568 PELOPONNESUS. 
than that of Gibraltar. It was therefore very 
aptly named by an antient Oracle (and in times 
when the art of war was incapable of giving to 
it the importance it might now possess) one of 
the horns which a conqueror ought to lay hold 
upon, in order to secure that valuable heifer, 
the Peloponnesus. 
When we returned to Corinth, we found that 
the Governor, who began to be uneasy at our 
scrutinizing observations, and considered us 
as nothing better than spies, would not grant 
us permission for entering within the Citadel: 
all that we could obtain was, a privilege of 
ascending to the summit of the rock, as far as 
the outside of the gates of the fortress 1 . The 
Ascent to whole of this ascent, in the time of Pausanias, 
the Citadel. ,. . . , , , , 
was distinguished by Hiera stationed at certain 
intervals', after the manner in which little shrines 
and other sanctuaries now appear by the way 
(1) Lusieri afterwards obtained access to the interior, through the 
iuterest of the British Minister at the Porte ; but he was narrowly 
watched the whole time : and during the short stay he made, under 
the pretence of directing any improvement that might be necessary 
in the fortifications, he observed no remains of autiquity, excepting 
the shaft of a small pillar, which perhaps might have belonged to the 
Temple of Venw. 
(2) Vid. Pausan. in Corinthiac. c.4. p. 121. cd. Kuhnii. 'Avnv<ri 
it ill ray \\xoix.oor.Coi, t. r. A. 
