126 GROVE OF THE MUSES. 
But he distinguishes the Termessus of Pausanias 
from the Permessus of Straho ; saying, that the 
former falls into the Gulph of Livadostro, and the 
latter into the Lake Copais\ This distinction, 
whether correct or not, has not been admitted 
by the commentators upon Pausanias ; for they 
expressly state, that the two names apply to the 
same river ^ JVheler, who seems to have taken 
uncommon pains in seeking for antiquities that 
might enable him to ascertain the situation of 
Thespia, although he visited Neocorio upon one 
side of Helicon, and the Monastery of St. George 
upon the other side, yet knew nothing of this 
antient passage of the mountain from the former 
to the latter place : consequently, the remark- 
able fountain here falling into the Permessus, 
and the remains of antiquity near to it, together 
with the other interesting objects occurring along 
this route, entirely escaped his observation. Yet 
with what zeal did he endeavour to penetrate the 
recesses of Helicon ; retracing even his own 
(1) Journey into Greece, Book VI. p. 476. Lond. 16'82. 
(2) '' (T£/)/i!5(r»-av) Hartungus legit Tlipfir.a-a-oti : itidemque mox Tlif/iniffvof 
ex Strab. 469, 473. Ejusdem Xlipfji-ntrtroZ mentio est in Theogonia, et iu 
Virgilii Bucolicis. A Nicandro in Theriacis appellatur napfivfffe;. 
Tipfitifffo! sane per r Straboni est urbs Pisidica, 764. pro qua Tiffiiirffo! le- 
gitur apud Stephanum. S. Vid. Annot. Sylburgii in Pausan. lib. ix. 
;j. 766 edit. Kuhnii. 
