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)

152 DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES, &c.

as the distance permitted. The mountain on the left cuts off the view
of Argos from this position. The plain is visible beyond the citadel,
and on the other side of the plain is a part of the chain of Mount
Artemisium.

PLATE XIII.

Plate 13, represents a gate which is on the western side of the hill,
where it slopes from the long ridge of rock above the treasury of
Atreus, down to the plain and village of Krabata. The citadel of
Mycenae, with its mural crown, is seen toward the centre, between
mountains, one of which forms a bold and striking feature. This gate
is mentioned in page 43. It is at present almost buried in the ground,
so that without excavation, it is impossible to say to what species of
building it belonged. The other gate, mentioned in page 43, is still
more covered with soil, but is so similar to this, that a representation
of it would be useless.

PLATE XIV.

Plate 14, represents two specimens of the walls of Mycenae and of
Tiryns. This design might be thought superfluous, but where so much
is said of Cyclopian masonry, it is better that the reader should un-
derstand precisely what that masonry is. For this purpose, the wall
of Tiryns is selected as giving the best idea of the present state of that