no - REMAINS OF LEUCTRA. 
CHAP, a woman havino- supplied them with a hatchet 
III. 
' for this purpose '. 
About a mile beyond the ruins of Plat^aJs the 
Coda. modern village of Coda. Here we also collected 
some bronze medals of Boeoda, from the inhabi- 
tants. It occupies an eminence upon the side of 
CiTHiERON, at one hour's distance from Platana. 
Remainsof Desceuding from Coda towards Leuctra, which 
Lkuctra. 
retams somethmg of its antient name, although 
pronounced Leftra, or Lefca, we noticed several 
tombs ; and upon a lofty conical hill, about half 
way between these two places, we observed the 
remains of an ancient fortress. Below this hill, 
upon the left hand, about a quarter of a mile 
from the road, we saw also some columns, and 
the remains of a temple, since formed into a 
chapel. The peasants told us that there was an 
inscription in the pavement of this building: 
but after working for some time, to no purpose, 
in search of it, by removing the earth and rubbish 
which covered the pavement, we abandoned the 
undertaking. The modern chapels which exist 
(l) 0/ ^\, xarx vruXa; \orifiou;, yvfaixif ^outn; triXixyf, XaSnrii ku) ont- 
xi-4^!X¥Ti; 701 fcox>-ih iS^X^sv cu roXXti. Thucydid. lib. ii. c. 4. p. 86. 
edit. Iladi'mi. 
