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Title: The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography
Year: 1861 (1860s)
Authors: Smith, William, 1813-1893, ed
Subjects: Geography, Ancient
Publisher: London, J. Murray
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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at the upper end of the mid-valley of the Eurotas,^ on the right bank of the river, and about twomiles E. of the modern Mistra. Like Rome, it was built partly onsome low hills, and partly on the adjacent plain. The names andjDrobable positions of the hills were as follows : Issorium, in the N. ;Acropolis, more to the S., and divided from Issorium by a hollowway communicating with a plain ; Colona, on the E., running 2 The position of Sparta presents a striking contrast to that of Athens : theformer being inland, inaccessible by sea and land, remote from any great highway,and possessing in her own territories all the necessaries of life—the latter, mari-time, accessible, central, and dependent on other countries for her supplies. Theeffect of geographical position may be traced in tlie history, policy, and institu-tions of each. Chap. XXIII. SPARTA. 457 parallel to the Eiirotas ; and aiiotlier to the S., on which XewSparta is built. The town was made np of four villages—Pitane, in
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A. Acropolis. B. Mount Issorium C. HiU Colona. D. Xew Sparta. Sparta and its Environs. 1. Theatre. 2. Aeora. 3. Amphitheatre or Odeum. 4. Bridge across the Eurotas.8. Therapne. a a a. Circuit ot Walls. h h. Canals. c c. The Tiasa. e e. The Hvacinthian Road. the X., the residence of the wealthy; LimncT, on the low marshyground near the Eurotas ; Mesoa, in the S.E. : and Cynosura, inthe S.TT. The town was not enclosed with walls until the Mace-donian period: not a trace of tliem now remains. The generalappearance of the streets was poor, the houses being rude andimadorned: there were, however, many fine public buildings, whichwe shall notice in detail. On the Acropolis stood the temple of Athena Chalcioecus^ i. e. ofthe brazen house. so named from the bronze j^lates with which it wasadorned; the temples of Athena Ergane. of the Muses, and of Ares A^C. GEOG. X 458 LACOXIA. Book IV. Areia, Below the acropolis was the Agora, surrounded with colon-nades, of which the most beautiful was the

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