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The diſtance, according to Mr. Rochette's map of Greece, ſtands thus:

From Piſa to Corinth	63	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	English miles
From Corinth to Megara	27
From Megara to Athens	26
Diſtance from Piſa to Athens	116
Add ⅛ or 14½ miles, for winding of the road	14.5
	130.5

Say then, 130.5:1485::60.5:700.86 for the number of ſtadia in a degree.

From the diſtance between Olympia and Sparta. But whatever dependence Mr. Rennel may place on this calculation, he owns that the account given by Paufanias, of the diſtance from Olympia to Sparta, leads to a different concluſion, and gives a ſtadium of nomore than 707 to a degree. Pauſanias eſtmates this diſtance at 660^[1] ſtadia; and Mr. Rennel ſays, "that on the map this diſtance is 50 Greek miles, or 56 by the broad, giving a rate of 707 to a degree. The Theodoſian Table has 61 mille paſſus only, equal to about 49 Greek miles by the road."

The diſtance between Olympia and Sparta is, according to Mr. Danville's map, 500 ſtadia, or 62½ Greek miles, equal to 57.23 Engliſh miles, which laſt is nearly the diſtance laid down in Mr. Rochette's^[2] map. If we add to this ⅛ for winding, it will make

1. Ὁδοῦ δὲ τῆς ἐς Λακεδαίμονα ἐξ Ὀλυμπίας ἐπὶ ἑτέραν ϛήλην τὴν ἐν Λακεδαίμονι μέτρα εἶναι ϛαδίους ἑξηκοντά τε ϗ̀ ἑξακοσίους. Pauſan. lib. vi. p. 492. Edit Kühn
2. This is the ſame with the One in Stuart's Antiquitieſ of Athens.

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