500 PELOPONNESUS. 
C viii P ' with reference to a11 the buildings inclosed by 
the Acropolis; and the gates of it are called 
Propyltea ', as in the instance of the Athenian 
Citadel. This will be further evident when we 
proceed to a description of the entrance to the 
Acropolis; for the gate is not more distinctly 
alluded to by Pausanias than by Sophocles him- 
self, as will presently appear. Orestes, desirous 
of bearing his voivs to his father's tomb, repairs 
thither before he enters the Propyl&a; and 
Electra, who is only permitted to leave the 
Citadel in the absence of JEgisthus, meets Chryso- 
themis upon the outside of the gates, carrying the 
offerings sent by her mother to appease the 
of Manes of Agamemnon*. The position of the 
m- 
Sepulchre seems, therefore, in all respects, to 
coincide with that of the Tumulus we are now 
describing ; but the words of Sophocles are also 
decisive as to its form; for the Tomb of Aga- 
memnon is not only called ratpos, but also zoXuvyj 3 : 
and as, in this Tragedy, the poet adapted his 
(1) Sopfiocl. Elect, v. 1391. In v. 1486, ^Egisthus command* the 
gates (a-p'Xaf ) to be thrown open. 
(2) T/* U.Z fu rw'vSi npor TPflNOS iltioit 
Ekfavfct tyutiTst & xtcffiywrii, (fartf, 
Ibid, vv.330, 331. torn. I. p.212. 
(3) 'Earl/ <yap Jx^av varees 'APXAJON <ra$n, 
'O^u KOA.T1NH2 ig axjaj n^furau; 
Tltiyu; ydl.axTiif, XKI n/>i<rri<f>n KUX>.IU 
Hjivrui of iffTir Mian tnxr,t var^af. Ibid. V. 899. p. 272. 
