380 FROM THE VALE OF TEMPE, 
CHAP, were both visible from this part of our route* 
Among the cattle feeding in the plain near the 
sea, we saw a very fine breed of sheep; but it 
was mixed with a breed of a very inferior kind. 
About an hour before we reached Platamonos, 
we passed a little river, which here discharges 
itself into the sea. When we arrived at the 
base of the rock upon which stands the citadel 
of Platamonos, we were told that the Turkish 
garrison would admit no Christians within the 
walls of the fortress : we therefore halted for 
the night at a small village below the castle. 
A Greek shopkeeper resides upon the spot. 
Olympus was now without a cloud, and his 
towering summit shone with the most dazzhng 
whiteness. The highest point is shaped like a 
tumulus : lower down the mountain are forests. 
At this village there is a khan, containing 
several antient pillars, with Doric capitals m- 
verted, now serving as pedestals for the co- 
lumns. We observed other antiquities about the 
building, which are the remains of Heraclea, 
whose situation corresponded accurately with 
this of Platamonos, as appears by a passage of 
Livy, describing an attack made by the Romans 
upon the citadel'. It was mid-way between 
(l) Vid.ZiwMW, Hist, lib.xliv. cap. 9. torn. III. pp. 687, 688. ed. 
(jrevier. 
