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)

Two modern villages have risen on the site of the ancient city.
Palaiopoli, which derives its name Prom the ruins, stands near the foot of
the hill on which an the remains of the Acropolis. Calivia, or Kalybia,
the name by which the other is at present designated, and which signifying
a collection of lints, is frequently employed to distinguish those villages
that have no other denomination, is situated towards the western
extremity of the plain. Both of these villages are inhabited by Greeks,
and in both are found fragments of architecture. During our stay here,
the inhabitants of Calivia were occupied in digging a ditch across the plain.
1 was in hopes that this might have led Lo the discovery of some ancient
remains; but in this expectation I. was disappointed. That part of ihe plain
represented in the plan offered the appearance of one continued corn-field,
and seemed fully to justify the character of fertility for which the plain of
EUs was formerly so celebrated. I shall not lake up the time of my readers with
any observations on the Temples and Porticos which anciently embellished
this city, as I could discover no traces of them, nor in any way ascertain
their positions; nor shall 1 dwell upon the singular privilege which rendered
it, as the guardian of Olympia, one of the most distinguished cities
in Greece. Those who wish to know what Elis was in her days of
splendour, are referred to the pages of Pausanias: my object is
accomplished, if I have at all succeeded in representing to them what
Elis now is.