Note 119 — Chapter VII · THERMOPYLÆ.

This shows clearly that the wall was not, as some have supposed, on the low ground at the pass of the middle gate, but on the neck of the first mound (vide note on Topography of Thermopylæ). Had it been on the low ground, the scout would, from the comb of the mass of stream débris of the great ravine, have been able to see over it.