. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . e by Marcellus,as one capable of being held by a separate garrisonafter the capture of the outer walls of Epipolae,and threatening the army of Marcellus in the rear,if he proceeded to attack Achradina. (Liv. , 26.) Euryalus is also mentioned by Thucydidesat the time of the Athenian expedition, when it wasstill unfortified, as the point which afforded a readyascent to the heights of Epipolae (Thuc. vi. 99,vii. 2); and it must indeed have always been, in amilitary point of view, the key of the whole , the great care with which it wa
. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . e by Marcellus,as one capable of being held by a separate garrisonafter the capture of the outer walls of Epipolae,and threatening the army of Marcellus in the rear,if he proceeded to attack Achradina. (Liv. , 26.) Euryalus is also mentioned by Thucydidesat the time of the Athenian expedition, when it wasstill unfortified, as the point which afforded a readyascent to the heights of Epipolae (Thuc. vi. 99,vii. 2); and it must indeed have always been, in amilitary point of view, the key of the whole , the great care with which it was fortifiedafter the occupation of Epipolae by the Athenianshad shown the paramount importance of that po-sition in case of a siege. The existing fortificationsmay, indeed, be in part the work of Hieron II. (as SYRACUSAL. SYRACUSAE. 1067 supposed by Col. Leake); but it is certain that a I the importance of this was sufficiently shown in thestrong fort was erected there by DionvMu- I.*, and | reign of Agathoeles, when the attack of Hamileax. VIEW OF Till. FOBT BURTALU3. was repulsed by means of a strong garrison postedat Euryalus, who attacked his army in flank, whileadvancing to the attack of Epipolae. (Diod. xx. 29.) Some writers on the topography of Syracuse have?apposed the furtress of Mong&oBui to be theancient Hexapylum. and that Euryalus occupied thesite of BelreiUre, a knoll or hill on the ridge whichis continued from MowpbeUiri inland, and forms acommunication with the table-land of the the hill of Belvedere, which is a mile distantfrom ifongibeBui, though somewhat more elevatedthan the latter 1 with it only by a narrow ridge, and is altogether too far from thetable-land of Epipolae to have been of any import-ance in connection with it ; while the heights ofAfongibeUisl, as already observed, form the true keyof that position. Moreover, all the passages thatrelate to Hexapylum, when attentively considered,point to its position on the N. front of the h
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