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)

DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES, &c* 143

DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES, WITH OTHER

REMARKS.

The upper part of the frontispiece represents the cover of what
appears to have been a sarcophagus of white marble, now lying on
the ground near the ruins of the building called Tholos at Iero, near
Epidaurus. Two small birds, which in the original, perch upon the
flowers, are omitted in the engraving. The crowns are of wild
parsley, pine, and oak, which were bestowed upon the victors at the
Nemean games. It may be necessary to account for the slight man-
ner in which some of the engravings accompanying this work are
executed. It will easily be understood that the expence of the vo-
lume must have been doubled, had they been more nicely finished,
when it is stated that the plate No. 9, which was the work of an artist
of established celebrity, cost the same sum as was expended on two
others of equal dimensions. They are however generally accurate ;
and where they fail, the mistake is noticed in the description.

PLATE H.

Plate 2, is a view of the temple of Jupiter Nemaeus, as it now ap-
pears. On the left is seen a tumulus, which seems to have been that
known by the name of Opheltes.