SIC YON. 541 
at night, and by the light of torches, when the 
Sicyonians brought hither the mystic images, called 
Baccheus and Lysius, chanting their antient 
hymns". Around the Theatre and Stadium, other An- 
i f i rr> t liquifies, 
besides the traces ot this Temple, other rums 
may be noticed, but less distinct as to their 
form. In the plain towards the sea are many 
more, perhaps extending to the Sicyonian haven, 
which we did not visit. The Theatre itself was 
of a much more extensive nature than other 
edifices of the same kind commonly are : its 
sides and front projected far into the plain. We 
were not successful in our search for inscrip- 
tions ; but the peasants sold to us many medals 
and small terra-cotta vessels, which they said 
they had found in caves near the spot. Among 
the latter we collected lachrymatories of more 
antient form and materials than any thing we 
had ever before observed of the same kind. 
These vessels, as it is well known, were often 
made of glass, and more antiently of earthen- 
ware; being diminutive as to their size, and of 
delicate workmanship : but the lachrymatory 
phials, in which the Sicyonians treasured up their 
(2) K.tpi%6Vffi Jj ftl-ret SSai rt yiu.fj.ituv xat Zfttuv i#t%u(itiv. nyt'reti ftio 
cut 01 BAKXEION ittftafruen, *. T. ).. so-irai 3s i ine^fjftitof ATXIOZ. 
Paus. ibid. 
