440 PELOPONNESUS. 
CHAP, most distant ages of history 1 : we seemed, in fact, 
VII. 
T - > to be once more among the Ruins of Memphis. 
The coming of an Egyptian colony to this part 
of Peloponnesus, about fifteen centuries before 
our aera, is a fact attested by the highest 
Celtic and authority of written testimony 2 ; but there is 
Architect" something in the style of the architecture here, 
which, when compared with other remains of 
a similar nature, and added to a few historical 
facts, seems rather to prove it of Celtic, than of 
Egyptian origin. We purposely avoid entering 
into any detailed description of the dimensions 
of this gigantic building, because a most faithful 
delineator has already anticipated whatever we 
might have said upon the subject. To his work 
we must therefore refer the Reader 3 ; merely 
(1) It is said, by Strabo, Patisanias, and other historians, that the 
walls of Tiryns were built by the Cyclops, the same persons to whom 
Strabo ascribes the origin of the Nauplian Caves. Of the Cyclops 
nothing certain is known. They were supposed to be the sons of C'celus 
and Terra; and this notion is enough to prove that all concerning 
their history is involved in fable. There were no less than three 
distinct races of men who bore this appellation, (f^id. Casaubon. 
Annot. in Strabon. fi&.viii.) Some allusion to the builders of Tiryns will 
be again introduced, in the next Chapter. 
(2) A* OT NAT2 IIENTHKONTA KnimN ES AirTHTOT 
EI2 THN EAAAAA EHAETSE, *.r.A. 
Vid. Chronicon ex Marmor. Arundel. Epoch- ix. 
(3) See Gell's Itinerary of Greece, pp. 54, 55, 56, 57, 58. Plates xv. 
xvi. xvii. Land. 1810. 
