Gell, William: The itinerary of Greece: With a commentary on Pausanias and Strabo and an account of the monuments of antiquity at present existing in that country (London, 1810)

84 ARGOS TO TIRYNS.

Amphiaraus and the Alcyonian pool, which is bottomless and perpe-
tually calm. Nero attempted in vain to fathom it, with a rope of the
length of many stadia. It is not more than three stadia in circuit.
The shore is covered with reeds. Pausanias Argolica.

This description is a sufficient guide to the traveller. The fount of
Amymone points out the mount Pontinus near the mills. The tower
on the mount is upon the ruins of the temple of Minerva Saitis. The
Alcyonian pool being now inclosed by a dam turns the mill. The
pool is now covered with weeds, which may have occasioned the idea
of danger which the ancients attached to swimming in it. The fount
of Amphiaraus is probably that near a little chapel on the south of
the pool. About a mile from the mills, upon an elevation in the
marsh, see some trees and a ruined chapel, perhaps the site of the
temple of Ceres.

ARGOS TO TIRYNS.

On the right of the road from Argos toward the country of the
Epidaurians is an edifice of pyramidal form, on which are shields of
the same form as those of the Argives. It is the common sepulchre
of those who fell in the battle between Praetus and Acrisius. Pro-
ceeding onwards, the ruins of Tiryns are seen on the right. Returning
from Tiryns, to the great road, you come to Mideia, which is on the
left. Mideia is now so far ruined, that only the site remains. In the
direct road to Epidaurus is the town of Lessa. Pausanias, Book 2,