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XVII.]
departure from hierapetra.
271
COIN OP HIERAPYTNA.
CHAPTER XVII.
DEPARTURE FROM HIERAPETRA. MYRTOS. THE GIANT'S TOMB.
SYKOLOGO. IGNORANCE OF THE PEASANTS. A MENDICANT
MONK. ST ANTONIOS AND ASCLEPIOS. HAGHIO VASILI. ARVI.
DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT SARCOPHAGUS. MOUNT ARBIOS.
VIANO, PERHAPS THE SITE OF BIENNOS. LEGEND OF OTOS AND
EPHIALTES. CONTEST BETWEEN ZEUS AND THE GIANTS. CON-
NEXION OF CRETE WITH NAXOS. PRODUCE OF THE EPARKHIA
OF RHIZO-KASTRON.
March 26.
At noon to-day I set out from Hierapetra1, intend-
ing to return along the south side of the island towards
Rhithymnos and Khania. As we followed the shore
in our westerly course, we were nearly an hour in the
plain which surrounds the Kasteli, as the town of Hiera-
petra is commonly called. Less than two thirds of the
plain is now cultivated ; on leaving it we observed the
village of Anatole, and its white tower, distant about
three miles to the north-west. The road to Myrtos,
after leaving the plain, passes through hills, presenting
points of view which are sometimes picturesque, and is
never very far from the sea, although it was only once
actually in sight. In one or two places I noticed great
1 Which place I again visited in the following month of August, and
of the ruins of which I may hereafter speak.
vol. i. S
departure from hierapetra.
271
COIN OP HIERAPYTNA.
CHAPTER XVII.
DEPARTURE FROM HIERAPETRA. MYRTOS. THE GIANT'S TOMB.
SYKOLOGO. IGNORANCE OF THE PEASANTS. A MENDICANT
MONK. ST ANTONIOS AND ASCLEPIOS. HAGHIO VASILI. ARVI.
DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT SARCOPHAGUS. MOUNT ARBIOS.
VIANO, PERHAPS THE SITE OF BIENNOS. LEGEND OF OTOS AND
EPHIALTES. CONTEST BETWEEN ZEUS AND THE GIANTS. CON-
NEXION OF CRETE WITH NAXOS. PRODUCE OF THE EPARKHIA
OF RHIZO-KASTRON.
March 26.
At noon to-day I set out from Hierapetra1, intend-
ing to return along the south side of the island towards
Rhithymnos and Khania. As we followed the shore
in our westerly course, we were nearly an hour in the
plain which surrounds the Kasteli, as the town of Hiera-
petra is commonly called. Less than two thirds of the
plain is now cultivated ; on leaving it we observed the
village of Anatole, and its white tower, distant about
three miles to the north-west. The road to Myrtos,
after leaving the plain, passes through hills, presenting
points of view which are sometimes picturesque, and is
never very far from the sea, although it was only once
actually in sight. In one or two places I noticed great
1 Which place I again visited in the following month of August, and
of the ruins of which I may hereafter speak.
vol. i. S