370 VALE OF TEMPE. 
^?x^* ^^ Stralo ; wlo say-, that it is named Titaresium 
*■ •»■ " ' by Homer. Lucan calls it Titaresus^ '■, and by 
Sfrobo's epitomiser, it is denominated Europos. 
The Peneus here occupies the whole of the val- 
ley, from side to side ; with the exception only 
^ of the narrow pass afforded by the old paved 
causeway of the military ivay, which extends 
along the right bank of the river. Fragments of 
the Atracian marble appeared in different parts 
of this pavement: to afford space for it, even 
the solid rocks were cut away from the side of 
the Peneus. Here the scenery possesses the 
utmost grandeur. The precipices consist of 
naked perpendicular rocks, rising to a pro- 
digious height ; so that the spectator can scarce 
behold them from below without giddiness. 
Livys description, therefore, in addition to its 
intrinsic grandeur, has all the majesty of truth ; 
(1) See the beautiful and valuable description of the rivers in the sixth 
book oi Lucan' s Fharsalia. The account of the unmingled waters of the 
Titaresus and Peneus is borrowed from Homer ; Oil S' ay« Xlnfuu ru/t- 
ftlryiraj, x. r. X. It is thus given by Lucan : 
" Solus in alterius nomen cum venerit undae, 
Defendit Titaresos aquas, lapsusque superne 
Gurgite Penei pro siccis utitur arvis, 
Hunc fama est Stygiis manare paludibus amnem, 
Et capitis meinorem, fluvii contagia vilis 
Nolle pati, supenimque sibi servare tiuiorem." 
Pkarsalia, lib. vi. p. 175. Lips. 1 726. 
