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)

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which are yet discoverable,was at the distance of a few paces toward
the south-west of the temple. From the fragments which exist, the
size of the building may be nearly ascertained. It seems to have
been a circle of about 20 feet in diameter. On some of the blocks
are inscriptions which time and a thick incrustation of lichen have
rendered almost unintelligible, but they relate to the cures effected by
iEseulapius.

Near the Tholos may be found the remains of some most beautiful
sculpture on white marble, which seems to have decorated the cover
of a sarcophagus; it is represented at the top of tiie title page to this
work.

On the left of the road is the platform of another temple shaded by
a large tree. The pavement is now about 65 feet long, by SO wide,
and consists of 18 slabs in length and eight in breadth, each slab
being three feet seven inches by three feet ten. On the nearest point
of the hill to the east, is the foundation of another building. From
this pavement the theatre bears S. 18 E. and is easily distinguished.

Proceeding again along the road which leads from the great bath
toward Damala, on the right observe a kind of terrace which runs to
the theatre.

In the way cross the deep bed of a torrent, on the bank of which,
opposite the theatre, are the foundations of a large edifice. The
theatre itself is the most perfect of those now existing in Greece, for

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