496 PELOPONNESUS. 
C vVii P tvvo thing 8 5 Jt rst > that this Sepulchre could not 
1 , have been the Treasury of Atreus, because it is 
without the walls of the Acropolis ; secondly, that 
it cannot be the Monument (Mvrju,a) of Aga- 
memnon, according to Pausanias, because this 
was within the Citadel. If the names assigned 
by him to the different monuments of Mycente 
may be considered as duly authorised by 
history, which perhaps is doubtful, we might 
Heroumof consider it as the Heroum of Perseus, with whose 
Perseus. . . , . 
situation it seems accurately to correspond. As 
soon as Pausanias leaves the Citadel, and begins 
his journey towards Argos, the first object no- 
ticed by him is the HEROUM; describing it as 
upon his left hand 1 . His account therefore 
agrees with the position of this magnificent 
Sepulchre, which is worthy of being at once both 
the Tomb and the Temple of the consecrated 
founder of Mycerue. Here, if we had no other 
document to consult than the description of 
Greece by that author, we should be compelled 
to terminate our inquiry ; but, fortunately for 
our subject, we are able to select as a guide 
upon this occasion a much more antient writer 
than Pausanias ; one, indeed, who has cast but a 
(2) 'Ex Mvxntvr 5= i; ' A}-; la%ftiiii It ueirneu Tlstriv; tragil Tj Ji 
i<rr< 'HPnox. Pausanite Corinthiaca, c. 18. p. 149- ed. A'u/oiu. 
