Burrow, Edward John: The Elgin Marbles: With an abridged historical and topographical account of Athens (London, 1837)

trines acquired the tittle of " Peripatetic"
(Yls^ivartjrtxoi), which they have ever since
retained. Pausanias tells us that the Lyceum
was constructed by Lyctirgus.

On the southern bank of the river Ilissus,
in the district called Agra, was situated the
Temple of Temple of Diana "the Huntress, the image
Agrotera. °f whom, for distinction, held a bow/'*

Near this was the stupendous Stadium con-
structed by Herodes Atticus, of Pentelican
stone. It was formed originally by Lycurgus
out of a torrent bed, merely levelled for the
sports; but Herodes Atticus lined it with seats
of white marble, and in four years rendered it
the admiration of Greece, and one of the
greatest ornaments of Athens. The sloping
banks, in which the rows were formed, are
now left destitute of the marble covering. At
the two extremities next the Ilissus, the sta-
dium being in the shape of a horse-shoe, are

Stadium of
Herodes
Atticus.

* So rapid has been of late the progress of destruction, that
the remains of a temple, of the Ionic order, which about half
a century ago exhibited a most picturesque and beautiful ap-
pearance, in this vicinity, are now entirely lost, and even the
traces of them are totally obliterated.