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he pretended to have discovered in La GuiUetiere^ 
Athens: but many of these hardly deserve the 
name of errors ; they are such as may be found 
in any book of travels, especially in his own ; 
and in one instance his charge against La Guil- 
letiere is founded upon an untruth, for he affirms 
that there are no remains of a graduated Coilon 
in the Stadium at Athens : " // ny reste" says 
he', " pourtant, que la situation du lieu et quelques 
restes des doubles murailles, mais point de degrt's.'' 
The principal charge brought against GuiUetiere, 
respects his autopsy ; but this charge is by no 
means satisfactorily supported. Another relates 
to his having maintained that an inscription 
''AyvcoG-TM Q&aJ existed in the Parthenon ; yet, for 
the existence of this inscription in the year 1669, 
La Guilletiere adduces^ the testimonies o^ four 
persons; namely, Barnahy and Simon, two Capu 
chins, who resided long at Athens ; and Monsieur 
De Monceaux and Monsieur LAine, " qui liirent 
plusieurs fois la mesme inscription.' Spon did not 
arrive iw Athens until the year 1 67 6; and his 
antagonist, mentioning this circumstance, says% 
(1) R^ponsc Ma Critique du Voyage <Je GretTf, p. 316. h Lyon,\G''^. 
(C) Dissertation sur une Va\a,2;e de Crcce, p. 128. Parh, 167.'). 
(.5) Ibid. p. 130. 
