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)

HERMIONE. 127

" The city now existing is not quite four stadia distant from the pro-
montory on which is the temple of Neptune, rising from the base to
the top of the hill. This hill called Prona or the summit, is sur-
rounded by a wall. Here are many things worthy of remark. First,
the temple of Venus Pontia, and Limenia, with a beautiful statue of
white marble. There is another temple of Venus, as also two temples
of Thermesian Ceres, one of which is on the confines of Trcezen, be-
longing to the villages which yet remain there, and the other in the
city. Near this is the temple of Bacchus Melanaegis. There is also
a cell of Diana Iphigeneia. In that of Vesta there is no statue, but
only an altar.

" There are three temples of Apollo, of which the second is called
Pythsea, and the third Horios. The Temple of Fortune, with a co-
lossal statue of Parian marble, is of a more recent date than the
other edifices of the city. Of the two aquaducts one is said to be very
ancient, and never fails, the other was constructed in our own time."

" The water comes from a town called Pratum. On the summit
of the hill Prona is a temple of Ceres. In a district calied
Cthonia is a temple of Clymenos. In the same situation is a
temple of Mars. On the right of Cthonia is a portico called Echo
which repeats the voice three times. Behind Cthonia are three en-
closures of Clymenos, Pluto, and the Acherusian lake, all which are
surrounded with walls of stone. In that of Clymenos is seen a
chasm, through which they say Hercules dragged up Cerberus. At