544 PELOPONNESUS. 
CHAP, flying, and upon the other the letters 2, 21, or 
v .,. ) 2IK. Others were also brought to us of the 
Roman Emperors: among these, there was one 
with the head of Severus; exhibiting upon the 
obverse side, a boy upon a dolphin, with a tree. 
The whole illustration of this subject may be 
deduced from Pausanias: it relates to a fable 
on which the Isthmian Games were said to have 
been founded. The tree is the Pine which was 
shewn near to the town of Cromion, as a memo- 
rial of one of the exploits of Theseus. Near to 
it stood an altar of Melicerta, who was brought 
thither by a dolphin, and afterwards buried upon 
the spot by Sisyphus; in honour of whom the 
Isthmian Games were said to have been insti- 
tuted 1 . It is always easy to procure bronze 
medals in Greece; but the Albanian peasants do 
not readily part with those which are of silver; 
because they decorate the head-dresses of their 
women with these pieces. They may, how- 
ever, be tempted by newly coined paras, which 
answer the same purpose : we had accordingly 
provided ourselves with a small cargo, fresh 
from the mint. In exchange for this base but 
shining coin, we obtained a few silver medals 
of Sicyon, and one of uncommon rarity of Pylus 
(l) Vid. Pausan. Cor. c. 1. p. 111. cd. KuhnH. 
