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CHAPTER VI.
6.1
AFTER Malae follow the Argolic and Hermionic Gulfs; the former extends as far as Scyllaeum,Skylli. it looks to the east, and towards the Cyclades;The islands about Delos. the latter lies still more towards the east than the former, reaching Aegina and the Epidaurian territory.The form thus given to the Gulf of Hermione bears no resemblance to modern maps. The Laconians occupy the first part of the Argolic Gulf, and the Argives the rest. Among the places occupied by the Laconians are Delium,Pausanias calls it Epidelium, now S. Angelo. a temple of Apollo, of the same name as that in Boeotia; Minoa, a fortress of the same name as that in Megara; and according to Artemidorus, Epidaurus Limera;The ruins are a little to the north of Monembasia, Malvasia, or Nauplia de Malvasia. Apollodorus, however, places it near Cythera,Cerigo. and having a convenient harbour, (λιμὴν, limen,) it was called Limenera, which was altered by contraction to Limera. A great part of the coast of Laconia, beginning immediately from Malae, is rugged. It has however shelters for vessels, and harbours. The remainder of the coast has good ports; there are also many small islands, not worthy of mention, lying in front of it.
6.2
To the Argives belong Prasiae,The ruins are on the bay of Rheontas. and TemeniumToniki, or Agenitzi. where Temenus lies buried. Before coming to Temenium is the district through which the river Lerna flows, that having the same name as the lake, where is laid the scene of the fable of the Hydra. The Temenium is distant from Argos 26 stadia from the sea-coast; from Argos to Heraeum are 40, and thence to Mycenae 10 stadia.
