[59] [Footnote 56: The modern account of Athens, and the Athenians, is extracted from Spon, (Voyage en Grece, tom.ii.p.

79--199,) and Wheeler, (Travels into Greece, p.

337--414,) Stuart, (Antiquities of Athens, passim,) and Chandler, (Travels into Greece, p.

23--172.) The first of these travellers visited Greece in the year 1676; the last, 1765; and ninety years had not produced much difference in the tranquil scene.] [Footnote 57: The ancients, or at least the Athenians, believed that all the bees in the world had been propagated from Mount Hymettus.
They taught, that health might be preserved, and life prolonged, by the external use of oil, and the internal use of honey, (Geoponica, l.xv.

c 7, p.