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148 PLAIN OF THEBES.
We descended from this place into a level plain, fertile in corn
and cotton, and we soon distinguished the minarets of Thebes.
The villages of Bari and Morokambi are visible at the foot of some
hills to the right, beyond which Mount Cithasron terminates the
distant view. In the evening wre arrived at Thebes, which is five
hours and a half from Orchomenos, three hours and twelve minutes
from the ruins of Haliartos, and one hour and forty minutes from the
ruins near Mount Phoinikios.
TO CHALCIS IN EUBCEA.
On the 18th we quitted Thebes, with the intention of visiting the
Euripos and Chalcis, the ancient and modern capital of Eubcea.
Proetis was the gate of Thebes, which anciently faced Chalcis. We
passed by a stream and fountain, and the village of Saint Theodoro,
fifty-nine minutes from Thebes. The road ran between two small
tumuli, twenty minutes from which the traces of an ancient Avail
were perceptible. In six minutes more a tumulus was seen to the
right, and a ruined tower about half a mile beyond it. An hour and
a half from the last tumulus three large rough blocks of stone are
observed near the road. Fifty minutes more brought us to some
ancient sepulchres, and the traces and foundations of a small town.
Pausanias does not give the distance of Teumessos from Thebes;
but the scholiast of Euripides' says, that it was 100 stadia, and this
computation was sufficiently in unison with the three hours and
forty-five minutes which we employed in reaching these ruins from
Phceniss. v. 1107.
We descended from this place into a level plain, fertile in corn
and cotton, and we soon distinguished the minarets of Thebes.
The villages of Bari and Morokambi are visible at the foot of some
hills to the right, beyond which Mount Cithasron terminates the
distant view. In the evening wre arrived at Thebes, which is five
hours and a half from Orchomenos, three hours and twelve minutes
from the ruins of Haliartos, and one hour and forty minutes from the
ruins near Mount Phoinikios.
TO CHALCIS IN EUBCEA.
On the 18th we quitted Thebes, with the intention of visiting the
Euripos and Chalcis, the ancient and modern capital of Eubcea.
Proetis was the gate of Thebes, which anciently faced Chalcis. We
passed by a stream and fountain, and the village of Saint Theodoro,
fifty-nine minutes from Thebes. The road ran between two small
tumuli, twenty minutes from which the traces of an ancient Avail
were perceptible. In six minutes more a tumulus was seen to the
right, and a ruined tower about half a mile beyond it. An hour and
a half from the last tumulus three large rough blocks of stone are
observed near the road. Fifty minutes more brought us to some
ancient sepulchres, and the traces and foundations of a small town.
Pausanias does not give the distance of Teumessos from Thebes;
but the scholiast of Euripides' says, that it was 100 stadia, and this
computation was sufficiently in unison with the three hours and
forty-five minutes which we employed in reaching these ruins from
Phceniss. v. 1107.