H td r E or Hydrea is on the coafiof the Peloponhefus, and
has been mehtioned as lying in the 'Way from Scÿlfæufil to
Hermiphe f. The inhabitants are maintained wholly by the fea,
to Which the males are bred from their childhood. They ho#
poflfeffed. as we were told, above an hundred and twéiity boats’
of varions fizes, fome better armed for defence than feveral
Englifh veffbis frequenting the Archipelago.* They are accounted
the heft faftbfs ih the Levant, boldly navigating ip rough weather,
and venturing to fea at night, * if in danger of being intefèépted
by an enemy or by pirates. They pay fb the Grand Signior two
purfes yearly, as caratch or^tribute-moneyj^\mich *fbm, with
expenfes, fees, and prefen^s, amounting nearly to two more,
is affefled, at the rate of three piafters a houfe. The captain-
paftia fehds^^éôté from Parog with pftlcerS,'who receive it»
and are entertained by a papas Of-Greek prieft atthemonaftery by
the fea-fide, below the town. No Turk refldes among them, and
they enjoy' the ufe of bells to their churches, without cpntrouij
a privilege on which they enlarge, as if alike pregnant with
profit and delight.
We now approached Qape Sunium, which is jfteep, abrupt,
and rocky. On it is the ruin of the temple of' Minervà"Sùnias,
Overlooking from its lofty fituation the fubjedt dpep, and vifible
from afar. We often loft, and recovered againp the view of this
beautifuTobjej[ftj failing on a wide caaal. between Attics flpd
Afiacronifi * or Long IJland. This \y^O?iLed, anciently
bècaqfe, it w^s faid, Hfîçn had landedTom f t L a cedaemon,
after Troy. wasfakgp., ft range| 4 l|j^g. before
the coptipent^ and-belcyiged to-,, the
little value, being roqgb and . dgf gr f t r,eç#6ijsj$î
1 .Sailing tfopi. Scyll?éum to Hermiqne .was Point B.ucephala, then the.iflands
Haliufa, Htyüil, ahd Arifteras ; then the cape called’'Acra, then the illand Tricrana,
then a mountain projedting into the fea, named Buporthmos, before which was
the illand Aperopia, and near it Hydrea. Paufanias, p. 7^, .
* Thjs i|la|^d has beçu, tpiftaken foç jhç Çjajiav <?f fifomer. Vi4*,iSt*ab, ,p. 39$».
Cellar, p. 830.
fixty
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ftxty flfadia, Of feven miles slid an? half To rig $ five mites from
Surriamv and a$ many from which lies: beyond- it.
T he waves, eft# bur a#fivail niar the promo«tdfy^ Mo&e gently,
with a hollow muvmuf, at the fe»t o f the rodi beneatte fee
temple. At the entrance o f the gulf w-ais a little fleet
of Hydriote vef&lsy eight- ii# number, coming out!: w ith white
friangulisf' falls. W e aneboredwithdh the eapevin the port o f
fiddium, neartht©© hours idfowsi and landing,-afead*
ed to the ruin, Meanwhile ouE-feilors^ except fcwo^or three
who* SeeosnpWnied us, dipped to theias drapers tbliatiiey all o f
them- fwimming and diving remaFkahly- widk^ifomfe ruhning
about on the fliaip rocks-with naked feet&bs i f void of. feeMngj
andfonae dfanaining the bottom of the clear waterfor the echinus
#tf fea-chefnu t, a fp ecies‘0$ fh ell- fi £h commeffl on this cnaft, and-
How, in-perfe&k>Hk the-moon* befing nearly M tB& flM i ' ■
one- o f the demi oibburibugh^toWns*n£ Attka>
Belonging to the. tribe named A ttalis, Xtwasfbrtifred;by the
Athenians in the Peloponnefian war "a-s'-a' fecore port'IHr veflels
with provifions'v The: fit©, which hasbeen longdeferted/is ©Ver-
run with buflies* of’, mafijc; low 1 cedars;, and ey.ergreen>saJ 4The
wall may be- traced, running aiongrthd brow from, near the
terople^whieh; it-! inelofed, down, to the port. The^ma&nry
was of the fpecies termed Pfeudifodomum:. The lleep precipices
and hanging roe-ks-were a fufficient- defence toward the mouth
o f the g u lf Some other ftagmehtr of Toilifc waD, remaimi bat
nearly level with the* ground. A t thq edge^ near thus port,: the
rock is fhelvingi ahdirefembfessthe cindanof a.e©al. : There«»
a- round w©13^ and farther off at thee: moantain-foOt was a- pond;
the water frefli, but hard and of a dark colour.. ^
T he temple of* Minerva Sunias-was of “white marble, and
probably erefted in. the fame-happy period with- the gteat
. * 4th Qlymp. gr. Before Gh. 411.
temple