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and wanting in height near half the common proportion to the
diameter. Within them, toward the weftern end, sis -One taller,
though not entire, which, it is likely, contributed to iuftain the
roof. They have been found to be ftonei not marble j and
appear brown, perhaps brom a cruft formed on the outfide.
The ruin is probably of very remote antiquity, and a portion of
a fabric ereéfced not only before the Greek city was deftroyed,
but before the Dork order had attained to maturity* I fufpeét
i t to have been the Sifypheiim mentioned by Strabo. North »of
the Bazar hands a large mafs of brick-work, a remnant, it may
be conjedtared, erf a bath or o f the Gymnafiium
C H A R . LVIH.
the Jlftbmus— tfhe place where were 'drawn over--*».
Attempts to unite the two Jens — A wall eredled acrejs
.temple o f JJthmian Meptune — fb e jite ,
T H E Corinthians related .that Neptune and the -Sun had
contended/c^ .thpir c<wntiy,i .that the latter obtained theAcro-
corinthus and yielded the pofleffion of it to Venus $ and that
Neptune had continued proprietor of the Ifthmus, which divided
the Corinthian from the Saronic gulf, and united the Pelqpoa-
nefus with the Continent.
T he root of mount Gncios extending along the Ifthmus
.rendered the Corinthian territory, which; »was mot 1 rich in ftail,
browy and uneven, with hollows. On the fide of the Corine
thian gulf the beach receded toward that o f Schoenuft, which
was oppofite. There the neck was moft narrow, the interval
between the two feas being only forty ftadia ©r five miles,} and
there was the Diolcos or drawing-place, at which it was ufual
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to eowvey light veftels aerofs on machines» Thé famé practice
prevailed its the wars* o f the Turk« and VéWetiafiS.
attempts bavé bééri m’adé té öjten* à communication
between the leaöd« afiè ik&Mgàüù -fc*- by à navigable eut
ttedü’gh- the MhmUs. Thé pto|eSt-Wâs Adopted by
PéKôftëëtës> but his féönd* thé Watëf M thé Coriàmiàh
gulf mwefc higher fha* b'ëfóré Gènbfóèa?,- àüè tférë-df épinibriî
ihtft Ægîna attd- thé neighbouring iflanês Wértfld bë flooded and
thé caftai ùft#ï^kfcaMë, It' wife' révived by JuHus: Gæfary and by
Caligula. Nero Commenced a foffe- from' Léchatunr, and: advanced
about four ftadia1 or half a Atficus Hémdéè-WÉfs
ambitious of engaging in it, but, as Nero had failed, was afraid
&f OfMiftg' théenaperor by afldftg his-pefmiifebrii .<* A ll thbfe,
« &ys Paufanias, who have ehdeavouted to render the Pèló-
« pöürtefUs ail ifiand, have beeft prevented White Mrôuriftg to
« divide thé Ifthmus. It is trianiffeft Whörë thëy began digging,
aftff th r rb‘èk H ! üfftbübhëd. As'iffWas- madé originSHy it
it' remains, andis' nOW Continent*-—So difltcüîf IS it for man to
« foffcê nUfUté.” The* Vèfiîgés of thfefe fiuitfëfi efforts] #hieh
hé fa#,- are ftill éxtàftt.
T hbî' WMI étéStèd by tfie-F^ÖpbMéOéMI fïbn^ tè" Tea]
rt^éhirig'' flirty ftailîâ- or fîvemîlési cfofled d é Ifthmüs wKëfté'
riiéft- nàrtôw. Ir Wife réftbréd]' o f énefthef Was* built5,1 tb prévéftV
höft0é ibétfrfiöftsi' ündér th é Gréek erfl{ieÏÖfsv Coriftmtiftép
défböt'oé lbrtp o f Lacédæmorfj répaiibdTH!^ wMl] which] jWfflr
a- toWft' witMff it] wéé calléd' He&miliia; b e c a u # d é
there Was*5 fix milës övéSv ' Suïtaf?‘fiïorirt adi^arifléd'àgériff it in'
th é year 144/, aftd thè deïpÖt* afférftbled all thé p ébp léof tfié
Moréa? foV itS- déffèrtce. The' Ttftkifti ariiap fangfed5 iff eqiia! •
etrtètót' off thb fide of thé fööbi and, iéfffer'- tóWföal'*ölii^ödka5fi|?
made a- géftéraL aftault' ön thé féVenth da^, whicff ftrcceedéff;
Mahöfnét theTebörifi in* 'orflëbfd' thafftHë W^l’ïhMïP be
HètnblilBfedi Ih the wat ö f thé; Turks' M $*0$
th t firft care of the Greeks and Albanians of the Morea was to
I i render