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seat of antient art this renowned city, once so 
vain of its high reputation, and of the rank it 
held among the States of Greece. 
We resolved to devote as much of our time 
as possible to the examination of the Isthmus ; 
for although but a small district, it had been 
hitherto so imperfectly surveyed by modern 
travellers, that the site of the Isthmian 
Games had never been accurately ascertained. 
Chandler, and his successors, had affirmed that 
"neither the Theatre nor the Stadium were 
visible 2 ." The mischief arising from such 
assertions is this; that the persons who come 
afterwards, being thereby persuaded that all 
due diligence has been used in a research which 
has proved fruitless, willingly avoid the trouble 
of making any further inquiry. We shall pre- 
sently shew, not only that remains of the 
Stadium, of the Temple, and of the Theatre, do 
yet exist, but that very considerable traces of 
the Isthmian Town itself may be discerned ; 
plainly denoting the spot once consecrated to 
the Isthmian solemnities, which continued to be 
celebrated long after the destruction of the 
city of Corinth*. 
(2) See Cliandler's Trav. in Greece,'?. 243. Oxf. 1776, &c. 
(3) Vid. Pausan. ibid. p. 114. 
