TO THE STRAITS OF THERMOPYLAE. 295 
fi//e;— the oah, the wild-olive, and the pine-tree^, chap. 
, V'lII. 
He also alludes to a species of bird, which now ■ 
inhabits these groves ^ We were therefore 
viewing the very objects which inspired the 
poet with the design of his play*. Upon the 
right, the Cencean Promontory* of Eubcea pro- Cenaan 
jected into the middle of this fine picture", tory. 
where Hercules set up those altars upon which 
he sacrificed to Cencean Jupiter\ Towards the 
left, extended, in many a wavy line and 
sinuous projection, the summits and the shores 
of Thessaly. The sun was setting: and as 
deeper shadows began to curtain the many tints 
which enlivened the distant objects, we had 
the further gratification of seeing the full 
moon rise in all her splendour, to give new 
(2) Vid. ver. 1 195. vol. L p. 272. ed. Brunch. 
(3) Ibid. ver. 105. 
(4) The fine passage ai Milton, "^4s the uahn/ul bird sings darkling " 
may therefore l)e said to have ori;?inated here ; for it is evidently 
taken from the oTa nv oillkiov opviv of Sophocles. 
(j) Kctff' xai TO K^taiov It T!)f Eu/Soios; ai/Tixiirai, ecKpa (ixivnuo'ct ^ptf 
IfiripKv Koi T»v M.aX.ii» xoXz'ev, vtopi/iu hupyefiiin r^iclv ukoiti cra&'iwi. 
Slralon. Geog. lib, ix. p. 617. ed. Oxon. 
(6) See the Tlate facing page 232, Vol. IV. of the Quarto Edition of 
these Travel;, 
(7) 'A»rii Tii sVt' Evliiti;, %-jff ipi^irai 
fiiufiili, viXii r 'iyKap-ira, Knvaico Aii'. 
Sophoelii TrachiniiE, ver. 237. vol. I. p. 234. ed. Brunck. 
fl Kxva/as x^rixii fiu/xuf 
hpu-j, X. r. X. Ibid. ver. 993. vol. I. p. 264. 
