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TOPOGRAPHICAL CHARACTER
It is observed by the same author that five rivers of importance descend
from the sides of these mountains; the Peneus, Apidanus, Onochonus,
Enipeus, and Pamisus ; that the four latter discharge their streams in the
first, and that they all flow in a single channel, that of the Peneus, through
one narrow outlet into the sea.
In the earlier ages of Greek Mythology, when this defile, through which
the Peneus passes into the ocean, did not exist, the confluence of these streams,
together with contributions from the Boebean Lake, inundated the country
with a deluge of stagnant water, which first found a free egress when Neptune
with the stroke of his trident severed Olympus from Ossa, and made a
channel for the river through the beautiful vale of Tempb.
The legends of Thessaly all speak of the peculiar character of the country
with which they arc connected. They refer to the two physical elements
which constituted the most remarkable features of this region. We have
either extensive views or distant glimpses of Sea and Mountains in them
V'e have noticed the origin assigned to the long and narrow ravine
winch affords the only means of communication between the plains of
northern Thessaly and the sea. We have also contrasted with this tradi-
tion, which derives its origin from a time when the country was agitated by
TOPOGRAPHICAL CHARACTER
It is observed by the same author that five rivers of importance descend
from the sides of these mountains; the Peneus, Apidanus, Onochonus,
Enipeus, and Pamisus ; that the four latter discharge their streams in the
first, and that they all flow in a single channel, that of the Peneus, through
one narrow outlet into the sea.
In the earlier ages of Greek Mythology, when this defile, through which
the Peneus passes into the ocean, did not exist, the confluence of these streams,
together with contributions from the Boebean Lake, inundated the country
with a deluge of stagnant water, which first found a free egress when Neptune
with the stroke of his trident severed Olympus from Ossa, and made a
channel for the river through the beautiful vale of Tempb.
The legends of Thessaly all speak of the peculiar character of the country
with which they arc connected. They refer to the two physical elements
which constituted the most remarkable features of this region. We have
either extensive views or distant glimpses of Sea and Mountains in them
V'e have noticed the origin assigned to the long and narrow ravine
winch affords the only means of communication between the plains of
northern Thessaly and the sea. We have also contrasted with this tradi-
tion, which derives its origin from a time when the country was agitated by