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MODERN NAMES OF PLACES FROM SCHIATHOS TO NEGROPONT. 61
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"Kiyovrcu, xc&P o r\ vvv''Ayogoc, ran Meyugiaw xsiruh
" But they name Tripodoi Tripodiskion, where
now is situate [the place called] the Agora of the
Megarians." Straho, " Ed. Casaub." p. 394.
"MODERN NAMES IN THE ORDER THEY OCCURRED SAILING FROM SCHIATHOS• TO NEGROPONT.
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" Sir W. Gell supposes Tripodiscus to have been situated on
the ascent of Mount Geranion, about two hours distant from
Megara, on the route to the Great Dervene, where the vestiges of
an ancient town are seen on an oval eminence. Itin. of Greece.
See Paus. L. I. C. XLIII. [ed.]
b It will be perceived that these head-lands and places are on
the coast of Eubcea, and were recorded in sailing from its northern
extremity down the Euripus, to its extreme southern cape, along
the western coast of that island, passing Egripo or Chalcis. The
eastern coast of the Negropont is found to be a most dangerous
shore by the modern as well as formerly by the ancient Greek na-
vigators, and therefore is avoided by them. A detachment of 200
triremes, of the fleet of Xerxes, is recorded to have been entirely
wrecked at Ccela, which, according to Mr. Hawkins, was on the
eastern side of the island. This traveller, who made some geo-
graphical researches in Eubcea, calls it an " iron-bound coast,
which, in a line of about thirty leagues, presents only one place
°f shelter (called Petriais) for a ship in distress." It is therefore
not surprising that Stuart, after having embarked from Salonica
with the intention of arriving at Smyrna, should, in his voyage
from Sciatho to Andros, have sailed along the western or inside
shore down the Euripus, in preference to coasting the inhospitable
eastern one. The island of Negropont, though abounding in
mountains, is extremely fertile; it contains 300 villages, chiefly
inhabited by Turks; and Egripo, the residence of a pasha of
three tails, to whom Attica was subject, contains about 12,000
inhabitants. See Wheler's Travels. Walpole's Memoirs, Vol. I.
p. 535. Dodwell's Travels, Vol. II. [ed.]
0 Stuart was prevented by the presence of a Turkish fleet from
visiting Sciatho, which was unfortunate, as he was told of great
ruins there. At the neighbouring island of Scopelo, he found no
antiquities or inscriptions of any consequence ; he however drew
a sarcophagus there, which served as a cistern. [ed.]
d Pondico-nisia (the Islands of Rats) arc two small islands
off Cape Hellenica, immediately south of Sciatho. [ed.]
e Syrochori (qu.? Xerochorion) is on a low promontory, oppo-
site the entrance to the Gulph of Volo. [ed.]
f Oreos, the ancient Histieea, is about six miles from Syro-
chori. I>D-1
• Mount Lithada forms the ancient promontory Ceneeum, the
most western point of Eubcea, near which are some rocks and a
village also called by that name. V. Strabo, p. 446. [ED.]
h Ialtras, and Lipsos, or Dipso, the ancient Aidepsos, at which
were the Baths of Hercules, are villages near a deep bay to the
east of the promontory Cenamm; near Dipso mineral springs may
yet be observed. , LED-1
1 Orobais, or Rubiais, is to the south-east of the places last
named ; more south still is Limna. Passing Grams Spelias, the
coast is rocky and mountainous. LED0
1 Supposed to be about 182 English feet.
' Spon, on speaking of the passage and the width of the strait, says-" On
k From Politica to Chalcis or Egripo, the country forms a
plain interspersed with villages. EED0
1 Chalcis, now called Egripo, which is derived from a corrupted
pronunciation of Euripus, the ancient name of the channel or
strait betwen the main land and Euboea, was anciently a city of
considerable consequence, and termed by Philip son of Deme-
trius one of the fetters or keys of Greece; but since the intro-
duction of artillery, the position is little important, as it is com-
manded by a castle, on a neighbouring height on the continent,
called Kara Baba. The town of Egripo is surrounded on three
sides by the sea, and is attached to the island by a narrow isthmus.
It is connected with the continent by a bridge, through which
flow the currents of the Euripus. This bridge is constructed
partly in wood, and has one large arch, and some smaller ones, on
each side of a rock. On this rock stands a circular tower, mounted
with guns of enormous calibre, and a gate. Chalcis was first united
to Bceotia in the twenty-first year of the Peloponnesian war, or the
second year of the 92d Olympiad, by the Chalcidians, in alliance
with the Boeotians, in opposition to the Athenian interest. The
object in fortifying the Euripus, was to render unavailing the
naval superiority of the Athenians, to prevent them from block-
ading the island, and by commanding the navigation of the strait
to cut off from them the facility in deriving supplies from Thes-
saly and northern Greece, otherwise than by exposure to the
dangerous navigation of the eastern coast of the island. The
Euripus and the junction of Chalcis with the continent, is thus
mentioned by Strabo :—
l^oofji^^ovTa.' can d \w avTu yzepvpa. oittAeSpo?, wq eipMna' 7ivpyoct 3 sxa-
TE£W0SV ECpEO'TflXEl', O jLCEV Ik T>JJ XaAjUdOJ, O O In 7>5$ BotWTiCSS' OIOJJCO-
do^rncii o slq avrovi; cvpiy^. n^i oe iriq <jra,\ifpola.<; tov EvgilPWf To<rov-
to> |U.ovo» ilTrsTf txavov, on ETTraiaj /XETaSaAAEiy (pa.cn tcafl' vijJ.i(at incia-
tm y.a) vmra. Lib. IX. p. 403.
" There is in that vicinity the Euripus of Chalcis, which is
distant from Sunium seventy stadia, at which, as I have said, is
a bridge two plethra long ', and on each side is built a tower, one
on the side of Bceotia, and the other on that of Chalcis, between
which is constructed a passage or canal (o-t^iyf). Concerning the
tide of the Euripus, it will only be sufficient to say, that they
report that it changes seven times during every day and night."
The term Syrinx has perplexed the commentators, and has given
rise to a discussion as to its meaning. Mr. Hawkins supposes it
to have been a'' cylindrical passage', or 'sort of tunnel', be-
tween the two towers; or, that underneath the arch of a bridge
uniting them, a reversed arch was constructed below the level
of the sea. The modern bridge, however, unites the island
with the continent by the intervention of a rock bearing a castle
in the middle of the current2, and we much doubt whether such
a scientific combination of the arch could in that early age have
premierement sur un pont de pierre de cinq petites arcades qui n'a qu'environ SO
pas de long, et qui mene sous une tour au milieu du canal batie par les Venitiens."
"De
VOL. III.
2KIP02. TPHI0AI2K02\ X» ol TgwoJoi TpxoMtrxm
"Kiyovrcu, xc&P o r\ vvv''Ayogoc, ran Meyugiaw xsiruh
" But they name Tripodoi Tripodiskion, where
now is situate [the place called] the Agora of the
Megarians." Straho, " Ed. Casaub." p. 394.
"MODERN NAMES IN THE ORDER THEY OCCURRED SAILING FROM SCHIATHOS• TO NEGROPONT.
IIONAIKO NH2Id.
EAAENIK02.
2TPOXOPH\
OPEOT2f.
AHA.
AI0AAAe.
IAITPAh.
A1TF02.
POTBIAI2\
AIMNA.
TPAIA2 2nHAlAI2.
nOAITIKAk.
Erpmos*.
" Sir W. Gell supposes Tripodiscus to have been situated on
the ascent of Mount Geranion, about two hours distant from
Megara, on the route to the Great Dervene, where the vestiges of
an ancient town are seen on an oval eminence. Itin. of Greece.
See Paus. L. I. C. XLIII. [ed.]
b It will be perceived that these head-lands and places are on
the coast of Eubcea, and were recorded in sailing from its northern
extremity down the Euripus, to its extreme southern cape, along
the western coast of that island, passing Egripo or Chalcis. The
eastern coast of the Negropont is found to be a most dangerous
shore by the modern as well as formerly by the ancient Greek na-
vigators, and therefore is avoided by them. A detachment of 200
triremes, of the fleet of Xerxes, is recorded to have been entirely
wrecked at Ccela, which, according to Mr. Hawkins, was on the
eastern side of the island. This traveller, who made some geo-
graphical researches in Eubcea, calls it an " iron-bound coast,
which, in a line of about thirty leagues, presents only one place
°f shelter (called Petriais) for a ship in distress." It is therefore
not surprising that Stuart, after having embarked from Salonica
with the intention of arriving at Smyrna, should, in his voyage
from Sciatho to Andros, have sailed along the western or inside
shore down the Euripus, in preference to coasting the inhospitable
eastern one. The island of Negropont, though abounding in
mountains, is extremely fertile; it contains 300 villages, chiefly
inhabited by Turks; and Egripo, the residence of a pasha of
three tails, to whom Attica was subject, contains about 12,000
inhabitants. See Wheler's Travels. Walpole's Memoirs, Vol. I.
p. 535. Dodwell's Travels, Vol. II. [ed.]
0 Stuart was prevented by the presence of a Turkish fleet from
visiting Sciatho, which was unfortunate, as he was told of great
ruins there. At the neighbouring island of Scopelo, he found no
antiquities or inscriptions of any consequence ; he however drew
a sarcophagus there, which served as a cistern. [ed.]
d Pondico-nisia (the Islands of Rats) arc two small islands
off Cape Hellenica, immediately south of Sciatho. [ed.]
e Syrochori (qu.? Xerochorion) is on a low promontory, oppo-
site the entrance to the Gulph of Volo. [ed.]
f Oreos, the ancient Histieea, is about six miles from Syro-
chori. I>D-1
• Mount Lithada forms the ancient promontory Ceneeum, the
most western point of Eubcea, near which are some rocks and a
village also called by that name. V. Strabo, p. 446. [ED.]
h Ialtras, and Lipsos, or Dipso, the ancient Aidepsos, at which
were the Baths of Hercules, are villages near a deep bay to the
east of the promontory Cenamm; near Dipso mineral springs may
yet be observed. , LED-1
1 Orobais, or Rubiais, is to the south-east of the places last
named ; more south still is Limna. Passing Grams Spelias, the
coast is rocky and mountainous. LED0
1 Supposed to be about 182 English feet.
' Spon, on speaking of the passage and the width of the strait, says-" On
k From Politica to Chalcis or Egripo, the country forms a
plain interspersed with villages. EED0
1 Chalcis, now called Egripo, which is derived from a corrupted
pronunciation of Euripus, the ancient name of the channel or
strait betwen the main land and Euboea, was anciently a city of
considerable consequence, and termed by Philip son of Deme-
trius one of the fetters or keys of Greece; but since the intro-
duction of artillery, the position is little important, as it is com-
manded by a castle, on a neighbouring height on the continent,
called Kara Baba. The town of Egripo is surrounded on three
sides by the sea, and is attached to the island by a narrow isthmus.
It is connected with the continent by a bridge, through which
flow the currents of the Euripus. This bridge is constructed
partly in wood, and has one large arch, and some smaller ones, on
each side of a rock. On this rock stands a circular tower, mounted
with guns of enormous calibre, and a gate. Chalcis was first united
to Bceotia in the twenty-first year of the Peloponnesian war, or the
second year of the 92d Olympiad, by the Chalcidians, in alliance
with the Boeotians, in opposition to the Athenian interest. The
object in fortifying the Euripus, was to render unavailing the
naval superiority of the Athenians, to prevent them from block-
ading the island, and by commanding the navigation of the strait
to cut off from them the facility in deriving supplies from Thes-
saly and northern Greece, otherwise than by exposure to the
dangerous navigation of the eastern coast of the island. The
Euripus and the junction of Chalcis with the continent, is thus
mentioned by Strabo :—
l^oofji^^ovTa.' can d \w avTu yzepvpa. oittAeSpo?, wq eipMna' 7ivpyoct 3 sxa-
TE£W0SV ECpEO'TflXEl', O jLCEV Ik T>JJ XaAjUdOJ, O O In 7>5$ BotWTiCSS' OIOJJCO-
do^rncii o slq avrovi; cvpiy^. n^i oe iriq <jra,\ifpola.<; tov EvgilPWf To<rov-
to> |U.ovo» ilTrsTf txavov, on ETTraiaj /XETaSaAAEiy (pa.cn tcafl' vijJ.i(at incia-
tm y.a) vmra. Lib. IX. p. 403.
" There is in that vicinity the Euripus of Chalcis, which is
distant from Sunium seventy stadia, at which, as I have said, is
a bridge two plethra long ', and on each side is built a tower, one
on the side of Bceotia, and the other on that of Chalcis, between
which is constructed a passage or canal (o-t^iyf). Concerning the
tide of the Euripus, it will only be sufficient to say, that they
report that it changes seven times during every day and night."
The term Syrinx has perplexed the commentators, and has given
rise to a discussion as to its meaning. Mr. Hawkins supposes it
to have been a'' cylindrical passage', or 'sort of tunnel', be-
tween the two towers; or, that underneath the arch of a bridge
uniting them, a reversed arch was constructed below the level
of the sea. The modern bridge, however, unites the island
with the continent by the intervention of a rock bearing a castle
in the middle of the current2, and we much doubt whether such
a scientific combination of the arch could in that early age have
premierement sur un pont de pierre de cinq petites arcades qui n'a qu'environ SO
pas de long, et qui mene sous une tour au milieu du canal batie par les Venitiens."
"De
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