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ROAD BETWEEN CORINTH AND SICYON. 293
Athens, which stand further apart and have more room for their
roots, and a freer circulation of air for their branches. Statius :
notices the olive-groves of Sicyon, and Livy2 praises the fertility of
the soil between that place and Corinth, which was indeed pro-
verbial., It is composed of a white argillaceous earth, which is ex-
tremely slippery after rain, and our baggage horses were continually
falling. The gulf of Corinth and the port of Lecheion were on our
right, and some low hills stretching out from Sicyon to the Acro-
corinthos were on the left. We crossed two streams, and soon after
two others of a more respectable size. The former were probably
only fortuitous torrents, which the late rains had occasioned.
The Corinthian and Sicyonian territories were separated by a
river called Nemea, which is mentioned by Livy4 and Strabo;5
Pausaniase merely notices the Asopos between those towns. The
geographer mentions the Asopos7 and the Cephissos8 as being near
Sicyon; and a river and village,9 called Orneai, in the same space.
The extraordinary fertility of the soil, and the commodiousness of
tire situation, have attracted a numerous population, and our road
between Corinth and Sicyon passed near fifteen villages, but I ob-
served some vestiges of antiquity only in one place, and these con-
sisted of blocks and foundations. The objects which Pausanias'0
mentions on this road, are, the monument" of Lykos, which was a
tumulus,12 and the Olympion, beyond the Asopos; the tomb'5 of
Eupolis, the Athenian comedian; the monument14 of Xenodice,
and a monument" raised for those who had been killed in war.
In two hours and fifty-five minutes Ave arrived at the village of
• Theb. 4. v. 50. Qui Drepani scopulos, et olivifene Sicvonis. = B. 27. c. 31.
s See Libanius Sophist. Epist. 374. and 754. 4 B. 33. c. IS.
5 B. S. p. 382. o B. 2. c. 7. 7 L°c cit. ° B. 9. p. 424.
9 B. S. p. 376. 382. xo^. ,0 B. 2. c. 5. 7. " pyjfw.
Athens, which stand further apart and have more room for their
roots, and a freer circulation of air for their branches. Statius :
notices the olive-groves of Sicyon, and Livy2 praises the fertility of
the soil between that place and Corinth, which was indeed pro-
verbial., It is composed of a white argillaceous earth, which is ex-
tremely slippery after rain, and our baggage horses were continually
falling. The gulf of Corinth and the port of Lecheion were on our
right, and some low hills stretching out from Sicyon to the Acro-
corinthos were on the left. We crossed two streams, and soon after
two others of a more respectable size. The former were probably
only fortuitous torrents, which the late rains had occasioned.
The Corinthian and Sicyonian territories were separated by a
river called Nemea, which is mentioned by Livy4 and Strabo;5
Pausaniase merely notices the Asopos between those towns. The
geographer mentions the Asopos7 and the Cephissos8 as being near
Sicyon; and a river and village,9 called Orneai, in the same space.
The extraordinary fertility of the soil, and the commodiousness of
tire situation, have attracted a numerous population, and our road
between Corinth and Sicyon passed near fifteen villages, but I ob-
served some vestiges of antiquity only in one place, and these con-
sisted of blocks and foundations. The objects which Pausanias'0
mentions on this road, are, the monument" of Lykos, which was a
tumulus,12 and the Olympion, beyond the Asopos; the tomb'5 of
Eupolis, the Athenian comedian; the monument14 of Xenodice,
and a monument" raised for those who had been killed in war.
In two hours and fifty-five minutes Ave arrived at the village of
• Theb. 4. v. 50. Qui Drepani scopulos, et olivifene Sicvonis. = B. 27. c. 31.
s See Libanius Sophist. Epist. 374. and 754. 4 B. 33. c. IS.
5 B. S. p. 382. o B. 2. c. 7. 7 L°c cit. ° B. 9. p. 424.
9 B. S. p. 376. 382. xo^. ,0 B. 2. c. 5. 7. " pyjfw.