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Oh that I possessed
Such vigour now as when in arms I took
Nericus, continental city fair. note
Odyss. xxiv. 376.
Here man devoted his labour to make a separation, in
other instances to the construction of moles and bridges.
Such is that which connects the island opposite to Syracuse note
with the mainland. This junction is now effected by means
of a bridge, but formerly, according to Ibycus, by a pier of
picked stones, which he calls elect. Of Bura note and Helice, note
one has been swallowed by an earthquake, the other covered
by the waves. Near to Methone, note which is on the Hermionic
Gulf, note a mountain seven stadia in height was cast up during a
fiery eruption; during the day it could not be approached on
account of the heat and sulphureous smell; at night it
emitted an agreeable odour, appeared brilliant at a distance,
and was so hot that the sea boiled all around it to a distance
of five stadia, and appeared in a state of agitation for twenty
stadia, the heap being formed of fragments of rock as large as
towers. Both Arne and Mideia note have been buried in the
waters of Lake Copaïs. note These towns the poet in his Cata-
logue note thus speaks of;
Arne claims
A record next for her illustrious sons,
Vine-bearing Arne. Thou wast also there
Mideia. note
Iliad ii. 507.
It seems that several Thracian cities have been submerged by
the Lake Bistonis, note and that now called Aphnitis. note Some also
