A R G O S. 
came to the remains of the Temple of Venus 
before mentioned, above the Theatre, where the 
Greek chapel is situate 3 . We were unable to 
discover any remains of the Stadium ; but this, 
in all probability, will not elude the researches 
of other travellers. After again visiting the 
Theatre, we found, at the foot of the hill of the 
propolis, one of the most curious tell-tale 
remains yet discovered among the vestiges of 
Pagan priestcraft : it was nothing less than one 
of the Oracular Shrines of Argos alluded to by Oracular 
Pausanias, laid open to inspection, like the toy a 
child has broken in order that he may see the con- 
trivance whereby it was made to speak. A more 
interesting sight for modern curiosity can hardly 
be conceived to exist among the ruins of any 
Grecian city. In its original state, it had been a 
temple ; the farther part from the entrance, where 
the altar was, being an excavation of the rock, 
and the front and roof constructed with baked 
tiles. The altar yet remains, and part of the 
fictile superstructure : but the most remarkable 
(3) Sir W. Cell afterwards found here a broken Inscription, 
" evidently, 1 ' he says " relating to Venus" It were to be wished, 
although a fragment, that he had preserved and published it ; as an 
inscription, so decidedly identifying one of the beacons mentioned by 
Pausanias would materially tend to facilitate future researches upon 
the spot. See GelVsltin. of Greece, p. 64. Lond. 1810. 
