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210 RUINS OF PANOPEUS.
the temple of Panopeus was dedicated to iEsculapius or Prome-
theus ; if to the latter, it was probably constructed of unbaked bricks,
in allusion to the circumstance of clay being used by Prometheus
in his formation of man. I examined the banks of the torrent,
which is to the west of the Acropolis, but had not the good
fortune to discover any of the stones which Prometheus used in his
formation of the human race, nor to identify the sepulchre of Tityos,
although his body covered nine acres,1 or, according to Pausanias,"
equalled the third of a stadium!
Parnassos forms a most impressive and magnificent spectacle from
Panopeus. It displays its gigantic magnitude above the broken
crags of Kirphis. The ruins of Daulis are seen at its feet; with
the rich and even plain, once dyed with the best blood of Greece,
and now adorned with the brightest colours from the purple blood
of Adonis.3 The Kopaic lake, its boundary mountains, and tire
distant heights of Eubcea, are also distinguishable.
TO LIBADEA.
On the 12th we quitted Agios-Blasios; and to our right, saw a
village called Mera, and some blocks of stone near the road. A
little further is an ancient well, and some foundations and stones:
this was probably the entrance into Bceotia. On the right we
descried the village of Kapotirna, on the ruins of Chaeroneia,
1 Homer, Odyss. 11. v. 576. * B. 10. c. 4.
3 The Anemony. Ovid. Metam. 10.
the temple of Panopeus was dedicated to iEsculapius or Prome-
theus ; if to the latter, it was probably constructed of unbaked bricks,
in allusion to the circumstance of clay being used by Prometheus
in his formation of man. I examined the banks of the torrent,
which is to the west of the Acropolis, but had not the good
fortune to discover any of the stones which Prometheus used in his
formation of the human race, nor to identify the sepulchre of Tityos,
although his body covered nine acres,1 or, according to Pausanias,"
equalled the third of a stadium!
Parnassos forms a most impressive and magnificent spectacle from
Panopeus. It displays its gigantic magnitude above the broken
crags of Kirphis. The ruins of Daulis are seen at its feet; with
the rich and even plain, once dyed with the best blood of Greece,
and now adorned with the brightest colours from the purple blood
of Adonis.3 The Kopaic lake, its boundary mountains, and tire
distant heights of Eubcea, are also distinguishable.
TO LIBADEA.
On the 12th we quitted Agios-Blasios; and to our right, saw a
village called Mera, and some blocks of stone near the road. A
little further is an ancient well, and some foundations and stones:
this was probably the entrance into Bceotia. On the right we
descried the village of Kapotirna, on the ruins of Chaeroneia,
1 Homer, Odyss. 11. v. 576. * B. 10. c. 4.
3 The Anemony. Ovid. Metam. 10.