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CHAPTER IX.
Thebes. Kadmeia—gates and remains of the town. Character of the ancient and modern Thebaus.
Villages in the Theban territory. To Kokla, anciently Plataia—ruins of the city—ancient arms.
Mount Citluvron. To Egypto-Kastro, anciently Elentherai—ruins of the town—the Diodos-
Village of Kondonra. To Athens. Eleusinian Plain, The Plague. Arrival at Athens.
JLhe earliest inhabitants of this country were probably a half bar-
barous people. There are no remains which can be attributed to
theEctenes, Phlegyai, Aones, Temmices, Leleges, Hyantes, or Thra-
cians, who, at different periods, occupied the country. It was known
by the appellation of Kadmeis, until it was conquered by a Thes-
salian people, called Boeotians, who gave it their name about 1,124
years before the Christian era. All Bceotia submitted to the Romans
under Paulus iEmilius, after Perseus of Macedon had been taken
prisoner.
The Kadmeia was joined to the lower town by Amphion and
Zethos, to whom it was indebted for the name of Thebes, which
it still retains with little variation. It is now called G^a.1 Pau-
sanias2 says that in his time the Acropolis was called Oyficcg, not
Kadmeia; but he contradicts himself in another place,3 when he
says that Kadmos founded the city; which in his days still retained
the name of Kadmeia.
According to Dicaearchus4 the Boeotian capital was forty-three
stadia in circuit. A few lines further he says it was seventy stadia. It
1 Thebes was anciently denominated either by the singular or plural number, as Mycenx,
Platan, and several other places, of which Homer and Strabo afford frequent examples.
* B. 9- c. 7. 3 B. Q. c. 5. 4 Stat. Grsec.
Thebes. Kadmeia—gates and remains of the town. Character of the ancient and modern Thebaus.
Villages in the Theban territory. To Kokla, anciently Plataia—ruins of the city—ancient arms.
Mount Citluvron. To Egypto-Kastro, anciently Elentherai—ruins of the town—the Diodos-
Village of Kondonra. To Athens. Eleusinian Plain, The Plague. Arrival at Athens.
JLhe earliest inhabitants of this country were probably a half bar-
barous people. There are no remains which can be attributed to
theEctenes, Phlegyai, Aones, Temmices, Leleges, Hyantes, or Thra-
cians, who, at different periods, occupied the country. It was known
by the appellation of Kadmeis, until it was conquered by a Thes-
salian people, called Boeotians, who gave it their name about 1,124
years before the Christian era. All Bceotia submitted to the Romans
under Paulus iEmilius, after Perseus of Macedon had been taken
prisoner.
The Kadmeia was joined to the lower town by Amphion and
Zethos, to whom it was indebted for the name of Thebes, which
it still retains with little variation. It is now called G^a.1 Pau-
sanias2 says that in his time the Acropolis was called Oyficcg, not
Kadmeia; but he contradicts himself in another place,3 when he
says that Kadmos founded the city; which in his days still retained
the name of Kadmeia.
According to Dicaearchus4 the Boeotian capital was forty-three
stadia in circuit. A few lines further he says it was seventy stadia. It
1 Thebes was anciently denominated either by the singular or plural number, as Mycenx,
Platan, and several other places, of which Homer and Strabo afford frequent examples.
* B. 9- c. 7. 3 B. Q. c. 5. 4 Stat. Grsec.