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kuins of an ancient city,
[chap.
which, if one could but be surrounded by some of the
ordinary comforts of European life, would be a delightful
refuge from the tumult and anxieties of the world : a
fitting spot wherein,
Ducere sollicitae jucunda oblivia vitae.
After passing the river which flows along this
valley of Kontokyneghi, I ascend the ridge which sepa-
rates it from that of Pelekanas, and soon cross the road
by which we had traversed the ridge on our way from
Pelekanas to Selino-kasteli: a few minutes more and I
arrive at a church of Haghios Antdnios, after passing
which I notice several tombs hewn out of the solid
rock, a never-failing indication that an ancient site ex-
ists somewhere near. About a mile from the church
of Haghios Antdnios I arrive at another of Haghios
Ghedrghios and also at the ancient site of which I
am in search. It is situated on the summit of the
ridge between the two valleys : on the western and south-
western sides of the city the walls may be traced for
three or four hundred paces: on the east I could only
observe them for about one hundred paces, while on
the south the ridge narrows, and the wall, adapting itself
to the natural features of the hill, has not a length of
more than fifteen or twenty paces. The whole seeming
circuit of these walls cannot much exceed half a mile:
still, possibly, the city might extend further to the north.
Foundations of the walls of buildings are seen to the
south of the church of Haghios Ghedrghios. Of the
walls which remain the style is ancient though the con-
struction is not very massive : the chisel has not been
used for any of the stones: the sizes of most of them
are pretty nearly the same, and they are all polygonal.
The thickness of the wall is about four feet.
I suppose these to be remains of Kalamyde, of
which the Coast-describer2 says that it was to the west
s Anonymi Stadiasm. in Ueogr. Graec. Min. Tom. u. p. 496- See
also above, p. 8(i.
kuins of an ancient city,
[chap.
which, if one could but be surrounded by some of the
ordinary comforts of European life, would be a delightful
refuge from the tumult and anxieties of the world : a
fitting spot wherein,
Ducere sollicitae jucunda oblivia vitae.
After passing the river which flows along this
valley of Kontokyneghi, I ascend the ridge which sepa-
rates it from that of Pelekanas, and soon cross the road
by which we had traversed the ridge on our way from
Pelekanas to Selino-kasteli: a few minutes more and I
arrive at a church of Haghios Antdnios, after passing
which I notice several tombs hewn out of the solid
rock, a never-failing indication that an ancient site ex-
ists somewhere near. About a mile from the church
of Haghios Antdnios I arrive at another of Haghios
Ghedrghios and also at the ancient site of which I
am in search. It is situated on the summit of the
ridge between the two valleys : on the western and south-
western sides of the city the walls may be traced for
three or four hundred paces: on the east I could only
observe them for about one hundred paces, while on
the south the ridge narrows, and the wall, adapting itself
to the natural features of the hill, has not a length of
more than fifteen or twenty paces. The whole seeming
circuit of these walls cannot much exceed half a mile:
still, possibly, the city might extend further to the north.
Foundations of the walls of buildings are seen to the
south of the church of Haghios Ghedrghios. Of the
walls which remain the style is ancient though the con-
struction is not very massive : the chisel has not been
used for any of the stones: the sizes of most of them
are pretty nearly the same, and they are all polygonal.
The thickness of the wall is about four feet.
I suppose these to be remains of Kalamyde, of
which the Coast-describer2 says that it was to the west
s Anonymi Stadiasm. in Ueogr. Graec. Min. Tom. u. p. 496- See
also above, p. 8(i.