A sketch of modern and antient geography; for the use of schools

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828 Excerpt: ... the Persians, in order to erect the trophy of their anticipated victory. Quitting the coast, somewhat South-west of Rhamnus, is Decelia, so celebrated for having been garrisoned by the Lacedaemonians in the Peloponnesian war, Ol. 91. 3. B.C. 414. See Thucyd. VII. 19. Between this and Athens was Acharnae, a borough of Attica, which has given name to a play of Aristophanes. North of Eleusis is Thria, giving the name of Thriasius Campus to the great plain extending towards Boeotia, to the North of which was Phyle, the fort possessed by Thrasybulus and the Athenian exiles, who expelled the thirty tyrants from Athens after the Peloponnesian war, B.C. 401. Ol. 94, 4. Next to Attica is Boeotia (PL X.) in which, above Megaris, and the Sinus Corinthiacus, we may observe Mount Cithaeron, about midway between Thebes and Corinth, the celebrated scene of the exposure of the infant (Edipus. A little North-west of Mount Cithaeron is Plataeae, the ever-memorable scene of the defeat of the Persians, under the command of Mardonius, by the Lacedaemonians, commanded by Pausanias, Sept. 22. B.C. 479, Ol. 75. 2, and of the siege and cruel destruction of its inhabitants by the Lacedaemonians, in the Peloponnesian war, B.C. 427, Ol. 88. 2, so interesting an account of which is given by Thucydides in his third book. A little West of Plataeae is Leuctra, so memorable for the signal defeat of the Lacedaemonians by the Thebans, under the conduct of Epaminondas, July 8. B.C. 371, Ol. 102. 2. Proceeding Eastward, along the Athenian frontier, we find Eleutherae, and following the course of the river Asopus, we come to Tanagra and Oropus, now Oropo, at its mouth. The Athenians and Thebans had many disputes for the possession of Oropus, till at last it was adjudged to the Athenians by Phi...