LEBADEA. iG7 
four inches from the stoma^ or mouth, of the 
Adytum. And the reason why the wall was only- 
two cubits in height, is also explained by the 
appearance of the stoma; for this was all the 
elevation necessary to conceal it from view. 
Near the same peribolus were two sanctuaries ; 
the one {o'Ikyii^cc) being sacred to the good dcemon, 
and the other (Isfov) to goodluck\ It is impossible 
to ascertain the real nature of those sanctuaries. 
That they were any thing rather than temples, 
must appear from the want of space for such 
edifices. The present town of Lebadea seems 
to occupy that part of the consecrated district situation 
once covered by the Grove of Trobhonius* ; and consecrated 
^ ^ r Grove. 
above this is the rocky recess called by Pausanias 
SnHAAION, and ANTPON KOIAON, containing 
the sources of the Hercyna. The whole space 
from the antient city, along the banks of this 
river, to the residence of the Oracle, was covered 
with temples, Hiera, images, and every species Jg^^o^ 
of votive decoration. The statues were by the 
best sculptors of Antient Greece : and when we 
read that a work of Praa:iteles was among the 
number of its ornaments*, we are little inclined 
(3) T9 Jj ol**)^* Aai/Aoiii Tt iyadu *ai Tlvxis 'nfi*lrTit ayeiSrn, Pausan, 
ibid. p. 789. 
(4) T» aXffet Tiu Tpoipaitiou. Ibid. 
(5) n^c|<riXi>; ii t-ro'ititt ri iyaXfta [Tfa^airltv}. Ibid. 
