326 ATHENS. 
CHAP, the bridge; for the latter was seventy feet wide, 
and conducted immediately into the arena of the 
former. It has been usual to say of this most 
wonderful of all the marvellous works of Herodes 
Atticus 1 , that nothing now remains of its former 
magnificence. To our eyes, every thing neces- 
sary to impress the mind with an accurate idea 
of the object itself, and of its grandeur, and of 
the prodigious nature of the work, seemed to 
exist as if it had been in its perfect state. The 
marble covering of the seats, it is true, no 
longer appears; but the lines are visible of the 
different ranges; and perhaps a part of the 
covering itself might be brought to light by a 
removal of the soil. The absence of ornament is 
of little consequence as to the general effect : 
the decorations of a Stadium, however costly in 
(1) It was originally constructed l>y Lycurgus ; hut it was restored 
by Herodes, whose real name, as given by Spon from an /Jthtnian 
inscription, was Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes, He lavished upon 
it the most enormous sums, covering it entirely with the white marble 
of Mount Pentelicus. PAU>ANIAS did not expect to be credited, even 
in the brief description of this work, as thus given : Ta Si, ix.ovcra.fi pir 
tv% oftaitas iTuyuyiv, few/to, V town, rrttiiav t<rr) \IUKOU \!fau, ftiytfat "Si 
o.lro'j rn$i 0.1 n; fi.<i}.nrra rtxput'tooire. oiiufn Sfoe virip rot E/Xw<ro u.t>%i>(t,<ici 
IK p.wi>.i%!v; xzfjxsi rou voTaf&ov tr^t f)it a^fnn tviu TJ ititi ^irXout' <rovro i*>tp 
AftiveLiQt 'Hgubti; tHKe&bp.r,ffl, KOI a! ro xo>.v rri; t^6trfJt.la.( rtjf TlivriXwii If r'n* 
Pausan. dtlica, c. 19. i>p.45, 4C. Lips. 1696. 
