208 RUINS OF ORCHOMENUS. 
Both the church and the monastery now oc- 
cupy the site of the Hieron of the Graces, and have 
been built out of its ruins. This appears not 
only from these inscribed marbles, but also from 
the circumstance oi \he. fountain in the monastery 
mentioned by Paus A Ni AS ^ which determines the 
spot. The Hieron of Bacchus seems also to have 
been connected with that of the Graces, from the 
manner in which they are coupled by the same 
author^ who says of the latter, that it was {k^y^ai- 
orocTov) most antient. The honours rendered to 
the Graces by the Orchomenians are alluded to by 
Pindar^, by Theocritus*, and by Nonnus". Both 
CasauL'on^ and Kuhnius'' quote their testimonies. 
Little could it have been imagined, by either of 
those learned commentators, that some remains 
of the sanctuary itself might yet be recognised ; 
and that actual catalogues of the Victors at 
THE Charitesian Games might still be con- 
sulted. This circumstance ought to excite 
an expectation, that other documents, if not 
more antient, yet perhaps full as interesting, will 
(1) Bceot. C.58. p. 786. nd. A^hnii. (2) Ibid. 
Pindar. Oh/mp. Od. .\iv. 
(4) Idyll, xvi. V. 104. See a former note. 
(5) 2o< 'X.a.^iras Z,(iS'toio p^a^i^oftxt 'O^^efitma. 
Nonnus, D.',,i)i/i. lib. \Vi. 
(6) Vid. Strabon. Geog. lib. ix. p. 602. ed. Ow'. 
(7) Kuhnius in Paitsan. Jia;ijt. c. 3S. p. 786. in vocl- Xaj/rs/v. 
