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 138 STRABO. CASAUB. 435. of 20 stadia. Above Phalara, 50 stadia from the sea, lies the city of the [Lamians], Then coasting along the shore 100 stadia, we find above it, Echinus. At the distance of 20 stadia from the following tract of coast, in the interior, is Larisa Cremaste, which has the name also of Larisa Pelasgia. 14. Then follows a small island, Myonnesus ; next An- tron ; which was subject to Protesilaus. Thus much concern- ing the territory subject to Achilles. As the poet, in naming the chiefs, and cities under their rule, has divided the country into numerous well-known parts, and has given an accurate account of the whole circuit of Thessaly, we shall follow him, as before, in completing the description of this region. Next to the people under the command of Achilles, he enumerates those under the command of Protesilaus. They were situated, next, along the sea-coast which was subject to Achilles, as far as Antron. The boundary of the country under the command of Protesilaus, is determined by its being situated without the Maliac Grulf, yet still in Phthiotis, though not within Phthiotis subject to Achilles. Phylace l is near Thebse Phthiotides, which was subject to Protesilaus, as were also Halus, Larisa Cremaste, and Deme- trium, all of which lie to the east of Mount Othrys. The Demetrium he speaks of 2 as an enclosure sacred to Ceres, and calls it Pyrasus. Pyrasus was a city with a good harbour, having at the distance of 2 stadia from it a grove, and a temple consecrated to Ceres. It is distant from Thebae 20 stadia. The latter is situated above Pyrasus. Above Thebre in the inland parts is the Crocian plain at the extremity of the moun- tain Othrys. Through this plain flows the river Amphrysus. Above it is the Itonus, where is the temple of the Itonian Minerva, from which that in Boeotia has its name, also the river Cuarius. [Of this river and] of Arne we have spoken in our account of Boeotia. These places are in Thessaliotis, one of the four divisions of all Thessaly, in which were the possessions of Eurypylus. Phyllus, where is a temple of" the Phyllaean Apollo, Ichnae, where the Ichna3an Themis is worshipped, Cierus, and [all the places as far as] Athamania, are included in Thessaliotis. At Antron, in the strait near Euboea, is a sunk rock, called 1 Above S. Theodore. 2 II. ii. 695.