Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . s of the temple of Ery-manthus. Psophis was about 2 miles in circumference. Thetown-walls followed the crest of the ridge to thenorthward and the bank above the two rivers on theopposite side ; and they are traceable nearly through-out the entire circuit of the place. On the north-eastern side of the town, which is the only part notprotected by the two rivers or by the precipices atthe back of the hill, there was a double could not trace the inclosure of the citadel. At the distance of 30 stadia from Psophis was PSYLLL Seirae (Seipai),
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . s of the temple of Ery-manthus. Psophis was about 2 miles in circumference. Thetown-walls followed the crest of the ridge to thenorthward and the bank above the two rivers on theopposite side ; and they are traceable nearly through-out the entire circuit of the place. On the north-eastern side of the town, which is the only part notprotected by the two rivers or by the precipices atthe back of the hill, there was a double could not trace the inclosure of the citadel. At the distance of 30 stadia from Psophis was PSYLLL Seirae (Seipai), which Pausanias describes as theboundary of the Psophidii and Cleitorii (viii. 23. § 9,24. § 3). On the road from Psophis to Thelpusalay Tropaea, upon the left bank of the Ladon, nearwhich was the grove Aphrodisium, after which camea column with an ancient inscription upon it, markingthe boundaries of Psophis and Thelpusa. (Leake,Morea, vol. ii. p. 240, seq.; Boblaye, Reclierches,ij-c. p. 158 ; Curtius, Pebponnesos, voL i. p. 384,seq.). 7jO JjW jta^ PLAN OF PSOPHIS. a a. Ancient walls. b. Tlientre. c. Fiiundations of a large d. Cliurchos. t\ Bridge over the Bridge over the g. Position of tlie army of Khan of Tripotamo. PSYCHIUM (yvxiov, Steph. B. s. v.; Ptol. § 4; Vvxfa, SkuUasm. Mar. Magn. p. 298,Hoffmann: £th. Huxf^s), a town on the south coastof Crete, placed by Ptoleiny between the moutlis ofthe rivers Wassalia and Electra, and by the Sta-diasmus 12 stadia to the west of Sulia, a distancewhich agrees very well with the situation of Kustri.(Pashley, Crete, vol. i. p. 304.) PSYCHRUS (yvxpos), a small river in the eastof Pontus, forming the boundary between the tiibesof the Colchi and Sanni. (Anian, Peripl. P. 6; Anonym. Peripl. P. E. p. 14.) [L. S.] PSYLLi (yuWoi, Hecat. Fr. 303, ed. Klausen ;Herod, iv. 173 ; Strab. ii. p. 131, siii. p. 588, 814, 838 ; Plin. v. 4, vii. 2, viii. 38, xi. 30,XXV. 76, xxviii.
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