04-27-2006, 02:14 PM
In his study of Marathon, N G L Hammond notes that the combination of the cape of Cynosura and mild tides in the bay means that silt has likely advanced the shore line into the bay, since the 5th Century.
Perhaps that is what Green is suggesting by the sea receding, rather than a drop in sea level.
Perhaps that is what Green is suggesting by the sea receding, rather than a drop in sea level.
Paul Klos
\'One day when I fly with my hands -
up down the sky,
like a bird\'
\'One day when I fly with my hands -
up down the sky,
like a bird\'
