Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . >afW-^ 31INOA. ^^V MU-ubLcs 5 A :S L OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF MEGAKA. A Megara. B. Nisaea. C. Miiir a. 1. Island formerly supposed to be Megara. 2. Roclsy peninsula. If this hill is the site of Minoa, the town of Nisaeamust have been near it ; and Lieut. Spratt dis-covered many vestiges of an ancient site on theeastern side of the hill, between the sea and a lowrock, which stands in tlie plain a short distance tothe northward. Among tliese remains are fourgniall heaps of ruins, with massive foundations, inone of which there
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . >afW-^ 31INOA. ^^V MU-ubLcs 5 A :S L OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF MEGAKA. A Megara. B. Nisaea. C. Miiir a. 1. Island formerly supposed to be Megara. 2. Roclsy peninsula. If this hill is the site of Minoa, the town of Nisaeamust have been near it ; and Lieut. Spratt dis-covered many vestiges of an ancient site on theeastern side of the hill, between the sea and a lowrock, which stands in tlie plain a short distance tothe northward. Among tliese remains are fourgniall heaps of ruins, with massive foundations, inone of which there arc three broken shafts of small 3. Ancient mole. 4. Agios ). Agios Geor^ios fi Promontory of Tiklio. 7. Salaniis. columns erect, and wanting apparently only thefourth to complete the original number. Probablythey were monuments or temples ; and two Greekchurches, which are now in ruins, but standing ontwo ancient foundations, will not be unfavourable tothe supposition. Anotlier church. Agios Nikolaos,which is perfect, also occuj)iis the site of an ancie
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