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CHAPTER VI.
From Krisso to Kastri—sepulchral chambers. Situation of Delphi-Kastriotes—Kastalian spring. The
rocks Phaidriades. Temple of Apollo. The prophetic or oracular cavern. The serpent Pvtho.
Stadium. Convent of the Kalogeroi—ruins near it. Detached masses of rock. The cave of Sybaris on
Mount Kirphis—river Pleistos. The vale of Delphi, and situation of the ancient town. Echo.
Coins of Delphi.
TO KASTRI-DELPH1.
"W~e found some difficulty in procuring horses to convey us to Kastri;
the people charged us an enormous price, and the bishop did not in-
terfere to prevent the imposition : but a timely visit which we re-
ceived from the Agha, settled matters in a moment. When I made
my complaint, he told the bishop, that if they attempted to impose
upon me, he would oblige them to take me for nothing. On this, the
holy prelate Avith one word brought them to reason ; which however
he would not have done without the seasonable interposition of the
Turk.
We quitted Krisso on the 28th, having Parnassos on the left, and
Kirphis on the right.
About half way, a vast precipice renders the approach to the far-
famed Delphi awfully grand, and strikingly picturesque.
On the left of the road we came to a rock, which contains several
sepulchral chambers cut in the solid mass : their entrances are in the
form of round arches ; some of them contain three sarcophagi, each
under a round niche: they have all been opened, and the covers are
broken : these sarcophagi form but one mass with the rock. Some
large fragments in the vicinity have been thrown down, probably by
From Krisso to Kastri—sepulchral chambers. Situation of Delphi-Kastriotes—Kastalian spring. The
rocks Phaidriades. Temple of Apollo. The prophetic or oracular cavern. The serpent Pvtho.
Stadium. Convent of the Kalogeroi—ruins near it. Detached masses of rock. The cave of Sybaris on
Mount Kirphis—river Pleistos. The vale of Delphi, and situation of the ancient town. Echo.
Coins of Delphi.
TO KASTRI-DELPH1.
"W~e found some difficulty in procuring horses to convey us to Kastri;
the people charged us an enormous price, and the bishop did not in-
terfere to prevent the imposition : but a timely visit which we re-
ceived from the Agha, settled matters in a moment. When I made
my complaint, he told the bishop, that if they attempted to impose
upon me, he would oblige them to take me for nothing. On this, the
holy prelate Avith one word brought them to reason ; which however
he would not have done without the seasonable interposition of the
Turk.
We quitted Krisso on the 28th, having Parnassos on the left, and
Kirphis on the right.
About half way, a vast precipice renders the approach to the far-
famed Delphi awfully grand, and strikingly picturesque.
On the left of the road we came to a rock, which contains several
sepulchral chambers cut in the solid mass : their entrances are in the
form of round arches ; some of them contain three sarcophagi, each
under a round niche: they have all been opened, and the covers are
broken : these sarcophagi form but one mass with the rock. Some
large fragments in the vicinity have been thrown down, probably by