. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. its decline about the commencement of the Christian era; the chief eventswere its capture by Demetrius Poliorcetes in 303, when its name waschanged for a while to Demetrias, and the devastation of its territoryby Cleomenes in 233, and by the ^tolians in 221. Sicyon was famed asthe earliest school of painting and statuary, and also for the skill of itsinhabitants in articles of dress. The painters Eupompus, Pamphilus,and Apelles, and the sculptors Canachus and Lysippus lived here. Itsfinest
. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. its decline about the commencement of the Christian era; the chief eventswere its capture by Demetrius Poliorcetes in 303, when its name waschanged for a while to Demetrias, and the devastation of its territoryby Cleomenes in 233, and by the ^tolians in 221. Sicyon was famed asthe earliest school of painting and statuary, and also for the skill of itsinhabitants in articles of dress. The painters Eupompus, Pamphilus,and Apelles, and the sculptors Canachus and Lysippus lived here. Itsfinest paintings were removed to Eomeby M. Scaurus. § 5. The territory ofPhlius was bounded bySicyonia on theArcadia on the W.,Cleonse on the E., andArgolis on the S. ; itconsisted of a smallvalley about 900 feetabove the level of thesea, surrounded bymountains, from whichtributary streams pourdown to the riverAsopus, in the middle ofthe plain. The chiefheights were namedCameates, or Arantinus,FoJyfengo, in the S., inwhich the Asopus rises ;and Tricaranon, in , which rises tothree summits. The. Map of the Neighbourhood of Phlius. A. Phlius. B. Arwtliyrea or Arantia. C. D. Tlic Asopus. 1. Ruinp, perhaps of AIcjt. 2. Tlie £;ate leading to Corinth, 3. Pahukastron on Mount Tricaranon. 4. The way to Nemea. 6 Kat SiKUtoJi, od ap \hp-q<TTO<; Trpwr efx^a<ri\€vev»—/?. ii. 572. Chap. XXII. PHLIUS — 439 ancient capital was on Arantinus, and was named Arantia andAraethyrea. The later capital, Phlius, stood on one of the spurs ofTricaranon, above the right Ijank of the Asopus, near the village ofSt. George, where its foundations may still be traced. The townwas commanded by the height of Tricaranon, on which the Argivesbuilt a fortress about 370, probably represented by the ruins atPaleohastron. History.—Phlius was a Dorian state subsecpiently to the return of theHeracleids, and was geuerally in alliance with Sparta. In 393internal di
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