| Peutingerian Table. | D'Anville's map. | |||
| From Olympia to Samaco | 15 | m. p. | 17 | m. p. |
| From Samaco to Cyparilfa | 24 | 18 | ||
| From Cypariſſa to Pylus | 15 | 142 | ||
| From Pylus to Methone | 30 | 19 | ||
| From Methone to Aline | 12 | 11 | ||
| From Aſine to Meſſene | 30 | 28 | ||
| From Meſſene to Lacedæmon | 30 | 30 | ||
| 156 | Total. | 137 | ||
| Add ⅛, or 17 m. p. to Mr. D'Anville | 17 | |||
| 154 | Total. | |||
The agreement between modern and ancient computation is here very remarkable; but I ſuſpect that the road, to which Pauſanias alludes, was more circuitous than the common allowance of will account for
From the account given by Herodotus of the length of the Boſporus. Let us now examine ſame of the diſtances of which we may be ſuppoſed to have more accurate accounts, and which Herodotus himſelf is ſaid to have meaſured. He ſays, that the length of the Boſporus is 120 ſtadia. According to the large map of the Propontis, it meaſures 16[1] Engliſh miles; and, according to Mr. Arrowſmith's chart, 13° = 15 Engliſh miles. If we take the medium of theſe two computations, we may ſay, 15.5: 120:: 69.5:538 nearly.
We know not indeed the points between which Herodotus formed his menfurations; but they could not be far from thoſe
- ↑ Rochette's map makes it to be 15½ Engliſh miles.
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