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CHAP. Persians into Greece, differs from what is asserted 
VII. , 
^ -^ - . in the oracles of Bads: for Bacis calls this 
people Titlwrenses; but Herodotus says, that 
when the barbarians invaded this country, the 
inhabitants lied to the summit of Parnassus: 
and he calls. the city. Neon; and the summit 
of Parnassus, Tithorea'. It appears, there- 
fore, that all the country w^as at first called 
Tithorea; but that in process of time, when 
the inhabitants collected themselves into one 
city, at which was once called Neon came to 
be denominated Tithorea." The olives of this 
Produce 
oiveiitza. city wd'c always, as they now are, few in 
number, but excellent in quality; and they 
were so highly celebrated, that they were 
conveyed as presents to the Roman Emperors^. 
They still maintain their antient reputation, 
being now sent as an acceptable offering to the 
Pashas and other grandees of Turkey. The 
village of Velitza contains about eighty houses. 
(1) The passage in Hercdolus (lib. viii. c. 32.) respecting the city Neon 
and Tithorea has been the subject of frequent dispute. The alteration of 
xiifiifn into xsr^sv/jv, which suggested itself to Dr. Parr, is confirmed by 
Stephens, Valla, and Vnlckenaer ; and the emendation of W avTijs, for 
lir' iuVriji, proposed I)y JFesseliug, renders the whole sentence clear and 
satisfactory. For further observations upon this subject, see " The Tomb 
of Alexander,'^ Appendix, No. 4. p. 159. Cambridge, 1805. 
(2) Paiisanias, lib. x. c. 32. p. 881. ed. Kuhnii. 
