ACROCORINTHUS. 567 
a lofty and very entire Tumulus, which is covered CHAP. 
with a whitish earth and with stones. This, < , > 
owing to its magnitude and situation, it would ueTwniu- 
be very desirable to have opened. According lus ' 
to Paumnias, the sepulchre of Sisyphus was in 
the Isthmus, although his tomb could not be 
pointed out 4 . We crossed the wall again, and 
observed in the more antient parts of it some 
stones of immense size; but where the masonry 
was more modern the parts were of less mag- 
nitude. We visited several antient stone quar- 
ries which were very large : all the hills to the 
left were covered with these quarries : they 
extend principally in a straight line, east and 
west. 
The stupendous rock of the dcrocorintkiu, Aerocarin 
from whatever part of the Isthmus it is viewed, 
appears equally conspicuous ; opposing so bold 
a precipice, and such a commanding eminence 
high above every approach to the Peninsula, that 
if properly fortified, it would render all access 
to the Morea, by land, impracticable ; and as a 
fortress, it might be rendered not less secure 
(-1) Vid. Pausan. in Corinthian, e. 2. p. 114. ed- Knhnii. See tin 
Vignette for the situation of this tomb. 
