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 108 STRABO. CASAUB. 411. flowing by it, Cuarius, the name of the Thessalian river. Alcseus, however, calls it Coralius in these words, " Minerva, warrior queen, who o'er Coroneia keenest watch before thy temple, on the banks of Coralius." The festival Pambreotia was here celebrated. Hades is asso- ciated with Minerva, in the dedication of the temple, for some mystical reason. The inhabitants of the Boeotian Coroneia are called Coronii, those of the Messenian Coroneia, Coronenses. 30. Haliartus l is no longer in existence, it was razed in the war against Perseus. The territory is occupied by the Athe- nians, to whom it was given by the Romans. It was situated in a narrow spot between an overhanging mountain and the lake Copals, near the Permessus, the Olmei'us, and the marsh that produces the flute-reed. 31. Platasaa, which the poet uses in the singular number, lies at the foot of Cithasron, between this mountain and Thebes, on the road to Athens and Megara ; it is on the borders of Attica and Bosotia, for Eleutherae is near, which some say be- longs to Attica, others to Bceotia. We have said that the Asopus flows beside Plata3as. There the army of the Greeks entirely destroyed Mardonius and three hundred thousand Persians. They dedicated there a temple to Jupiter Eleu- therius, and instituted gymnastic games, called Eleutheria, in which the victor was crowned. The tombs erected at the public expense, in honour of those who died in the battle, are to be seen there. In the Sicyonian district is a demus called Platasae, where the poet Mnasalces was born : " the monument of Mnasalces of Plataese." Glissas, 2 Homer says, is a village on Mount Hypatus, which is near Teumessus and Cadmeia, in the Theban territory. which extends from Mount Hypatus [to Cadmeia ?]. 3 1 Pausanias, b. ix. 33, mentions the Heroum of Lysander in Hali- attus, and some ruined temples, which had been burnt by the Persians, and had been purposely left in that state. Smith. 2 Leake identifies Glisas with the ruins on the bank of the torrent Platanaki, above which rises the mountain Siamata, the ancient Hypatus. 3 The following is the original of this corrupt passage. Kramer suggests that the words y. S. have been introduced from the margin into the text. yeoiAo^a KaXsTrat $pi[*- * * <j5 ti7T07r]i7rrai TO 'Aoviov KaXoufievov Trtdiov o diartivti * *
 * beneath is what is called the Aonian plain,
 * * * * airo TOV 'TTTO.TOV