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Demetrius of Callatis, speaking of the earthquakes which formerly occurred throughout the whole of Greece, states that a great portion of the Lichadian Islands and of KenaeumA western promontory of Euboea, called by the modern Greeks Kabo Lithari. The Lichadian Islands, which now bear the name of Litada, are close by. were submerged; that the hot springs of AedepsusA city of Euboea; hood. Dipso. and Thermopylae were suppressed for three days, and that when they commenced to run again those of Aedepsus gushed from new fountains. That at OreusIn Euboea, now Orio. on the sea-coast the wall and nearly seven hundred houses fell at once. That the greater part of Echinus,Now Echino; belonged to Thessaly and was near the sea. Phalara,Now Stillida; situated on the Bay of Zeitoun. and Heraclaea of TrachisA little town situated in a plain amongst the mountains. It received its name from a tradition that Hercules abode there during the time that the pyre on Mount Oeta was being prepared, into which he cast himself. were thrown down, Phalara being overturned from its very foundations. That almost the same misfortune occurred to the LamiansLamia in Thessaly. and inhabitants of Larissa; that ScarpheiaA city of the Epi-Cnemidian Locrians in Achaia; its present name is Bondoniza. was overthrown from its foundations, not less than one thousand seven hundred persons being swallowed up, and at ThroniumA town close to Scarpheia; its ruins are said to be still visible at Palaio Kastro. more than half that number. That a torrent of water gushed forth taking three directions, one to Scarphe and Thronium, another to Thermopylae, and a third to the plains of Daphnus in Phocis. That the springs of [many] rivers were for several days dried up; that the course of the SperchiusNow Agriomela or Ellada, a river descending from Mount Oeta, and emptying itself into the Bay of Zeitoun. was changed, thus rendering navigable what formerly were highways; that the BoagriusA torrent near Thronium; its present name is Boagrio. flowed through another channel; that many parts of Alope, Cynus, and Opus were injured,Three cities of the Opuntian Locrians; Cynus, the port of Opus, is now called Kyno. and the castle of Oeum, which commands the latter city, entirely overturned. That part of the wall of ElateiaOne of the principal cities of Phocis, near the river Cephissus; a little village called Leuta stands on the ancient site. was thrown down; and that at Alponus,Probably the Alpene in Locris mentioned by Herodotus. during the celebration of the games in honour of Ceres, twenty-five maidens, who had mounted a tower to enjoy the show exhibited in the port, were precipitated into the sea by the falling of the tower. They also record that a large fissure was made [by the water] through the midst of the island of Atalanta,The modern Talanta. opposite Euboea,Egripo. sufficient for ships to sail in; that the course of the channel was in places as broad as twenty stadia between the plains; and that a trireme being raised [thereby] out of the docks, was carried over the walls.
