anciently Achaea or Hellas, or Greece properly so called; a province of Turkey in Europe, bounded on the north by Epirus and Thessaly, from which is separated by mount Oeta, now Banina, and by the Euripus, now the strait of Negropont; on the east, by the Archipelago; on the south, by the gulf of Egria or Egina, the isthmus of Corinth, and the gulf of Lepanto; and on the west, by the Ionian sea and part of Epirus. Its extent is about 130 miles from north-west to south-east; but its greatest breadth is not above 36 miles. It is in general a mountainous country; but neither unpleasent nor unfruitful. The principal mountains are, mount Oeta in Boeotia, where is the famous pass of Thermopylae, not above 25 feet broad; and Parnassus, Helicon, and Cytheron in Phocis, which were sacred to Apollo and the muses, and consequently much celebrated by the poets. The rivers of most note are, the Sionapros, anciently the Achelous, the Cephissus, the Imenus, and the Asopus. The province is at present divided into Livadia proper, Stramulippa, and the duchy of Athens. The principal places are, Lepanto, anciently Naupactus; Livadia, anciently Libadia or Lebadia; the celebrated city of Athens, now Setines; Thebes, now Stibes; Lepina, anciently Eleufis; Castris, formerly Delphi; and Megara.

an ancient town of Turkey in Europe, and capital of a province of the same name in Greece. It is a large and populous place, seated on the gulf of Lepanto, about 25 miles from the city of that name. It has now a considerable trade in woollen stuffs and rice. Anciently it was celebrated for the oracle of Trophonius, which was in a cavern in a hill above the town. E. Long. 23. 29. N. Lat. 38. 4°.