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 M banks. EDASFLA- EUASPLA QEudmiii, Arriui. Aaab. river in UscLiiuiA. AJeiandtr inurhfid U u>d probabJj croased it.thoueb Ihid fact ii timed. It in moat tikciy the Kitmar ••[ Kima wd in iiiu little mm tbui ■ mountiuti torrent. TIk liven in this port of the couiiti7 haTB been vRnonslj IdeDtified bj diRerent u-hnlan. Lissen thiaksitthe Hlne IS the CboKspea, Ilic name bein^ half Greek, half SuuKrit, Eniupes. that is, Su-aspa ; Keirhard Ukei it to be the Aliiluma. a tiibatarj of Ibe Kdbui river; Bitter (SnOwKb, vol. iii. p-lSL) and Thirl- wall (flil of Grace, vol viL p. 8) consider it the ume u the Coal M Choes. The chsrscter of the eoantrj. and of the tribea with whom Alexander crnme in contact in this part of hia march, inclinea ua to think the opinion of Wibm (^riniH, p. 188), that Lt is represented bj iJie Kkonar, ia, on the whole, the beet. (See slso Elphinetone, Kulml, f. 9SS;Caart.J. J*. Sac. ^n^., April, 18.19.) [V.] £UBOEA(EMoia: Etk.Y.itoit<it,B.ii»o,it,itm. EMoh: ^1^ EMuuiitt, Euboicus, txAamai'Esripo or Nrgroponty, the largest island in the Aegaean ■ea, lying along tho coHate of Attica, Boeotia, Locris, and the soathecn part of Thessalj, from which conn - tries it is separated by the Euboeun sea, called the Enripns in its narrowest part. It is a long and N. to 8., from the piomontory Cenaenm to the pro- Dwntuiy Geraeetas, is (bout 1300 studia, and its greatest breadth 150 stadia. (Stiab. i. p. 444.) Plhij deaciibw it as 150 miles in length, and 365 in brewlth, ■ 19. B. 31.) Bnt Ihne hi (Plin. i e far fia ■n N. to il length of the island fn EL Lsaoout vu mtiee; its extreme btndth is ouniiie, but in one part it is not mora ttun 4 milea across. Tlirongluiot the whole length of Euboea there back-bone of the island, which ma; be regmrded as > conlinuancfl of the range of Ossa and Peliali, and of that of Othrfs. In several parts of the island these moontaina rise to a great heighL ML Delphi, no the eastern couC, is 7266 feet above the sea. Tbba monntainfl consist of grej limestone, with a nslderable qaantity of chij-slata. The of Eub nnghl; explored b; mj modem traveller^ and the but description of its ^ywoU ffatnree ia given in the " I'Knnjr Cyclopaedia" by a writer well ao- cliieflj indebtnl for the following remarks. The nljandthe Pagasiean ^If. is of considerable width. l«nninaiing in the promontory Cknakuu (kA- JMdiOa, which 'rises to the height of 2837 feet above the lea. Immediately tonth of the isthmus, which connecli Ibis peninsnla with the mass of the iiland. ia Mount Tbletukiuh [TtMe^ms, Sliab, x. feet high, on the west coast apposite It the fust of this mcuntaio uptm ilie coast are some warm springs, called Thtmd, which were celebrated in antiquity. [AEDEraus.] From Tele- thrios the mountains spread ont acrusa the ishmd to the eastern coast, and contain soteral elevationa above 2000 fwt in height. Along the foot of those, oppoaite Theeaaly, is the fenilo phiin of Wl-xi aiDDt«7 Aitemiiiuni, off which the Greeki gained EUBOEA. their celebrated naval victory over 480. [Arte* Poliliid; and one of the mountains between these limits, called Kaaditi, is 4200 feet hij;h. Sonth of C. Poliliid, and extending sonib of Chalds, is a fertile ami extensive plain, bounded on the north and north-east by the high moantiiins which eitend to is the largest in ] antiquity, and _ of Chalds and Eretria. The centre of the mountain mass, which bounds this plain, is Dttphi, already mentioned : it waa called in ancient timcn Dirpkvb or Dirfhb (Arjmiij. Steph. B. I. B.; Al))^, Enrip Ben. Fur. 185). Sodth of Chalcia there is for some distant a track of Ion land along the western coast, backed however by lofty mountains. South of Erclria is the plain of > WW, after which there appear to be no longer plains of any eiie. The whole of the south- ern end of the island is filled by a mass of mono- tains, presenting a dangcrons coast to mariners: the highest elevation of these mountains, called Ocnii ('O:o) in antiquity, now Af(, EI™, is 4748 feet Oche are the ruins of a very ancient temple, of which a description and drawings are given by Mr.' Hawkins in Walpole'a Tratela (p. 288, seq.). Tho south- eastern extremity of the island was called Capih- BEUH or CAPHEREtIB (Kofr^ptlll), DOW ATnco Doro or Xyhfigo : Ihs sooth-wcste™ eitrrmity wns named GKii*E»rtT»(r./«uffTiit), now Mnncfi/i. The dangerons part of the coast, called the Coeli or " Hollow," appears to have been a little north of the promoatOTj Geraeslna. [Coela.} The eastern ude of Enboea is much moro rocky than the western coast On the esatem side tho are found at the height of 60 feet perpendicular, wind throws into this bay. These winds, which always blow leiy strong, are called by the Orerks In addition to thi% the Dardanelles current, ]>re- serving tbi conrse nHnmnnicated to it by the di- rection of that strait, Bets strong to the aonih-nest into this bay (between the proinontoriee Capharrus and Chersoneans), and renders it a most dangeruu.s struclion. Tho cnrrent being deflected to the south- ward, iffffa roond C. l/oro (Caphareos), fmiiienlly at the rale of thi«e miles an hour. Port Petriei is the only refuge which this const oBeis, and so little has hitherto been known of this shore that even this shelter has only recently been discovered. Along the whole extent of this coast, which is upwards of 100 milai, there ore only five or six villages near the It was believed by the ancient wr Grtfce, and was separated from earthquake. (Plin. iv. 12. s. 21; i - - p. 447.) -- -•■ Ts that EubocJL mn. Strab. i. p. I oppteilc const of Theas illed Triteri fion name, is an average width of about 4 miles, though in one p«rt it contracts to not quite 1^ mile. Upn tonnding tho promontory Cenaeum, off which lie the snuU rocky islands calkd Lichades, and tun^mg to
 * meltem,' probably a cormption of *mal tiempo,'