Memorandum on the subject of the Earl of Elgin's pursuits in Greece (London, 1811)

columns, and sculpture of this monument*:
are in their original position, no part of
the sculpture has been displaced, nor the
minutest fragment of any kind separated
from the building. The metopes in mezzo-
relievo, containing a mixture of the labours
of Hercules and Theseus, have been mo-
delled and drawn, as well as the frize
representing the battle between the Cenr
taurs and Lapithae, some incidents of the
battle of Marathon, and some my tho?
logical subjects. The temple itself is very
inferior in size and decorative sculpture
to the Parthenon ; having been built by
Cimon, the son of Miltiades, before Perir
des had given to his countrymen a taste
for such magnificence and expense, as he
-displayed on the edifices of the Acropolis;
The original approach to the Acropolis^
from the plain of Athens, was by a long
flight of steps, commencing near the foot
of the Areopagus, and terminating at. thé
Propyleea. The Propylsea was a hex'äf