RUINS OF CH.^RONEA. ISl 
In the church of this village we found, at the 
altar, four beautiful granite columns, each 
column of one entire piece. The altar itself is 
an antient pedestal of blue-and-white marble, 
four feet four inches in length, and four feet 
wide. Close to this altar, on the left hand, we 
observed a beautiful capital of a Corinthian 
pillar, measuring two feet six inches square 
at the top, of that antient style of the Corinthian 
which we lately described in the account of the 
antiquities of Thebes : but this is the most valu- 
able specimen of it we have any where seen ; 
the workmanship being exquisitely fine, and the 
marble uninjured. In the sanctuary of the Marble 
same church, upon the right hand of the altar, 
we also saw the marble Thymele of the Chcr- 
roneans ; a magnificent antique chair finely sculp- 
tured, and hewn out of a single block. It was 
brought, in all probability, from the Theatre: 
and will add another example to those already 
mentioned*, proving the real nature of the 
Koyfio'j, or Qvf^zXri, and the frequent recurrence 
of a Cathedra of this kind either within or near 
to the remains of the Grecian theatres : it is 
also remarkable that the Greek peasants upon 
the spot call it Qpovog. The church itself, as a 
(2) See the former Volume, p. 400. 
