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ro ArcheologixAttica Lib. I . Cap* 2;
and'a quarter, the'iitmost wall of which "thiicydides fpeafceS"
„ in his (econd book confisted of five miles a quarter and hal£
The girdle otPivx'mimd Munychia had feaven miles and an
hals, more.All which being put together make up but twen-
ty two mil*s one quarter and a furlong. But Dion Chryso-
siome muft be here uuderftood; and it behoves us to conceive
that he {pake not barely of the naked wals, sor then it cannot
hold; but I fuppofe fome houfes to have been without d w&pt
d Locotcitato % meifioKov,^ he (iiies}n s/s«cSaf $ waKeu £ rnviu %up-
**v7*.\n which I appeale to more judicious heads. Neither
can I fdently pasTe by the opinion of John Meursiw^ho rea-
' ding in <? Pav sanias,th& words3f AQUviuoti /mv Jti rct^s yd- -
etx.to'iv apngrtiit iHf w5\£6is » sttKttpcS •3*A.*Ajtt,sh.ould pre-
eln Archad- faitiy 0^ trafe to us, that Paufanias teaches, that the f wall
fArt4 Wil caUed Pha!ericus is ^at twenty (te&a or two niileSe anhalse.
5. c. 4. " When indeed he rrhant nothing leffe. For fpeaking of sait
Springs which he calls 0*a*O»? jw'u*tw, he feems to involve a
areasondrawn from the neerneffe of the fea. For when he
writes os this brackish well. Among the Athenians the Sea
which comes upneer Thalerius is diftantsrom theCity but twenty,
iladia at the »;»)7,quoth he. Where Amaseus had thus ftrang-
!y doted. Athsn* aPhalero absunt jiadiahaud ampliusXX..
And dm this was the meaning os the Author, proves that
which follows. He might have likwise considered that srfs
with a Dative cafe signisies not only jvxta and propb as 1 have
tranflated it; but supra fometimes,which will now ferve bet-.
ter. And Meurssus indeed blames the number; but sees not
a Lib. 31. jnto t(ie worc|s. Now it is not nededlesfe that the two wals,
19 pi'oa waicn i°Jns'5 fyrtum and Athens at Co long a diftance,, be
eln bello' 'somewhat fpoken of, feeing they are reckoned by a Livie
Mith.p. 125. among the mnha~visenda} Many things worty os light at
Athens. Thefe are the y*.*.?}. tm^h, in b Propertius}
d Pag- 355-1- — <fbefe<e brachia longa viu. cAppian of Alexandria, s***e£
el Pericle <^^"'A,, >a"d ^ Plutarch in Cintone. One lying towards the
p.uS.hzo. No rth of which e Phtarch. The other toward the South
in.
and'a quarter, the'iitmost wall of which "thiicydides fpeafceS"
„ in his (econd book confisted of five miles a quarter and hal£
The girdle otPivx'mimd Munychia had feaven miles and an
hals, more.All which being put together make up but twen-
ty two mil*s one quarter and a furlong. But Dion Chryso-
siome muft be here uuderftood; and it behoves us to conceive
that he {pake not barely of the naked wals, sor then it cannot
hold; but I fuppofe fome houfes to have been without d w&pt
d Locotcitato % meifioKov,^ he (iiies}n s/s«cSaf $ waKeu £ rnviu %up-
**v7*.\n which I appeale to more judicious heads. Neither
can I fdently pasTe by the opinion of John Meursiw^ho rea-
' ding in <? Pav sanias,th& words3f AQUviuoti /mv Jti rct^s yd- -
etx.to'iv apngrtiit iHf w5\£6is » sttKttpcS •3*A.*Ajtt,sh.ould pre-
eln Archad- faitiy 0^ trafe to us, that Paufanias teaches, that the f wall
fArt4 Wil caUed Pha!ericus is ^at twenty (te&a or two niileSe anhalse.
5. c. 4. " When indeed he rrhant nothing leffe. For fpeaking of sait
Springs which he calls 0*a*O»? jw'u*tw, he feems to involve a
areasondrawn from the neerneffe of the fea. For when he
writes os this brackish well. Among the Athenians the Sea
which comes upneer Thalerius is diftantsrom theCity but twenty,
iladia at the »;»)7,quoth he. Where Amaseus had thus ftrang-
!y doted. Athsn* aPhalero absunt jiadiahaud ampliusXX..
And dm this was the meaning os the Author, proves that
which follows. He might have likwise considered that srfs
with a Dative cafe signisies not only jvxta and propb as 1 have
tranflated it; but supra fometimes,which will now ferve bet-.
ter. And Meurssus indeed blames the number; but sees not
a Lib. 31. jnto t(ie worc|s. Now it is not nededlesfe that the two wals,
19 pi'oa waicn i°Jns'5 fyrtum and Athens at Co long a diftance,, be
eln bello' 'somewhat fpoken of, feeing they are reckoned by a Livie
Mith.p. 125. among the mnha~visenda} Many things worty os light at
Athens. Thefe are the y*.*.?}. tm^h, in b Propertius}
d Pag- 355-1- — <fbefe<e brachia longa viu. cAppian of Alexandria, s***e£
el Pericle <^^"'A,, >a"d ^ Plutarch in Cintone. One lying towards the
p.uS.hzo. No rth of which e Phtarch. The other toward the South
in.