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MOITXT TYMPHEESTUS.
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by which that country is hounded, so may Mount Tymphrestus he regarded as
the centre from which its mountains radiate in the same manner.
From the north, the range of Pindus descends to this point; on the east,
the ridge of Othrys branches from it to the sea; the CEteean chain stretches
to the south-east, towards the same coast; to the west it extends itself, from
this central spot, along the northern frontier of iExoLiA and Acarnania, under
the name of the Agr-ean Hills, until it arrives at the shore of the Ambracian
Gulf; southward, is the continuation of Mount Pindus, which, shortly after it
has passed by this point, changes both its name and direction.
' Diverging gradually to the south-east, it assumes different titles as it goes
through the various stages of its course, and forms the harrier which separates
one valley or province from another. Thus, it divides the southern half of
Phocis from the vale of the Cephissus, and is then called Parnassus : in
I.STaWLtY.lJtL.
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BtEoxiA, it becomes Helicon ; at Cith.eron and Parxes, it severs the
Boeotian vale of the Asopus from the plain of Attica ; thence, pursuing its
course southward, it bisects the Attic Peninsula; and having raised its head
m divers summits, and borne the illustrious names of Brilessus, Pentelicus,
and Hvmettus, it gently subsides into the lower declivities of Mount Lau-
kkum, and sinks into the sea at the peak of Sunium.
85
by which that country is hounded, so may Mount Tymphrestus he regarded as
the centre from which its mountains radiate in the same manner.
From the north, the range of Pindus descends to this point; on the east,
the ridge of Othrys branches from it to the sea; the CEteean chain stretches
to the south-east, towards the same coast; to the west it extends itself, from
this central spot, along the northern frontier of iExoLiA and Acarnania, under
the name of the Agr-ean Hills, until it arrives at the shore of the Ambracian
Gulf; southward, is the continuation of Mount Pindus, which, shortly after it
has passed by this point, changes both its name and direction.
' Diverging gradually to the south-east, it assumes different titles as it goes
through the various stages of its course, and forms the harrier which separates
one valley or province from another. Thus, it divides the southern half of
Phocis from the vale of the Cephissus, and is then called Parnassus : in
I.STaWLtY.lJtL.
s
BtEoxiA, it becomes Helicon ; at Cith.eron and Parxes, it severs the
Boeotian vale of the Asopus from the plain of Attica ; thence, pursuing its
course southward, it bisects the Attic Peninsula; and having raised its head
m divers summits, and borne the illustrious names of Brilessus, Pentelicus,
and Hvmettus, it gently subsides into the lower declivities of Mount Lau-
kkum, and sinks into the sea at the peak of Sunium.