H I E R O N. 407 
Theatre is farther on towards the mountains, on 
the right hand; and it is one of the most 
remarkable in all Greece; not only from the 
state in which it remains, but in being men- 
tioned by Pausanias as a work of POLYCLETUS, 
renowned for excelling all other architects in 
the harmony and beauty of his structures 8 . We 
found a subterraneous building, resembling a 
small chapel, without being able even to conjec- 
ture for what purpose it was constructed, unless 
it were for a bath. Near to it we saw also a little 
stone coffin, containing fragments of terra-cotta 
vases : it had, perhaps, been rifled by the pea- 
sants, and the vases destroyed, in the hope of 
discovering hidden treasure. But the most 
remarkable relics within the sacred precinct 
were architectural remains in terra cotta. We Arc l 1 !i ec ' 
tunlTerrn 
discovered the ornaments of a frieze, and part cottas - 
of the cornice of a temple, which had been 
manufactured in eanhemvare. Some of these 
ornaments had been moulded for relievos; and 
others, less perfectly baked, exhibited painted 
surfaces. The colours upon the latter still 
retained much of their original freshness : upon 
(3) 'Afficv'ixf al n xaXAet/; tittxet, ti/>%irtKr>i rt'cf Is etu.i)./.Kv 
y'\vnr u%io%Kuf i riiXiucXuro* yip xeci tiictrfov rtvri, */ t'xtfut ri 
Tififtffii i <xtint*t fy. Paiisania Corinthiaea, e. 27. p. 174. Lips. 1696. 
