among these we found 
some pieces oi serpentine porphyry, but the build- 
ings in general appear to have been constructed 
with common limestone. Some labourers, em- Medai= 
ployed among these ruins, had found upon the upoTiS 
spot a few small silver coins, which they sold ^^°^" 
