Stanhope, John Spencer: Olympia or topography illustrative of the actual state of the plain of Olympia and of the ruins of the city of Elis (London, 1824)

VIEW IN THE PLAIN OE OLYMPIA.

. No. 8, IN THE PLAN.

This view is baken from a little valley in the northern range of
mountains; it represents the principal part, of the Plain of Olympia,
including the supposed position of the Hippodrome, the Alpheus, and the
mountains heyond : perhaps, the pleasure with which I have frequently
contemplated the scene itself makes me partial to this view, as here we
generally retired during the heat of the day, to repose ourselves from our
fatigues by the side of a spring of the clearest water; but to me, it appears
to represent most happily the tranquil beauty which forms the principal
character of the Plain of Olympia.