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68 . ARGOS.
The roads from Mantinea, Oenoe, and Lyrceia, fell in at the gate
called Deiras ; from the next gate, that of Lucina, the road ran to
the Heraeum and Mycenae, Nemea, Cleonae, and Corinth, as well as
another branch to Phlius and Sicyon.
The next gate was probably that called Diampares, and the road
from it led to Tirynthus and Epidaurus, to Temenos and Nauplia.
The fourth gate was on the south, whence a road to the left led. to
Lerna and the Alcyonian lake, and another to Tegea, by way of the
fount of the Erasinus, and the village of Hysies. The acropolis of
Larissa had only one large gate, which must have been on the south,
the other sides being too steep for a road. On the summit are the
remains of the inner inclosure or curtain of very ancient, but not Cy-
clopian masonry. The form of which can only be understood by
reference to a drawing.
The towers, which make a respectable figure from below, and have
a most imposing appearance when first seen on the road from
Sicyon, are of Venetian construction. At the base of one on the
south is a very ancient inscription, apparently containing names,
among which seem to be those of Hippomedon, Adrastos, Dorthago-
ras, and Aristomachus, but it is very imperfectly connected, and one
of the lines only seems to have been written from right to left.
Villoison intimates, that there exists at Argos a very curious in-
scription, and probably alluded to this in the citadel. It deserves a
very particular examination. There is a cistern orwell covered with ap-
The roads from Mantinea, Oenoe, and Lyrceia, fell in at the gate
called Deiras ; from the next gate, that of Lucina, the road ran to
the Heraeum and Mycenae, Nemea, Cleonae, and Corinth, as well as
another branch to Phlius and Sicyon.
The next gate was probably that called Diampares, and the road
from it led to Tirynthus and Epidaurus, to Temenos and Nauplia.
The fourth gate was on the south, whence a road to the left led. to
Lerna and the Alcyonian lake, and another to Tegea, by way of the
fount of the Erasinus, and the village of Hysies. The acropolis of
Larissa had only one large gate, which must have been on the south,
the other sides being too steep for a road. On the summit are the
remains of the inner inclosure or curtain of very ancient, but not Cy-
clopian masonry. The form of which can only be understood by
reference to a drawing.
The towers, which make a respectable figure from below, and have
a most imposing appearance when first seen on the road from
Sicyon, are of Venetian construction. At the base of one on the
south is a very ancient inscription, apparently containing names,
among which seem to be those of Hippomedon, Adrastos, Dorthago-
ras, and Aristomachus, but it is very imperfectly connected, and one
of the lines only seems to have been written from right to left.
Villoison intimates, that there exists at Argos a very curious in-
scription, and probably alluded to this in the citadel. It deserves a
very particular examination. There is a cistern orwell covered with ap-