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)

154 DESCRIPTION OP THE PLATES, &c.

That part of the foundation on the western side, which projects before
a recess in the wall, and a small gate is in a very unsatisfactory state
from its ruinous condition. The tower seems to be a solid mass of
masonry, and never contained any apartment.

PLATE XVI.

Plate 16, represents the only one of the galleries of Tiryns which it
is possible to represent in the present state of the ruins. It is not
easy to say whether it is the outer or inner passage, but certainly in-
dications of other foundations may be discovered on the slope of the
hill. The view assisted by the plan in the miscellaneous plate,
affords all the necessary information on the subject.

PLATE XVII.

Plate 17 is divided into two subjects; the lower division is a sketch
of the entire eastern front of the Acropolis of Tiryns, the masonry of
which was accurately copied on the spot. The ascent to the great gate,
running up two sides of a square tower is here visible in the center of
the drawing. Right of this the wall is rained to the foundation. On
the left of the great gate observe a species of window which gives
light at present to the gallery represented in Plate 15. To the left of
the citadel, in the distance are seen the mountains of Oynouria, below
which is the gulph of Argos and the castle in the bland off Nauplia.