Dodwell, Edward: A classical and topographical tour through Greece, during the years 1801, 1805, and 1806: in two volumes (Band 2) (London, 1819)

78 TOWN OF ZETOUN.—RUINS OF LAMIA.

products of the territory of Zetoun are grain, tobacco, rice, anil
cotton ; 80,000 ocques of the latter are produced every year. The
air is rendered unwholesome by the vicinity of the marshes and
the rice grounds. The inhabitants have a yellow and sickly ap-
pearance. Zetoun, which is situated on a hill,1 commands a noble
view over the memorable places which surround it. The pass of
Thermopylae is distinguished at the foot of the rugged Oeta, which,
branching out towards Tymphrestos and Othrys, shoots up from
the flat and even surface of the Melian plain. Towards the south-
east is the Maliac Gulf, and the lofty and picturesque extremity of
Eubcea.2

Above the town of Zetoun stands the fortress, the acropolis of
the ancient Lamia. The lower part of the walls is ancient and
regularly constructed. It was once a place of strength, and in
the Lamian war was held by Antipater, who defeated the supe-
rior force of the Athenians commanded by Leosthenes, who was
killed before the place.3 According to Stephanus,4 Lamia took its
name from Lamos, a son of Hercules and Omphale, or from Lamia,
a queen of the Trachinii.

TO ECHINOS.

On the 27th we proceeded, and in a quarter of an hour crossed a
stream called Stiria, which, in a shallow but spacious channel, winds

1 Livy, b. 36. c. 25.
Mount Lithada, which rises from the promontory of Cenacon.
3 About 323 years B. C. * V. Lamia, p. 506.