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CHAPTER XXI.
ATHENS.
Ilissus, $c.
Kava^ovai Trtjyai, iuiiiKaxpovvov to (nopa
iAio-crdc 61/ Trj (papvyi,
Cratinus apud Suid. s. v. StoSeKaKpowov.
His mouth's a Conduit of twelve gushing Pipes
That pour a loud Ilissus down his throat. ■
We return from the Stadium to the Ilissus. To-
day (Jan. 3) the stream makes a fine cascade at the
point to which Cratinus alludes. That point is a little
to the south of the Olympieum, and of the fountain of
Callirhoe. The current of the river, or torrent rather,
is there divided into two streams; the one nearer the
left bank comes down over a stone bed cut and worn
into a large and deep trough, the other division of the
stream finds its way through the rock by subterranean
artificial icpovvot or pipes bored through it, which
suggested the description of Cratinus: seven of them
are yet visible. Some Athenian women are now stand-
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ATHENS.
Ilissus, $c.
Kava^ovai Trtjyai, iuiiiKaxpovvov to (nopa
iAio-crdc 61/ Trj (papvyi,
Cratinus apud Suid. s. v. StoSeKaKpowov.
His mouth's a Conduit of twelve gushing Pipes
That pour a loud Ilissus down his throat. ■
We return from the Stadium to the Ilissus. To-
day (Jan. 3) the stream makes a fine cascade at the
point to which Cratinus alludes. That point is a little
to the south of the Olympieum, and of the fountain of
Callirhoe. The current of the river, or torrent rather,
is there divided into two streams; the one nearer the
left bank comes down over a stone bed cut and worn
into a large and deep trough, the other division of the
stream finds its way through the rock by subterranean
artificial icpovvot or pipes bored through it, which
suggested the description of Cratinus: seven of them
are yet visible. Some Athenian women are now stand-
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