BY the sonnes of Noah a a Gen. 10. ● . were the Iles of the Gentiles divided in their lands , every one after his tongue ; when by their audacious folly they would haue mounted vp to heaven , thinking to leaue a name to posterity , by building Castles in the ayre . From which attempt proceeded that which before they were jealous of , namely a scattering abroad vpon the face of the earth ; hee hauing so spoken it , whose breath alone affords a faire winde : hoyst then they must their Sailes , and bidding adieu to the plaine in the land of Shenar , seeke out some new habitation . Travellers they were of yore , and yet still must iourney . Each one in as differenta course , as of a divers language . The sonnes of Shem their way , the sonnes of Iaphet , theirs . Gomer and Magog , and Madai and Iavan , with whom I purpose one furlong to keepe companie , leauing the rest on one side or other or behinde , looking only to my proposed scope . b b Ioseph . Antiq. l. 1. c. 7. p. 13. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . From Iavan came Ionia and all the Greekes . And in Scripture we haue Iavan put for Greece ; in Daniel twice , c c Dan 10. 20 And when I am gone forth , loe the Prince of Grecia shall come . And againe , d d Cap. 11. 2. Hee shall stirre vp all against the Realme of Grecia . Where although the old translation renders it not Iavan , yet it is so found in the originall . Hee then comming into the country called afterwards Attica , left vnto it his owne name , whence it was tearmed Ionia and Ias. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . For Attica was anciently e e Strabo l. 9. p. 392. called Ionia and Ias. In which words wee still retaine some reliques of the radix , notwithstanding the small difference of the termination . But if wee please to view after what title the sonnes of Iavan were stiled Iaones wee shall come neerer home . Strabo in the aboue quoted place , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Homer when he saies , There the Boeotians and Iaones speakes of the Athenians . The Scholiast of Aeschylus on these words ,

f f In Persis p. 133. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ▪ It is to be vnderstood , quoth hee , that the Athenians are tearmed Iaones , from one Iaon ( hee meanes Iavan ) that was their king . Neither is it strange that the vau or ▪ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is left out ; for though it be not written , yet perswaded I am that it was as much pronounced , as other au Diphthongs were . For the g g Donat. in ●er . p. 130. antique Latines and the Greeks spake it as broad a , as if it had been the saros not the sauros . Sr Walter Raleigh is of opinion that Asia the lesse had people before Greece had any , and that Iavan did not fly from Babylonia into Greece , but took Asia the lesse in his passage , and from thence past over the neerest way , leaving his owne name to some maritimate province on that side as he did to that part so called . In which , although the authority of so worthy and iudicious a man might move much , yet it shall be sufficient for me , onely to goe so farre , as antiquitie will beare me out . Lib. 1. p. 2. Thucydides reports that it is manifest , that all Greece was not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , firmely inhabited , but that there were continuall pilgrimages , or remouings of the inhabitants , forsaking their former places , being driuen out by a stronger and greater number . Wherefore when there was no safe traffique or commerce by sea or land , each manured his grounds for to haue provent , alone to serue for present necessity , desiring no more then from hand to mouth ; it being vncertaine , how soone they might be compelled to get them thence . Whereupon they did more willingly change their seats ; not taking grieuous that sharp charge , veteres migrate coloni . Be gone you ancient Boores. But the more fertill soyle had hard bickrings . Thessalie , Boeotia , and a great part of Peloponnesus , except Arcadia , was often invaded , and the old Lords expelled . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . ● Thucid. But Attica , by reason of the thinnesse or barrennesse of the ground , was alwaies inhabited by the same men ( none it seemes being willing to leaue his better , for a worse ) not affording fuell to contention . Out of which peace sprung vp so great a multitude , that Attica , even now swarming , and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , not able to containe and feed so many , is constrained to send forth Colonies into Ionia , a region of Asia the lesse , which is reported by the Greekes to borrow denomination from Ion the sonne of Xuthus , or , as the Poets say , Apollo and Creusa , who in the words of Euripides is thought to be c c In Ione . T. 2 p. 619. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , the maker or founder of Asia . The mother Ionia ( for so I please to say ) kept not still her former name , For in processe of time shee owned Actaea ; from Actaeon , as d d Lib. 9. p. 397 Strabo sayes , or from Actaeus , according to e e In Att ▪ p. 2. Pausanias , who was the first king thereof , by f f Pag 23. Tzetzes on Lycophron called Acteus . But g g Orat. 6. Dion Chrysostom brings a more naturall reason then this , why it was Actaea , Acta signifies a shore , both in the Greeke and * * Virg. Aen. 5. p. 214. Latine speech . Now because all of it within a little was washed with the sea , and h h Strabo . l. 9. p. 391. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , it might challenge vnto it selfe Actaea . Dion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Hence 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by the Aenigmatical Poet in his i i Pag. 22. Cassandra is put for this country . Tzetzes . Because it is ( Acta ) a cliffe , that is cast forth and lying in the sea . And Athens her selfe by Plautus is said Athenae in acta , pro Athenis Atticis , as k k In Sp●le ▪ g●s . Palmerius hath noted . But this grew old after a season and Cecrops having married the daughter of Actaeus glories in his Cecropia ( and Athens Cecropiae , and Cecropis civitas , and after that Cranaae from Cranaus the king that succeeded him ) This Cranaus among other of his daughters had one l l Strabo & Paus. locis praed. Atthis , from whom also was derived Atthis and Attica , next Posidonia and Minervia , from Neptune and Pallas . In this region stood At●ens , Queene of Greece , so called , from that victory which Minerva got over Neptune , when Cecrops moved ▪ with a prodigie of a sudden shooting up of an a Varro apud August . l. 18. c. 9. de civit . De● . Oliue , and bubling forth of a salt spring in the Acropolis , consulted the Oracle of Apollo , who taught them that the one did signifie Neptune , the other Minerva , taking therefore the men into suffrages for Neptune , and the women for Minerva , who had most voices should carry it . The females being more the Goddesse bore away the bell . Lo here a witty Divell to bring in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , Gods of his owne making , to infold the superstitious in an ignorant zeale . How ever let vs leaue the shadow of poëticall fictions , and take the true draught out of Mythologie . Plutarch is of opinion that the ancient kings striuing to draw away their subiects from sea faring negotiations , and a desire to liue by sayling , vnto tillage and manuring of ground , gaue occasion of the speech that Neptune and Minerva did altercate about the citie . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . &c. Neptune is b In The● ▪ p. 87. l. 23. put for the Sea and businesses thereof . Minerva for Arts and ingenuous kinde of life , nay saies Ovid in his Kalender . Mille Dea est operum shee is Goddesse of a thousand trades . Others say that the Citie was consecrated to her by Amphictyon , & nomen civitati Athenas dedit . c c Lib. 2. Iustine . Others in the time of Erecttheus , among which is Herodotus , will haue this name giuen . Which Author d d 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Marcianus Heracleota doth follow , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . This was that Erectheus , who in a time of drougth over all the world except Aegypt , brought co●ne to Athens , and taught the Eleusinian mysteries . Beholding this Citie hath beene to Aegypt for other kings ; to wit , e e A●stoph . 〈◊〉 pag 79. 〈◊〉 . in Lycoph p. 2● Cecrops and Menestheus , for his father Petes was an Aegyptian . In the time of Diodorus Siculus and before him was it a received opinion that Athens was peopled by the Aegyptians , Sais in that tongue answering to Athene in Greeke , as Tzetzes out of Carax . Nay that they should bee of the inhabitants of Sais , they argue from this . Because that the Saitae and Athenians haue divers customes alike . Witnesse Diodorus Siculus . But it pleases not me . I coniecture that first it was called Athens , when the people began more seriously to addict themselues to civill goverment , and studie of good literature ; knowledge and art being ascribed to Minerva . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . saies f f Polit. l. 8. c. 9 Aristotle . Nay her name being deriued from thence , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thena in the Chaldy tongue signifying to studie or learne : from which come thenaa and with an article Hat thenaa as g g In Aristar . Sac. Synt. 1. c. 1 p. 27 Heinsius the most learned . As for the conceit of Goropius Becan , from ana the number of three which notes eternity , and so from hat-het-ana . Athena . Because wisedome doth containe eternity , let vs send it back into Germanie . Loe now Athens named from learning , which was once the h h Isidor . shop of letters and the Muses , whereof it is now deplorably destitute , hauing lost the glory of former Athens , nay the name it selfe . For if wee beleeue some they tell vs , that now it is Salenos or Selines . To whom I accord not . Because that I haue read Selines for Megara called Nisaea , which is not many miles from Athens . Furthermore in discourse with a natiue of Peloponnesus , who liued many yeares in that City , I had no other appellation from him then Ateene , which others write Satina corrupted as Portus and Meursius truly thinke for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Nay a a In Hodaep . Byz l. 3 ▪ Hugo Favolius who was there himselfe even to the same purpose names it Sethina .

GReece , saies b b In Panath. p. 171. 172. Aristides , is placed in the midst of the whole earth , and in the mid'st of it stands Attica ; the navell whereof is Athens , by which all Greece , closeted in the wombe of time , receaved nourishment , before an happy birth had brought her forth into the light . Shee is seated upon a very high rocke , which habitations doe encompasse , as c c Lib. 9. p. 396 Strabo : on the top of which stands that renowned fabricke even to this day , which Cecrops from himselfe names * * P●n . Nat. ●st . l. 7. c. 56. Cecropia ; of old 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The City , by a kind of excellence , in a bravado of their antiquity , concerning which they were in perpetuall contention with the Argivi . Witnes d d In Att. p. 13 ▪ l. 16. Pausanias . e e Eunuch . act. 5. s● . 6. Terent , An in astu venit ? Donat. Sic Athenienses urbem suam vocabant , unde ipsi incolae 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vocantur . So , saith he , the Athenians called their Citty , whence the Citizens themselues are called astoi , after that they called it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 f f Attic. p. 24. l. 43. Pausanias . Which in his time was called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or the high City , although it be often interpreted Arx a castle ▪ which ever were sacred to Minerva , as g g Orat. in Minerv . To. 1. p. 21. Aristides . Who therefore is by Catullus in his Argonauticks named Diva retinens in summis urbibus arces . The Goddesse that keepes the Turrets of Cities . This only now remaines , the succour and shelter of the barbarous Athenians , being strongly furnished with men and armes , in which alone dwell Ianizaries , to the number of seaven hundred thousand , as Christophoro Angelo told me , and avouched it , I fearing least hee had mistaken the number . As for the forces thereof a a Ho● . Byz . l. 3 ▪ Hugo Favolius shall thus instruct you ,

Vpon the toppe of this Turret stand the fashions of Halfe Moones most rarely gilded , after the manner of the Ishmaelites , who haue the Moone in no small honour , as my much honoured Mr b b De D●s Syr●s Syn. 2. cap. 2. p. 288. Selden hath obserued . Of which Lunulets thus speakes Favolius ,

Neither may it passe obscurely which I haue taken up being let fall from the mouth of an eye witnesse ; namely that on the side of this hill , on which the Acropolis is built , growes a certaine kinde of herbe , that farre off , in the night season , giues a most shining and glittering light , to which when a man shall approach , he shall discerne nothing but the herbe it selfe . Of which matter I seriously wish that I could testify the truth . It was delivered to me , bona fide , with good credit . The walls that environ this , are none now , saies Favolius , but in former time it hath beene well fenced ; some part thereof erected by those two Tuscan brothers , who leaving their country , lived here vnder the Acropolis , called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , Pelargi , Storkes , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , for their wandring , a a Lib. 9. p. ●97 . Strabo , b b Nat. hist. l. 7 ● . ● . Plinie sayes their names were Euryalus and Hyperbius . The two that first built houses of brick at Athens , when formerly they had Caues for dwelling places . But by the authority of Pausanias , though the Printers and Scribes haue done both that Author , and the persons wrong , in putting a false name vpon one of them , I will doe them none . Read then Laterarias domus constituerunt primi Agrolas & Hyperbius fratres Athonis , &c. c c In Attic. p. 26. l. 34. Pansanias . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 From these was that part which they edified called Pelargicum . Aristophanes in Avibus .

The other part of the Acropolis which was left naked , Cimon the sonne of Miltiades clothed . Pausanias in the fore quoted place . These walls admitted no gate but one , so rarely beautified with that costly Propylaeum or porch , on which Pericles is discommended by d d Tul O● . l 2 Demetrius Phalareus for disbursing so great a summe of money . e e Val ▪ M●x . lib. 3. c. 1. For which hee was not finally troubled how hee might giue vp his accounts to the people ; His Nephew Alcibiades therefore seeing him somewhat sad , and demanding the cause , to whom when his vnkle replied , that it was about giving his accounts , seeke rather , quoth he , how you may not giue them . By which counsell the Athenians were entangled with that neighbour warre against the Lacedemonians , in which they found not vacancy for an audit . By the way it shall be fit to acquaint you with thus much , that it was not permitted to a dog to enter into the Acropolis , as f f 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 175. Plutarch , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it may be , for his heat in venerie and ill savour . Goats likewise , saies g g De re Rust. Varro , came not thither , unlesse for a necessary sacrifice once , least they should hurt the Oliue which is said first to haue sprung up there . The circuit of this Acropolis is said to bee threescore stadia . Now a Stadium is about some * * Fiue feet make a pace , and a thousand paces a mile . ●sidor . Orig. lib. 15. c. 16. six hundred and twentie fiue feet , eight of which make a mile , it being the custome of the ancient Greekes , so to measure the length or distance of grounds , or Cities , by the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . The first City then is contained in seaven miles and an halfe . But to this were added more houses able to make a City of themselues . And so indeed were they distinguished by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 & 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , The upper and the lower City . b b In Phoc. p. 549. l 47. Plutarch , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Note here moreover , in the reading of your Greeke Authors , that when you meet with 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the description of a country , you presently must conceaue the higher part , if it be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a a Lib. 1. p. 6. ● Thucydides . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And they prayed upon each other , and among the rest who were not addicted to the sea , yet liued below , understand neare the sea , Schol. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 then & 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 knit together made but one ioynt corporation ; both , as it were uniting Piraeum unto themselues , tooke up , as b b Orat. 6. Dion Chrysostom writes , two hundred stadia , which is about fiue and twentie miles . Vpon which place , Morellus produces a Scholiast testifying that the wals were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 fifteene miles saue one furlong . Where I wonder that the learned man had not e●tsoone perceived the number to haue beene corrupt , and written 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , twentie fiue for fifteene . For so it ought to be . Neither is it strange that it had so large bounds . For consider that from Piraeum to Athens were reckoned fiue miles , as you may see in c c Nat. hist. l. 2 c. 85. Plinie , From Athens to Phalerum , and so to the other side of Piraeum foure miles and a quarter . The utmost wall of which Thucydides speakes in his second book consisted of fiue miles a quarter and halfe . The girdle of Piraeum and Munychia had seven miles and an halfe more . All which being put together make up but twentie two miles one quarter and one furlong . But Dion Chrysostom must be here understood ; and it behoves us to conceiue that he spake not barely of the naked walls , for then it cannot hold ; but I suppose some houses to haue beene without d d ●o citato 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as he saies , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 In which I appeale to more judicious heads . Neither can I silently passe by the opinion of Iohn Meursius , who reading in e e In Arcad. p. 244. l. 3● ▪ Pausanias these words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , should presently obtrude to us , that Pausanias teaches , that the f f Att. Lect. l. 3 c. 4. wall called Phalericus is but twentie stadia or two mile and an halfe . When indeed he meant nothing lesse . For speaking of salt springs , which he calls 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , he seemes to involue a reason drawne from the neerenesse of the sea . For when he writes of this brackish well , Among the Athenians , the sea which comes up neere Phalerus is distant from the City but twentie stadia at the most , quoth he . Where Amasaeus hath thus strangely do●ed . Athenae à Phalero absunt stadia haud amplius xx . And that this was the meaning of the Author , proues that which followes . He might haue likewise consisidered that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with a Dative case signifies not onely juxt a and prope as I haue translated it ; but supra sometimes , which will now serue better . And Meursius indeed blames the number ; but sees not into the words . Now it is not needlesse that the two walls , which joynes Piraeum and Athens at so long a distance , be somewhat spoken of , seeing they are reckoned by a a ●b . 31. ● L●b . ● . Eleg. Livie among the multa visenda , Many things worthy of sight at Athens . These are the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , in b b 9. p. 192. Propertius , — Theseae brachia longa viae . c c In 〈◊〉 Math. p. 125. ●● . Appian of Alexandria , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , and d d P●g ●55 . l. 10. Plutarch in Cimone . One lying towardes the North , of which e e I● 〈◊〉 ● . 〈◊〉 . ● . 〈◊〉 . Plutarch . The other towards the South , in height about forty Cubits , as f f In Mith. p. 124. l. ult. Appian testifies . These are called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by g g Orat. 6. Dion Chrysostom , because Athens being at one end , and Piraeum at the other , these were drawn forth betweene . And when writers speake of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , it may be conjectured that it is for distinction of that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the Acropolis which Cimon built , h h In Attic. p. 19. l. 8. witnesse Pausanias . Aristophanes seemes to bring authoritie for an opinion that Themistocles built these . In i i P. 337 ▪ Equitibus .

Which his k k P. 338. A. col. 2. Scholiast affirmes . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . For Themistocles added Piraeum to the City . We read in l l In Them . p. 27. Probus that he was the only agent in walling the City , and that he so hastned the accomplishing , that they were faine to be as it were sacrilegious , and make use of materials formerly consecrated to the edifying of Temples , and Monuments of the dead . But m m In Them . p. 87. l. 25. Plutarch gaine-saies this , and that he did onely 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 conjoyne the City and Pireum , and put the land to take acquaintance with the sea . It seemes somewhat forward before . How ever , so fennie was the ground it was founded upon , that the worke soone came to great reparation , which n n Plut. in Cim . p. 355. l. 14. Cimon the sonne of Miltiades undertooke . For with stones of an huge weight and lime he made the earth so firme that it could not giue . Nay he was so liberall , that he did out of his owne expences so great favours , to a people that some yeares after gratified him with exile . Neither did he only mend the breaches ; but in after time o o Plut. p. 355. l. 12. vnlesse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 may haue respect to Conon who after the victory at ●nidus erected these wals as Pausan. in Atticis . p. 2. l. 14. I would neither deceaue my selfe nor the Reader . finished the whole worke , so that he may truly be said to be the founder of them . Let us now come to the Gates of the City . * * Attic. Lect. initio . p. Dec. 4. l. 1. p. 11. A. Meursius hath observed tenne , but I feare they will scarce suffice to such a vast City . Take then these . Dipylon or Thriasia , the fairest of all , velut in ore urbis posita , placed as it were in the front of the City , sayes Livie maior aliquanto patentiorque quam caeterae est , greater somewhat and wider then the rest . Hence I suppose named Dipylon as if it were as big as two gates . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Piraicae Neere the Temple of Chalcod●on . Here were buried some of those that died in fight with the Amazons in the time of Theseus . q q In 〈◊〉 . p. 9. l. 20. Plutarch . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Hippades . where the bones of Hyperides the famous Oratour rest with his progenitours , who being racked under Antipater , chose rather to bite off his tongue , then to divulge the secrets of his country . a a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 456. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Sacrae . the sacred gate . We read of this in b b 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . p. 45 Theophrastus's Characters but to my great admiration , that the Eagle-sighted Casaubon had not espied a fault . For though it be true that there were such gates at Athens as I 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , yet is there any that ever read 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , the dead to haue been carried out to buriall through the Sacred gate ? It makes not any thing that it was spoken to a stupid fellow , for they spake not as our vulgar doe , such as , When Christmas comes out of Wales . write then 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 are the gates at which they went forth with their corps at the solemnizations of their obsequies , the reason of which shall be spoken hereafter . c c Pag. 715. num. 95 ▪ Demosthenes , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . The gate of Aegeus . It seemes to haue beene in Delphinium where he dwelt ; whence the Hermes or Image towards the East end of the Temple was called d d Plut. Thes. p. 4. l. 2● . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . The statue at the gates of Aegeus . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Melitides . Where lyes Thucydides the sonne of Olorus that wrote the Peloponnesian war , who after his returne into his country from banishment , was treacherously murthered , his Sepulcher stands neere these gates . e e Atti●s p. 21. l. 41. Pausanias . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Ceramicae . These are called by Xenophon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . The gates in Ceramicus , where many of the Lacedemonians were buried , which died in the seditious war that Thrasybulus made against the Thirty Tyrants . f f 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . p. 279. l. 43. Xenophon . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The gates of Diochares . Of whom I haue nought to speake . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . The Acharnan gates . I suppose they were called so from that Towne or Village neere , named Acharnia , to which it is probable it looked . For so did the ancients name their Gates from the Towne to which they were neere . The Romans their porta Collatina from Collatia , a B●rge not farre off . And happily it is so here , Meursius hath added two . ●toneae , & S●aeae . in Atti●s which I never saw vntil I had written thi● place as God and man is my witnesse . I 〈◊〉 ●ake least a●y should think that I haue stolne out o● him be● we me●t as also in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Diomaea ; for Diomus is a people of Athens not any great matter distant from the City . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Thracia . These are all that ever I met with named : others there are obscurely pointed at by g g Atticis p. 14 l. 11. Pausanias , as that neere the Gallery which from its various draughts they call Paecile , where is the effigies of Mercurie Agoraeus in brasse . And others about the beginning of his Attica , of which I had better hold my peace then speake as good as nothing . Thus haue wee found twelue gates ; which being opened enter ; sucke that sweet aire , whose excellent purity brought forth such acute wits , a a Cassiod . Var. l. 12. and prepared with a most happy bounty understanding iudgements for contemplation . Whence b b Medea . p. 460. 461. Euripides may well straine to this note , that Venus sitting neere , and adorning her selfe , sends forth continually Cupids of learning , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Well may he blesse that clime stiling it , c c M● . p 459. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , which hath beene the Mother of the Muses ( by the leaue of Mnemosyne ) or at least the Nurse to them , for there are they said to haue travelled with Harmonia ; as if there were no such melodious concent , as in the Sciences . Let not d d ●n prae● . ●d ad Charact. Theophrastus assertall Greece to lye under the same temperature and disposition of the heavens , when at this day it may be spoken , as once Aristides did of it . e e ●om. 1. p. 17● . No ●oast so truely void of all earthly dregs , and participating more of the celestiall and defecated aire . Not unworthily hath Sophocles beene lavish in expressions . f f ●a . p. 57. Famous , g g O●d . Col. p. 258. The most renowned , h h O●d . Col. p. 26● . Happy , i i ●a . p. 71● ▪ Sacred Athens . Pindarus . k k 〈◊〉 p. 3●1 Wonderfull . ˡ Much spoken of . ᵐ Neat , &c. To the making up of her delight comes to all the river Cephissus , which is able to beare vess●s of a good burthen , as I haue beene informed , but the Turk● fearing least it mightbe advantagious to an enimy that might invade them , haue cut it into many and sundry litle streames , damming vp with an innumerable quantity of stones the mouth of the river for a mile in length . Thinking they haue sufficiently prevented , which they did but suppose could happen .