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Near to the Tomb of the Athenians were two chap. 
other monuments mentioned by Pausanias ; the ■ 
one being for the Plcdceans and for Slaves; and 
the other {y^vri^a M/Xr/a^oy) the Monument of 
Miltiades, not being therefore a rct(po(;, was hard 
by it*. Now it is very remarkable, that the 
remains of two sepulchral monuments remain 
very near to the large Tumulus, standing in a 
line with it, towards the south. Their founda- 
tions are of the tvhite marble of Mount Pentelicus. Monu- 
_. „ , 111 • r ment of 
One of them resembles the remams or a monu- Muuadcs. 
ment by the Pla Sacra, near to Eleusis\ It is 
a large square pedestal, which may have sup- 
ported Stelce, or a Trophy. Such a structure is 
actually mentioned by Pausanias; who says, 
that the Athenians were commanded by an 
Oracle to erect a Trophy (xl^ov XiVKov) at 
Marathon, to the hero Echetlceus, who distin- 
guished himself in the battle, armed only with 
?i plough^. During our examination of this 
Monument, Lusieri, having finished his drawing 
of the Plain from the village of Marathon, ar- 
rived, and here joined us; and being much 
struck by the masonry of the square pedestal, 
(4) Paitsania: Attica, c. 32. p. 79. ed. Kuhnii. Lips. 1696. 
(5) See Vol. VI. Chap. X. p. 593, &c. Octavo Editiou. 
(6) Vid. PttMfaw. ubi supra. Vlixoinrai Si *aJ tpoiiajon A/^a« A.»w*«i/. 
Ibid. 
