Harpocrat. in v. p. 166. Suid. in v. t. ii. 734 a. Isaeus De Philoct. Hered. § 6. Footnote 236: Meurs. Pir. c. 7. Footnote 237: Paus. i. 13. Footnote 238: Xen. Hellen. ii. 4. 33. Footnote 239: Paus. i. 28. 11. Footnote 240: Paus. i. 1. 4; v. 14. 8. Besides the Peiræeus, Athens possessed two other harbours Munychia and Phaleron, which were enclosed by the same line of fortifications, and in process of time formed but one city, superior in extent to the Astu itself. Of these the latter was the most ancient, and from hence Mnestheus sailed for Troy and Theseus for Crete.[241] The Munychian promontory,[242] abounding in hollows and artificial excavations, and connected by a narrow neck of land with the continent, was the strongest position on the coast, and may be regarded as the key of Athens, since whoever held possession of it could command the city. In this Demos stood the Bendideion[243] where shows were exhibited in honour of Bendis the Thracian Artemis, to behold which Socrates and his friends came down from the city, when at the house of Cephalos that conversation took place with Glaucon and Adimantos, out of which arose the Republic of Plato. This division of the port likewise possessed its theatre,[244] and here were fought some of those battles with the thirty that re-established the liberty of the commonwealth. Footnote 241: Paus. i. 1, 2. Footnote 242: Strab. ix. 1. t. ii. p. 239. Footnote 243: Xen. Hellen. ii. 4, 11. Footnote 244: Thucyd. viii. 93. Lys. in Agorat. § 7. Footnote 245: Of which there were three. Plat. Gorg. t. iii. p. 22. Wordsworth, Athens and Attica, p. 187. Dr. Cramer, Desc. of Greece, ii. 346, seq. understands the long walls to have been but two in number. Proceeding inland towards the Astu or city of Athens proper, the stranger beheld before him a straight street upwards of five miles in length, extending from the Peiræeus to the foot of the Acropolis, between walls[245] of immense elevation and thickness, flanked by square towers at equal distances. Along the summit of these vast piles of masonry a terrace was carried, commanding superb views of the Saronic bay and distant coasts of Peloponnesos; and, on the other hand, of the city relieved against the green slopes of Lycabettos[246]. The space between the long walls abounded with remarkable monuments. Here were the tombs of Diopethes, Menander, and Euripides, the temple of Hera, burned by the Persians, and left in ruins as a memento to revenge, and numerous cenotaphs and statues of illustrious men. Footnote 246: Marin. vit. Procl. p. 74. ed. Fabric.