The stadion was the standard Greek unit of large-scale distance measurement and was equivalent to a little more than two hundred yards. About eight stadia, or furlongs, make a mile.

[The coast road between Athens and Corinth] which is still named after Sciron, was first, they say, made passable for foot passengers by Sciron when he was war minister of Megara; but the Emperor Hadrian made it so wide and convenient that even chariots could meet on it.

The road from Tegea to Argos is an excellent carriage-road, and quite a highway.

From this point the road [one of the main overland routes to Delphi] grows steeper and more difficult for a man on foot.

The ascent [from Delphi] to the Corycian cave is easier for a man on foot than for mules and horses...