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MYKALESSOS. 149
Thebes. Continuing our route we refreshed ourselves at a fountain,
and passed by the ruins of an ancient town, thirty-three minutes from
the last-mentioned remains. These ruins are situated on a hill to
the left of the road, and are of moderate dimensions. The walls are
composed with small stones, which were probably once coated with
larger masses. We felt no inclination to ascend the hill, as our
strength was exhausted by the intensity of the heat. These may,
perhaps, be the remains of Harma. We passed over a gentle emi-
nence, which intervenes between the Theban plain and that of Aulis-
From hence we commanded a view of the Euripos, and the moun-
tainous range of Eubcea, with Chalcis, its capital.
I have thus far been particular in noting the smallest traces from
Thebes, with their reciprocal distances; as upon this road Pausa-
nias ' notices some monuments of considerable interest. He says,
" after quitting the gate of Proetis for Chalcis, the tomb2 of Me-
lanippos is passed; and near it three rough stones, said to be the
sepulchre of Tydeus. The tombs 3 of the sons of CEdipus are on
the same road, and further on the village* of Teumessos. The mo-
nument 5 of Chalkodon, and the ruins of Harma and Mykalessos,
were on the same route, with a temple5 of the Mykalessian Ceres."
We must have passed over or near the site of the ancient Myka-
lessos. Strabo7 calls it a village,5 and Pausanias9 says it was in
ruins in his time. It however once had its mint; and I purchased
at Thebes one of its small silver oboli, with the Boeotian shield on
one side, and a thunder-bolt on the reverse, with the two first letters
of the town M Y.
We approached the Euripos by a gentle descent, and to the left
saw a hill with a fort and a mosque upon its summit, erected by
Mahmoud Pacha, grand vizir of Mohamed the second. It is called
Baba-Kastro, or Kara-Baba, and is probably the place which Strabo10
calls Salganeus, from a Boeotian of that name who was buried there.
i B. 9> c. IS. & 19. ' laipoi. 3 {J-vrj/j-ccltx,. * X"*!10"- * WW*- '' upv.
■ B. 9. p. 4-04. Bx«fM). 9 B. 9. c. 19. 10 B. 9. p. 403. he calls it xwpw.
Thebes. Continuing our route we refreshed ourselves at a fountain,
and passed by the ruins of an ancient town, thirty-three minutes from
the last-mentioned remains. These ruins are situated on a hill to
the left of the road, and are of moderate dimensions. The walls are
composed with small stones, which were probably once coated with
larger masses. We felt no inclination to ascend the hill, as our
strength was exhausted by the intensity of the heat. These may,
perhaps, be the remains of Harma. We passed over a gentle emi-
nence, which intervenes between the Theban plain and that of Aulis-
From hence we commanded a view of the Euripos, and the moun-
tainous range of Eubcea, with Chalcis, its capital.
I have thus far been particular in noting the smallest traces from
Thebes, with their reciprocal distances; as upon this road Pausa-
nias ' notices some monuments of considerable interest. He says,
" after quitting the gate of Proetis for Chalcis, the tomb2 of Me-
lanippos is passed; and near it three rough stones, said to be the
sepulchre of Tydeus. The tombs 3 of the sons of CEdipus are on
the same road, and further on the village* of Teumessos. The mo-
nument 5 of Chalkodon, and the ruins of Harma and Mykalessos,
were on the same route, with a temple5 of the Mykalessian Ceres."
We must have passed over or near the site of the ancient Myka-
lessos. Strabo7 calls it a village,5 and Pausanias9 says it was in
ruins in his time. It however once had its mint; and I purchased
at Thebes one of its small silver oboli, with the Boeotian shield on
one side, and a thunder-bolt on the reverse, with the two first letters
of the town M Y.
We approached the Euripos by a gentle descent, and to the left
saw a hill with a fort and a mosque upon its summit, erected by
Mahmoud Pacha, grand vizir of Mohamed the second. It is called
Baba-Kastro, or Kara-Baba, and is probably the place which Strabo10
calls Salganeus, from a Boeotian of that name who was buried there.
i B. 9> c. IS. & 19. ' laipoi. 3 {J-vrj/j-ccltx,. * X"*!10"- * WW*- '' upv.
■ B. 9. p. 4-04. Bx«fM). 9 B. 9. c. 19. 10 B. 9. p. 403. he calls it xwpw.