424 PELOPONNESUS. 
C vii P contrary direction from the line of our route ; 
v - y - > that is to say, from Argos towards Epidauria; 
and in so doing he describes a pyramidal struc- 
ture as being upon the right of the observer. It 
contained, he says 1 , shields of an Argolic form ; 
for a battle had once been fought in the place, 
between the armies of Proetus and Acrisius, upon 
which occasion shields were first used, and those 
who fell on either side were here buried in one 
common sepulchre. However, he is evidently 
describing a sepulchre nearer to Argos ; for he 
adds, that upon quitting the spot, and turning 
towards the right hand, the Ruins of Tiryns 
appear 2 : therefore the pyramidal form may 
have been common to many antient sepulchres 
in ARGOLIS. Lessa was but a village in the 
time of Pausanias*, as it now is : but it was 
remarkable for a temple and wooden image 4 of 
Minerva; and upon the mountain above the 
village, perhaps where the castle now stands, 
there were altars of Jupiter and JUHO, whereon 
sacrifices were offered in times of drought*. 
(1) Pauxnn, Corinth, ihid. 
(2) Houw?, Ji i\<riZtu KOI lx.r(ayt~fit If 3i|ji, Tigt/ytif irrn letinx 
Ibid. c. 2s. p. 169. Lips. 1696. 
(3) K*r 2t ri* if 'Er/Sat^o uliii, ItTi KflMH tiff*. Ibid. p. 169. 
(4) NMf *a! %ictti!. Ibid. 
(5) Ibid. 
