Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . e Persians defeated theAthenian centre, they pursued the latter up one orboth of the two valleys on either side of Mt. Kotroni, since Herodotus says that the pursuitcontinued quite into the interior (er rrjv fieirdyaiav).Nearly at the same time the Persian left and rightwere defeated; but instead of pursuing them, theAthenians returned towards the field to the aid oftheir own centre. The Persian right fled towardsthe narrow pass leading into the plain of Tricorv-thus; and here numbers were forced into the marsh,as Pausanias relates. (
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . e Persians defeated theAthenian centre, they pursued the latter up one orboth of the two valleys on either side of Mt. Kotroni, since Herodotus says that the pursuitcontinued quite into the interior (er rrjv fieirdyaiav).Nearly at the same time the Persian left and rightwere defeated; but instead of pursuing them, theAthenians returned towards the field to the aid oftheir own centre. The Persian right fled towardsthe narrow pass leading into the plain of Tricorv-thus; and here numbers were forced into the marsh,as Pausanias relates. (Leake, The Demi of Attica, vol. ii. pp. 77, 203,originally published in Transactions of the RoyalSociety of Litei-atiire, 1829, vol. ii.; Finlay, iii. p. 363; Wordsworth, Athens and Attica,p. 44; Mure, Jour7ial of a Tour in Greece, voX. 101; Thirlwall, Hist, of Greece, vol. ii. p. 239;Grote, Hist, of Greece, vol. ii. p. 466; Mure, Hist,of Greek Literature, vol. iv. pp. 510, 549, 550;Blakesleys Herodotus, vol. ii. p. 172.). PLAN OF THE PLAIN OF MARATHOX. A A. Position of the Greeks on the day of the B. Do. Persians do. 1. Mt. Argaliki. 2. Mt. Aforismo. 3. Mt. Kotroni, 4. Mt. Knrdki. 5. Mt. ,. SniHll Marsh. 7. Great Marsh. 8. Foiintiiin Macuria. n. Salt lake of Dtirahomra 10. Heracleium. MAPATHUS (Mapa0os: Eth. MapaO-nvaios ,i/os), a city on the coast of Syria, north ofArailus, placed by Ptolemy in the district of Cas-siotis, which extended as far north as Antioch. Itis joined with Enydra, and was a ruiti in Strabostime. It was on the confines of Phocnice, and the 11. Temple of Athena Ilellotia ? 12. Village of iower SS/2. 13. Sard: tumulus of Athenians. 14. Pyrgo: tomb of Miltiades. Eoads: — a a. To Athens, between Mts. Pentelicus and Ily- mettus through b. To Athens, througli To Athens, through Ai) To Rhamnus. district was then under the dominion of the Aradians(Strab. xvi. p. 753; comp. Plin. v. 2
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