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CHAPTER XXVI.
AirodfijaKOViTiv, a> iropBuev, Kai iro^eic, iSa-irep uvdptairot.
Lucian. Contempl.
O Ferryman, Cities die as well as Men.
Lagbona1 sear Stinibm, Dee. 28.
The desolate state of this country is almost in-
describable. Of the numerous Athenian towns and
villages which once covered its soil hardly any vestiges
remain. It is almost a wilderness. We have not met
five persons on the road during a two day's journey
on our way from Athens hither. We see occasionally
a few shepherds on the hills at a distance tending
their sheep, but at the first sight of our party they
scamper away for fear; as if they were sheep, and
we wolves. To gain any information from them as
to the localities of the country is utterly impossible.
The natural aspect of this country is as dreary,
as its actual condition is desolate. It is bare and
dry: there are no fountains or rivulets to refresh it:
* On this name Stuart well remarks, (ill. p. 37. new edit.)
" Legrana or Lagriona, perhaps Aaipiov, the v is frequently changed
into y; for instance, 'Eypnros from EUpiiros: and the termination a is
added: for the modem Greeks never finish a word with a consonant."
AirodfijaKOViTiv, a> iropBuev, Kai iro^eic, iSa-irep uvdptairot.
Lucian. Contempl.
O Ferryman, Cities die as well as Men.
Lagbona1 sear Stinibm, Dee. 28.
The desolate state of this country is almost in-
describable. Of the numerous Athenian towns and
villages which once covered its soil hardly any vestiges
remain. It is almost a wilderness. We have not met
five persons on the road during a two day's journey
on our way from Athens hither. We see occasionally
a few shepherds on the hills at a distance tending
their sheep, but at the first sight of our party they
scamper away for fear; as if they were sheep, and
we wolves. To gain any information from them as
to the localities of the country is utterly impossible.
The natural aspect of this country is as dreary,
as its actual condition is desolate. It is bare and
dry: there are no fountains or rivulets to refresh it:
* On this name Stuart well remarks, (ill. p. 37. new edit.)
" Legrana or Lagriona, perhaps Aaipiov, the v is frequently changed
into y; for instance, 'Eypnros from EUpiiros: and the termination a is
added: for the modem Greeks never finish a word with a consonant."