534 PELOPONNESUS. 
CHAP, travellers as well as for perspicuity of descrip- 
tion, to state the bearings of some principal 
objects. 
From thevillage of Basilica, the THEATRE bears w. N. w. 
The AcRO-ConiNTHUS, or Citadel of Corinth . S.E. and by sJ 
The naountain PARNASSUS, as seen in Phocis . N. 
THEBES in Bosotia E. N. E. 
Whether this last object be visible or not, is very doubtful; 
but it was a place called Tfiiva by the inhabitants, lying in 
the direction of Thebes 8 . 
Hence it will be evident that the Ruins of 
Sicyon occupy a prominent part of the Sicyonian 
territory, extending towards the N. N. E. into 
the Corinthian Gulph ; and that they lie along a 
ridge above the Plain of Sicyon, in a direction 
from w. N. w. to E. s. E. having Parnassus due 
north. The ACROPOLIS, upon the s. E. side of 
the city, may be recognised, both in the nature 
of its walls, which are very antient, and in its 
more elevated situation. Near this place 
we observed the fragments of architectural 
(1) It was highly satisfactory to the author to find his observations by 
the compass accidentally confirmed by such respectable authority as that 
of Sir George Wheler, who, observing the bearing of BASIMCO from the 
ACRO- CORINTH us f Set Joun. into Greece, p. 442. Land. 1682) exactly 
in the opposite direction, states it to be North-went and by North. 
(2) Mr. Hawkins is of opinion, that the object referred to in this 
instance may possibly be the very remarkable conical mountain called 
Corombila, which overlooks the Gulph of Livadoslro. 
