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28 KRABATA. MYCEN^.
tance from Nemea to Mycenae or Krabata, is about two hours.
From the Ellenon Lithari to Krabata one hour and 20 minutes. The
whole route might with a good horse be performed in one hour, as no
part of the road is dangerous.
KRABATA. MYCEN^
At Krabata the best lodging is in the Pyrgo or tower, which is ea-
sily distinguished from the huts which are near it. It is the property
of a Turkish gentleman who lives at Nauplia, who will permit
strangers to lodge in it. The Turk who lately had the care of the
tower is civil and intelligent. The name Krabata implies a bed or
sofa, and from signifying a place of repose, is not unfrequently used
to express an habitation. A stranger who does not take a guide
from Krabata, may easily find the acropolis of Mycenae, by following
the little waterduct which supplies the village, and which passes over
the treasury of Atreus, and near the gate of the lions. Ascending by
this route, in about nine minutes a ruined chapel is seen on the right
of the path, situated on a hillock or tumulus. In it there is a piece of
red marble with a very ancient sculpture, representing the honey-
suckle or lotus ornament, afterwards improved and used in the Ionic
order. On the same marble are sculptured spiral lines, which were
much used as a decoration at Mycenae. The citadels of Nauplia and
Argos are both seen from this spot. In the bed of the torrent below
are the ruins either of a bridge or of an opening in the wall of the city
for the passage of the torrent. This has not been arched, but was
tance from Nemea to Mycenae or Krabata, is about two hours.
From the Ellenon Lithari to Krabata one hour and 20 minutes. The
whole route might with a good horse be performed in one hour, as no
part of the road is dangerous.
KRABATA. MYCEN^
At Krabata the best lodging is in the Pyrgo or tower, which is ea-
sily distinguished from the huts which are near it. It is the property
of a Turkish gentleman who lives at Nauplia, who will permit
strangers to lodge in it. The Turk who lately had the care of the
tower is civil and intelligent. The name Krabata implies a bed or
sofa, and from signifying a place of repose, is not unfrequently used
to express an habitation. A stranger who does not take a guide
from Krabata, may easily find the acropolis of Mycenae, by following
the little waterduct which supplies the village, and which passes over
the treasury of Atreus, and near the gate of the lions. Ascending by
this route, in about nine minutes a ruined chapel is seen on the right
of the path, situated on a hillock or tumulus. In it there is a piece of
red marble with a very ancient sculpture, representing the honey-
suckle or lotus ornament, afterwards improved and used in the Ionic
order. On the same marble are sculptured spiral lines, which were
much used as a decoration at Mycenae. The citadels of Nauplia and
Argos are both seen from this spot. In the bed of the torrent below
are the ruins either of a bridge or of an opening in the wall of the city
for the passage of the torrent. This has not been arched, but was