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LIST OF ANCIENT NAMES OF PLACES IN ATTICA. 49
7JJ ?Jp;j 'hovtTcur'&ct.i. hru.v&ct, Svovriv olXislg Ajjtoj', xcu 'Apritudi,
xou '' AnoXhuvi ZutTT^iu. " Steph. Byz."
In the promontory near Vari, which I take to be the promontory
of Zoster, is a small round lake, encompassed on one side by pre-
cipices ; and on the other of no easy access, it is now called
Voliasmene, or Chavashi. The water is salt, and in some parts
so deep as to be supposed unfathomable.
Vide Diog. Laert. in Platone. Lib. III. C. XLI. Meursius, de
Pop. Att. " In Steph. Byz. it is written 'H<pa«rr/a."
0^/3^, -a. t. X.—gxr»j, \v rrj 'ArriKjj. " Thebes, the sixth town (of
that name) is in Attica." Steph. de urbibus. On the road to
Daphne, in the situation where I suppose Laciadae may have
been, is this sepulchral inscription :—'AvrixXem 'AzciKholugov
^svyccrn^, 0?j£ss<"a b.
" Harpocration and Steph. Byz."
" A maritime place near Cape Zoster. See Strabo, p. 398."
" See Qsgixo in former list. Chandler's Ins. Ant."
Strabo IX. Plutarch in Pericle, " and Steph. Byz."
This must be near Eleusis, as the Thriasian plain received its name
from it; and Strabo says, it is on the shore near the promontory
Amphiale. There are still some ruins in this place called Sca-
ramanga. Quaere, if Skiron was Scaramangac ?
" Apud Steph. in ©f/«. Itrrt l\ xa.) hnpog Qgiuv uko Qgictvrog.
' Est vero populus Thrion a Thriante.' Meurs. de Pop. Att."
A sea-port, or near one.
See Suidas and Plutarch in " the life of" Theseus.
Pollux, Lib. IV. Cap. XIV.
"Ogog. ** Mons." Plinius. Here comedy was invented*. " Steph.
Byz. mentions 'Ixctgta as a demos."
IToX/j r5j? 'Arr/*5jij, h d> ri^uvrat al "Nlovtrcti 'IXtoviOttt *>S 'AwoX-
Xohjgog. Steph. de urbibus. Perhaps UoXtg for UoTupog s.
» 'HtTiun'ict is mentioned by Thucydides, as a cape which com-
manded the entrance to the Piraeus, and which was fortified, in
Olym. 92> by the Four Hundred. This must have been the pro-
montory to the north of the entrance of that harbour. Thucyd. Lib.
VIII C. XC. See Alrlom, and £^a,v'ntp»«. in former list. Qed.j|
b Spon records a precisely similar inscription to this seen at
Athens in the church of Agios Georgios Systramnis; it pos-
sibly related to a Boeotian Theban. [„ ]
• Mr Dodwell says, " the modern name of Aigalcos is Skar-
magga, pronounced Skarmanga." Stuart's quaere arose from the
Attic Kaki-scala (which is also the modern name of the Sciroman
way) being in the vicinity of Scaramanga^ Vide note on modern
name S„.JUy-, and Cell's Itb. p. 104- Dodwell s Travels,
V. I rj 5]3 t LED-J
* In Plutarch it is written e^-' whlch Seems the P™P«
wading. See also Hoist, in Steph. Byz- L»J
' B5. Spon observes on this demos, "JjFBJjJ- *W de la
tribu Ptolemaide: mais il avoit ete demembre de 1 Amtide a qui
3 appartenoit, comme l'assure HarpocraUon. Liste de 1 AtUque.
vol. in.
f Susarion and Thespis are both said to have been natives of
the demos Icaria; the former first introduced comedy into Attica,
about 580 b. c. Thespis, in the time of Solon, or about 536 b. c.
produced the earliest attempts in tragedy. Horace says,
" Ignotum tragicee genus invenisse Camenae
Dicitur, et plaustris vexisse poemata Thespis,
Qua; canerent agerentque, peruncti faecibus ora."
Ars Poet. 275.
« Thespis, inventor of the tragic art,
Carried his vagrant players in a cart:
High o'er the crowd the mimic tribe appear'd,
And play'd and sung, with lees of wine besmear'd."
Francis' Trans.
g In the edition of Stephanus of 1688, fol. it is there in the
text IA1XS0S, wraplt t3« 'Atti^o Berkelius in a note observes,
" Summa librariorum supinitas in omnibus libris pro woTcc/xk
substituerat «&Ki cum in Attica hoc nomine oppidum non repe-
riatur." Mr. Hawkins observes: " The principal source of the
Ilissus is near the monastery of Cyriani, just below the higher
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GYPmNIAAI \
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IAI2202.
LIST OF ANCIENT NAMES OF PLACES IN ATTICA. 49
7JJ ?Jp;j 'hovtTcur'&ct.i. hru.v&ct, Svovriv olXislg Ajjtoj', xcu 'Apritudi,
xou '' AnoXhuvi ZutTT^iu. " Steph. Byz."
In the promontory near Vari, which I take to be the promontory
of Zoster, is a small round lake, encompassed on one side by pre-
cipices ; and on the other of no easy access, it is now called
Voliasmene, or Chavashi. The water is salt, and in some parts
so deep as to be supposed unfathomable.
Vide Diog. Laert. in Platone. Lib. III. C. XLI. Meursius, de
Pop. Att. " In Steph. Byz. it is written 'H<pa«rr/a."
0^/3^, -a. t. X.—gxr»j, \v rrj 'ArriKjj. " Thebes, the sixth town (of
that name) is in Attica." Steph. de urbibus. On the road to
Daphne, in the situation where I suppose Laciadae may have
been, is this sepulchral inscription :—'AvrixXem 'AzciKholugov
^svyccrn^, 0?j£ss<"a b.
" Harpocration and Steph. Byz."
" A maritime place near Cape Zoster. See Strabo, p. 398."
" See Qsgixo in former list. Chandler's Ins. Ant."
Strabo IX. Plutarch in Pericle, " and Steph. Byz."
This must be near Eleusis, as the Thriasian plain received its name
from it; and Strabo says, it is on the shore near the promontory
Amphiale. There are still some ruins in this place called Sca-
ramanga. Quaere, if Skiron was Scaramangac ?
" Apud Steph. in ©f/«. Itrrt l\ xa.) hnpog Qgiuv uko Qgictvrog.
' Est vero populus Thrion a Thriante.' Meurs. de Pop. Att."
A sea-port, or near one.
See Suidas and Plutarch in " the life of" Theseus.
Pollux, Lib. IV. Cap. XIV.
"Ogog. ** Mons." Plinius. Here comedy was invented*. " Steph.
Byz. mentions 'Ixctgta as a demos."
IToX/j r5j? 'Arr/*5jij, h d> ri^uvrat al "Nlovtrcti 'IXtoviOttt *>S 'AwoX-
Xohjgog. Steph. de urbibus. Perhaps UoXtg for UoTupog s.
» 'HtTiun'ict is mentioned by Thucydides, as a cape which com-
manded the entrance to the Piraeus, and which was fortified, in
Olym. 92> by the Four Hundred. This must have been the pro-
montory to the north of the entrance of that harbour. Thucyd. Lib.
VIII C. XC. See Alrlom, and £^a,v'ntp»«. in former list. Qed.j|
b Spon records a precisely similar inscription to this seen at
Athens in the church of Agios Georgios Systramnis; it pos-
sibly related to a Boeotian Theban. [„ ]
• Mr Dodwell says, " the modern name of Aigalcos is Skar-
magga, pronounced Skarmanga." Stuart's quaere arose from the
Attic Kaki-scala (which is also the modern name of the Sciroman
way) being in the vicinity of Scaramanga^ Vide note on modern
name S„.JUy-, and Cell's Itb. p. 104- Dodwell s Travels,
V. I rj 5]3 t LED-J
* In Plutarch it is written e^-' whlch Seems the P™P«
wading. See also Hoist, in Steph. Byz- L»J
' B5. Spon observes on this demos, "JjFBJjJ- *W de la
tribu Ptolemaide: mais il avoit ete demembre de 1 Amtide a qui
3 appartenoit, comme l'assure HarpocraUon. Liste de 1 AtUque.
vol. in.
f Susarion and Thespis are both said to have been natives of
the demos Icaria; the former first introduced comedy into Attica,
about 580 b. c. Thespis, in the time of Solon, or about 536 b. c.
produced the earliest attempts in tragedy. Horace says,
" Ignotum tragicee genus invenisse Camenae
Dicitur, et plaustris vexisse poemata Thespis,
Qua; canerent agerentque, peruncti faecibus ora."
Ars Poet. 275.
« Thespis, inventor of the tragic art,
Carried his vagrant players in a cart:
High o'er the crowd the mimic tribe appear'd,
And play'd and sung, with lees of wine besmear'd."
Francis' Trans.
g In the edition of Stephanus of 1688, fol. it is there in the
text IA1XS0S, wraplt t3« 'Atti^o Berkelius in a note observes,
" Summa librariorum supinitas in omnibus libris pro woTcc/xk
substituerat «&Ki cum in Attica hoc nomine oppidum non repe-
riatur." Mr. Hawkins observes: " The principal source of the
Ilissus is near the monastery of Cyriani, just below the higher
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