BY THE ABBE BARTHELEMY, LATE KEEPER OF THE MEDALS IN THE CABINET OF THE KING OF FRANCE, AND BELLES LETTRES. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH. IN SIX VOLUMES; AND A SEVENTH, IN QUARTO, CONTAINING Baps, Plans, Uiews, and Coins, Illustrative of the Geography and Antiquities of ancient Greece. THE SIXTH EDITION: Carefully revised, corrected, and enlarged, by the last improved Paris Edition prepared for the Press by the Author; with Memoirs of the Life of J. J. Barthelemy, written by himself, and embellished with his Portrait. VOL. II. LONDON: PRINTED FOR C. AND J. RIVINGTON; J. AND W. T. CLARKE; LONGMAN, CONTENTS. CHAP. 1. Departure from Scythia.-The Tauric Cherso- nesus.-The Pontus Euxinus.-State of Greece, from the taking of Athens, in 404 before Christ, to the Departure of Anachar- sis on his Travels.-The Thracian Bosphorus. 2. Description of Byzantium.-Greek Colonies - The Strait of the Hellespont.-Voyage from the principal Offences against Religion..... 295 22. Journey through Phocis.-The Pythian Games. -The Temple and Oracle of Delphi....... 325 23. Remarkable Events in Greece (from the year 361 to the year 357 before Christ).- Death of Agesilaus, King of Lacedæmon.—Accession TRAVELS OF ANACHARSIS. CHAPTER I. Departure from Scythia.-The Tauric Chersonesus.*-The Pontus Eurinus.+-State of Greece, from the taking of Athens, A. C.404, to the Departure of Anacharsis on his Travels.-The Thracian Bosphorus.-Arrival at Byzantium.‡ ANACHARSIS, a native of Scythia, the son of Toxaris, is the author of this work, which he addresses to his friends. He begins by stating to them the motives that induced him to travel. You know that I am descended from the sage Anacharsis, so celebrated among the Greeks, and so unworthily treated by the Scythians. The history of his life and death inspired me, from my earliest childhood, with esteem for the nation which had honoured, and with distaste for that which knew not how to appreciate, his virtues. *The Crimea. + The Black Sea. ‡ Constantinople. |