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 Chap. 12.] ACCOUNT OF COUNTEIES, ETC. 291 and the river Ismenus. Besides these, there are in Bceotia the Fountains of CEdipodia, Psamathe, Dirce, Epicraue, Arethusa, Hippocrene Aganippe, and Gargaphie ; and, be- sides the moimiains already mentioned, Mycalesos,Hadylius, and Acontius, The remaining toTis between Megara and Thebes are Eleutherse'^ Haliartus^ PlatseEe"*, Pherae, Asple- don^_ Hyle^ Thisbe^ Erythraj^ Glissas^ and Cop^e^"; near the river Cephisus, Larymna and Anchoa^^ ; as also Medeon, Phlygone, Acrsephia^% Coronea^^, and Chaeronea^"*. Again, Megai'is and Attica. The forest abounded in game, and the vicinity was a favourite scene of the poetic legends. Paleovuni is the highest summit of the Hehconian range. Leake fixes the Grove of the ]Iuses at the present chm'ch of Saint Nicholas, at the foot of Momit Marandali, one of the summits of Hehcon. ^ These fountains or sprmgs are veiy difficult to identify, but Hippo- crene, or the " Horse-Spring " (said to have been produced by Pegasus striking the ground with his feet), was probably at the present Maka- riotissa ; wliile Aganippe is the fountam that flows midway between Paleo-panagliia and Pyrgaki. 2 Tliis place was originally a member of the Boeotian confederacy, but joined the Athenians, though it did not become an Attic Demus. Leake thuiks that its ruins are those seen at Myupoh. Ross tliinks that it stood to the east of Ghyfto-kastro, while other writers are of opinion that it stood more to the west, near the modem village of Kundara. ^ Razed to the ground by the Roman praetor Lucretius, for having espoused the cause of king Perseus. Its remains are seen about a mile from the village of ]Iazi, on the road from Thebes to Lebada^a. ^ Memorable for the defeat of the Persians under Mardonius, B.C. 479. ^ Distant twenty stadia from Orcbomenus. Leake places it at the modem Izamah, Forchhammer at Avro-Kastro. the north end of Lake Hylica and the foot of INIount Palea. Uh-iehs places it at the south end of the lake. ^ The modern Kakosia occupies its site. s At the foot of Mount Cithseron. Leake places it eastward of Kat- zula, at the foot of the rocks there. " Leake identifies it with the ruins on tlie torrent of Plataniki, below the mountain of Siamata. Pausanias says it was situate seven stadia beyond Teumessus, and at the foot of Hypatus, now Siamata. ^" On Lake Copais. The modem village of TopoUa occupies its site. ^' The waters of the Cephisus here bui*st forth from their subterra- neous channel. the modem Kardliitza. 13 South of ]Iount Helicon. Its principal remains are those of its theatre, a temple of Hera, and the agora or market-place. ^■^ On the borders of Phocis j famous for the battles for.glit in its u2
 * • Its site is micertaiii. Leake supposes it to be at Paleokastro, between
 * 2 On Lake Copais. Its ruins are at a short distance to the south o.