. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. e. gotunder the lee of the island, easily rounding the cape, but afterwardswith difficulty getting along the S. coast. Reaching the neighbourhoodof Prom. Matala, whence it would have been necessary to cross theopen sea, it was deemed prudent to put into a roadstead a few milesE. of the cape, named ^Fair Havens, near which was a town namedLas£ea, the ruins of which have been found five miles E. of the the vessel remained some time; but, as the place was incon-venient for wintering, it
. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. e. gotunder the lee of the island, easily rounding the cape, but afterwardswith difficulty getting along the S. coast. Reaching the neighbourhoodof Prom. Matala, whence it would have been necessary to cross theopen sea, it was deemed prudent to put into a roadstead a few milesE. of the cape, named ^Fair Havens, near which was a town namedLas£ea, the ruins of which have been found five miles E. of the the vessel remained some time; but, as the place was incon-venient for wintering, it was decided to go to Phoenice (the classicalPhoenix which lay more to the W., probably at Lutro. which isdescribed as looking toward the wind and wind, mean-ing probably the aspect which the place bore to one approaching itfrom the sea, in wliich case it would be sheltered from those -^ set sail; but, after passing Cape Matala, they were blown off theshore of Crete by a wind, and carried by Clauda, the modernGozza, a small island lying of Crete (Acts xxvii. 7-16).. Coin of Lyctus. of Cnossus: it was re-garded as a colony fromSparta, and the worship ofApollo prevailed there. Itwas a constant rival of Cnos-sus. In 344 it wastaken by Phaleecus, the Pho-olan, and an ally of Cnossus,and at a later period wasutterly destroyed by theCnossians : it was finallysacked by Metellus. Xu- 6 Et 6e xopoi ttolklWs TreptKAvro? AiJi(})LyvrieL<;,To) tKeAoj, oiov TTor hA Ki^cocrcrw evpeLifi II. xviii. 590. Personification of the Eiver Tiber, CHAPTER XXIY. ITALY.—YEXETIA, ISTKIA. GALLIA CISALPIXA, LIGURIA, § 1. Boundaries; Xames. §2. General Character; Climate; Produc-tions. § 3. ^lountains. § 4. Bays and § 5. § 6. Lakes. § 7. Inhabitants. § 8. Diyisions. 1. Vevetia andlsTEiA.§ 9. Istria. § 1<J. Boundaries of Venetia. § 11. Pavers. § 12. In-habitants; Towns; Poads; History. II. Gallia Ci-alpixa. § ; Xame
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