Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . palroads through the plain of Stenyclerus. The arm,running from north to south passes over no river,but only over the low swampy ground between thetwo streams. At the southern end of this arm,the two others branch off, one to the SW. over theBalyra, and the other to the SE. over the Amphitus,theformer leading to Messene and the other toThuria. The foundations of this bridge and theupper parts of the jjiers are ancient; and from theresemblance of their masonry to that of the neigh-bouring Messene, they may be presumed to belong tothe same period. The ar
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . palroads through the plain of Stenyclerus. The arm,running from north to south passes over no river,but only over the low swampy ground between thetwo streams. At the southern end of this arm,the two others branch off, one to the SW. over theBalyra, and the other to the SE. over the Amphitus,theformer leading to Messene and the other toThuria. The foundations of this bridge and theupper parts of the jjiers are ancient; and from theresemblance of their masonry to that of the neigh-bouring Messene, they may be presumed to belong tothe same period. The arches are entirely distance of this bridge from the ]\Iegalopolitangate of Jlessene agrees with the 30 stadia whichPausanias (iv. 33. § 3) assigns as the interval be-tween that gate and the Balyra; and as he saysimmediately afterwards that the Leucasia and Am-phitus there fall into the Balyra, there can be littledoubt that the bridge is the point to which Pausaniasproceeded fiom the gate. (Leake, j\[orea, vol. 480; 481.). OF THE BUIUGE OF MAVROZUJIKNO. The Mavrozunieno, shortly after entering thelower plain, received on its left or western side aconsiderable stream, which the ancients regarded asthe genuine Pamisus. The sources of this riverare at a north-eastern corner of the plain near thechapel of St. Flora, and at the foot of the ridge ofSkala. The position of these sources agrees suf-ficiently with the distances of Pausanias (iv. 31.§ 4) and Strabo (viii. p. 361), of whom the fonnerwriter describes them as 40 stadia from Messene,while the latter assigns to the Pamisus a course ofonly 100 stadia. Between two and three milessouth of the sources of the Pamisus there risesanother river called Fidhima, which flows SW. andfalls into the Maoruzumeno, lower down in the MESSENIA. plain below I^isi, and at no great distance from thesea. Akis (Apis) was the ancient name of theFidhima. (Taus. iv. 31. § 2.) The Mavrozu-7HC710, after tlie junction of the Fidhima
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