Dodwell, Edward: Views and descriptions of Cyclopian or Pelasgic remains in Greece and Italy [...] intended as a supplement to his classical and topographical tour in Greece, during the years 1801, 1805, and 1806 (London, 1834)

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The lintel over the middle gate is one of the largest masses of marble I have seen, being twenty-two feet and a half in
length, four feet in thickness, and three feet three inches in breadth. It must, accordingly, weigh at least twenty-two tons.
The lintel of the second gate is sixteen feet ten inches in length, and three feet in thickness. That of the smaller gate is
nine feet and a half in length, and three feet in thickness.—1st Vol. 9th Chap.

No. LXXI.

GYMNASIUM OF PTOLEMY, AT ATHENS.

A short distance from the temple of Theseus, on the east, are some ruins, which Spon takes for the temple of Serapis,
and "Wheler for that of Castor and Pollux, but which are generally supposed to be the Ptolemaion, or Gymnasium of Ptolemy,
said by Pausanias to be near the temple of Theseus.

The foundations of this building may be traced a considerable way towards the north east, shewing that it must have
been of great dimensions. The most entire part consists of a high wall, composed of twenty-five layers of marble blocks,
crowned with a pediment, part of which still remains. One of the blocks, facing the north, contains a mutilated inscription;
that has, however, no reference to the building. Parts of the walls are constructed with alternate layers of small and large
blocks, like the pedestal of Agrippa, in the acropolis.—1st Vol. 12th Chap.

T/ie Editor regrets not having found any Text to accompany the Views of Pelasgic Remains in Italy.—The Author, no doubt,
intended writing a short account of those Ruins in Italy had he lived to superintend the present publication."

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