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 Chap. 15.] ACCOUNT OF COUIs'TEIES, ETC. 295 with a free city of similar name Cranuon^ and Iletia. The moimtains of Phthiotis are Njmphseus, once so beau- tiful for its garden scenery, the work of nature ; Busygaeus, Donacesa, Bermius^ Daphusa, Chimerion, Athainas, and Stephane. In Thessaly there are thirty-four, of which the most famous are Cercetii, Olympus^ Pierus, and Ossa, oppo- site to which last are Pindus and Othrys, the abodes of the Lapithje. These mountains look towards the west, Pelion" towards the east, all of them forming a curve like an amphi- theatre, in the interior of which, lying before them, are no less than seventy-five cities. The rivers of Thessaly are the Apidanus^ the Phoenix^ the Enipeus^ the Onochonus^ and the Pamisus. There is also the Fountain of Messeis, and the lake Boebeis^^. The river Peneus^' too, superior to all others in celebrity, takes its rise near Gomphi, and flows down a well-wooded valley between Ossa and Olympus, a ants of which were removed to that place. Its remains are to be seen, according to Leake, on the face of a maritime height called G-oritza. 1 Pharsalus, now Farsa or Fersala, in Thessahotis. On its plain Pompey was defeated by CsEsar, B.C. 48. 2 Or Cranon; said to have been anciently called Ephyre. Leake places its site at some ruins called Palea Larissa, distant two hom-s and twenty-seven minutes' journey from Larissa. It was the residence of the powerful family of the Scopada;. 2 This range in Macedonia is now called Yerria. Herodotus states that it was hnpassable for cold, and that beyond were the gardens of Midas, where roses grew spontaneously. west and east from the Promontory of Acroceraunia on the Adriatic to the Thermaic Gulf. It is now caUed by the Greeks Elymbo, and by the Tm-ks Semavat-Evi, the " Abode of the Celestials." A portion of this range was called Pierus ; and Ossa, now Kissavo, the " ivy-clad," was divided from Olvmpus on the N.W. by the A^ale of Tempe. Othrys extended from the south of Mount Pmdus, to the eastern coast and the Promon- tory between the Gulf of Pagasa and the northern point of Eubtf a. 5 Now caUed Plessedld or Zagora ; situate in the district of Magnesia in Thessaly, between lake Poebeis and the Pagasa^au Guh". 6 Now the Gouropotamo. 7 Flo-ing into the Asopus near Thermopylae. 8 In Pieria. Supposed to be the modern Litoklioro. 9 The modem Kajani. 10 This lake received the rivers Onchestus, Amyrus, and others. It is now caUed Karla, from an adjoining viUage which has ceased to exist. The town of Bcebe was in its vicinity. " Now the Salambria or Salamria.
 * The name of the eastern part of the great mountain cham extending