472 PELOPONNESUS. 
C vui' Temple 1 of Fortune, and the Hieron of the 
Hours 2 . We have proved already that Hieron 
does not necessarily signify a Temple, nor even 
a building : any thing containing what was sacred 
received this appellation ; a Cave ; a Grove ; a 
portable Shrine ; and perhaps a Clepsydra. There 
were, however, many Temples in Argos. There 
were also Sepulchres and Ccenotaphs ; a Theatre ; 
a Forum; a Mound of Earth 9 , believed to be the 
Tomb of the head of the Gorgon Medusa; a 
Gymnasium; and a subterraneous edifice. After 
this, beginning his ascent towards the Acropolis, 
Pausanias notices the Hieron of Juno Acrcea, and 
a Temple of Apollo, situate upon a ridge called 
Diras*. Here was an Oracle, where answers 
were given so lately as the time when Pausanias 
saw the temple. Close to this temple there 
was also a Stadium 5 ; and this circumstance is 
enough to prove that by D IRAS' Pausanias does 
not mean the summit of the hill; for after 
leaving the Stadium, he continues his ascent by 
(1) TiJ;f la-Tin ix jettk.out'ru.'rou NAO2. Ibid. C. 20. p. 154. 
(2) 'ng 'IEPON Iff-rtt. Ibid. p. 155. 
(3) Xvfia. Y/it Ivrn, tv Ss aiiru xiitfat rnv Mi&ovfvs \iyovti rtji Tapyltts 
HfctMv. Ibid. p. 159. 
(4) "Ort xai a rival auras xtt\iirau AEIPA2. Ibid. C. 24. p. 165. 
(5) Ibid. 
