Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-07-25

rnsusxtmornlng eeheIi Us, at .boet4 o'clock, noun
go on horsc- ready Zoe long days ride fo'c~ing the
csSri.xe-rosd until 70 rryns, ~e struck into
nsrros path which conducted foe long distance over
the plain 20 the neghboshood Of hycen. Here We d.
vergsd. and riding over several steep ana ROCKY mus
s,o S,upd orrsslvc- before Interesting monument OF
ths pss called the Treasury Of Areu and the Tomb OF
Arsssmuon. This h great subterraneAn DOME my
ss asss s,., ssu bocs Of eoasomsrs.s The on
trance = rooted BY single slab Of enormous size, t~en
ssssa fss loog and eighteen vide Al regular distances
on the wallis the holes formerly filed with bra
sss nsIIs portions o. which sill, remain in few places
end the opnion Of snquarians that this
bsdng originally lined with brarcn plates and was
Of the character the "brazen chambers mention
I'd In the carly history Of Greece The doorway sim
pie and massivs-its proportions half Egyptian bali Do
ric and h adorned by two simple ornaments at the ex
sremties Of the horizontal slab In the shape OF pine cones
followed In the rock Above the doorway Is large t
angular opening We soon attracted by the light
from FIRE OF brushwood kindled by Francois, into an
inner cave smaller than the other and not constrc
Ted Of masonry excavated in the crumbng congio-
srate which, indeed almost soft aud fiabie as soil
Over the triangular opening, as In the eNte-
ror chamber This rude excavation our guide called AZ
amsmnons Tomb-gving the name OF the Treasury OF "A
reus 70 the larger chamber After pucking some yellow
6overs from summit OF this ancient structure and adj
nrins the rrcat sire aud bright colors Of beetle and
other insects congregated, walked to examine
che citadel which built the summit Of steep hill
beneath higher mountains The huge stone masses OF the
wai~-u some places twenty feet hgh,-produce sim
lie, impression that Of the fertilization at Tyns but
che great wonder Of the place the gate formed oil huge
blocks-two upright and third horizontal, over which
large triangular block Of gray limestone, which are
represented in Low relief two lions standing on their
hind legs, either side Of piIar-shaped altar The
xocutiou Is rude but the whole eject mposing while
liz untold antiquity gives additional interest 70 this
cieat sculpture Is impossible TO through this gate
Into the iseror for the passage filed with earth The
of the gate ITSELF however has been excavated
and stood under is massive portal, whence the King
Of Mea sailed with his troops as he set out for the Tro-
jan war.
and few Willows xe reclined in the shade and took
simple breakfas-drinking from leathern bucket
Not human habtaiion was to be seen on the site OF
mighty cities IN oden tine; swineherd tending his I'M
poetic charge, and woman with donkey, come TO the
we'll to get water all that broke the silence oil the
lonely spot Squirting our horses We set oil al ,nl'
pailop q beautiful plain, through which flowed little
whose channel actually contained good supply oil
water unlike the dry beds Of rivers we had passed The
sight clear water and its pleasant murmur the green
ness the shrubs and herbage and above ALL the gorge
Gus splendor Of wilderness OF o,eanders-whose bright
and beautiful blossoms adorned the plain by the side OF
the brook, far and near-crhiarated and delighted US
beyond measure Through wild roRsutic glens we fol-
lowed this or several mountaineering aud re-
crossing it. picking the magnificent oeanders and filling
hats and bosoms with them passed, and gazing
with and delight the grand mountains which met
view in every direction. At length we came TO Ut
tie garden in the wilderness with humble khan for the
accommodation of travellers; and here, in this beautiful
oasis beneath the shade OF vines and igrees we re
clined and enjoyed substantial lunch which guide
produced FROM his Stores and the no less grateful refresh
OF little sumber. But were soon aroused,
had a long journey yet before US and ascending and
descending mountains by steep stony nnimagnsbe paths
sometimes following stream flowing TO tbc North-or
we had passed the r-shed,-we at length beheld
from the top of a hill grand, solitary valley i'm
prisuned by mountains In this vale rise three col
umns OF ancient temple, surrounded by the scat
tered remaas of walls and pillars. They are of the
Dorc order, but Of gre,ter height In proportion
their diameter than is usual in that style The pave
of the temple and few blocks Of the lower
OF its walls They built Of hard and coarse
INIT ham
solitary columns in that grand and en; vale as gal
Hoped towards them the long plain or rode oSly
among the fallen blocks which the ground around
them, most magnificent and impressive. Rsiracing
the other end of the valley, passing some
shepherds whose huts placed the ReighbOr
hood Of their ocks Of goats feeding in this solitary spot
aud who offered silver coins OF Alexander the Great
visited the remains Of the great Theatre of Nemea OF
which little than the outline be traced lying
on the side OF a hill We the scene OF the
noSned Semean games; and no spot could be more HP
propriate such festivals than this iteent valley
GA the side OF high hill above the theatre Francois
showed VI what 10 called the OF tue Nemcan lion
which slain by Hercules The old hero began
a real existence for il was not the first of the
OF his exploits We had journey. We
had been Tryns where he brought up; Mycene
home Of hi tyrant Eurystheno; from the hills of Ar
Cos had gazed the Lernean Marsh, where lac killed
the hydra; and the hills of Cornih behed
Mount Cithaeron, famed for hiE youthful prowess.
New mountains and ravnes ~ be passed, before
reach Corinth. Our road sometimes in the bed OF
torrent and always through wild aud romantic scenery
The hills began assume peculiar appearance. Many
Of them composed OF Of hard ~hite clay rising
prsepitousy from the rayines and often most singdlLr
covered the top by horizontal layer OF SANDSTONE
Through the clay soil deep guis have been by the
.s,S rams. The eight of running water, sod
the exquisite olsspders still glIddened eyes aud
last reached the Hua ridge which separates Peo
pounesus from the lsiIas aud beheld ths
DISTANCE, yelling in clouds III. awful brow Cithrron
Hciicon. and picturesque groups Of more heghboriug
saountains, tde bold height Of AcroeODth tho modern
town, and the oug Conthian gulf We entered the lit
Gle town. and, in clean and comfortable inn enjoyed
sound reposc. after the fatigue, OF twelve hours ride
The next morning visited the Dorc columns the
ancient ruins OF the old Greek c and after ride
OF nine miles the stmus with it, picturesque DELI
and ridges covered with grain fields and dwarf pines CLAN
cling, passed, the spOt EheG The I,tnian game
DOR the Pireus ATrfCUs
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