Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . he former belongs to the earlier Orclio-menus, the latter to the later city, and dates from thetime of its restoration either by Philip or the Pho-cians. • Towards the middle of the northern side thehill of Orchomenus is most precipitous, and here thewalls are not traceable. The circumference of thewhole was about 2 miles. The citadel occupies arock about 40 yards in diameter, and seems to havebeen an irregular hexagon; but three sides only re-inain, no foundations being visible on the easternhalf of the rock. At the northern angle are theruins of a to
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . he former belongs to the earlier Orclio-menus, the latter to the later city, and dates from thetime of its restoration either by Philip or the Pho-cians. • Towards the middle of the northern side thehill of Orchomenus is most precipitous, and here thewalls are not traceable. The circumference of thewhole was about 2 miles. The citadel occupies arock about 40 yards in diameter, and seems to havebeen an irregular hexagon; but three sides only re-inain, no foundations being visible on the easternhalf of the rock. At the northern angle are theruins of a tower, and parallel to the north-westernside there is a ditch cut in the rock, beyond whichare some traces of an outwork. The hill is com-manded by the neighbouring part of Mount Acon-tium, but not at such a distance as to have been ofimportance in ancient warfare. The access to thecastle from the city was first by an oblique flight of44 steps, 6 feet wide, and cut out of the rock; andthen by a direct flight of 50 steps of the same PLAN OF A. The B. The Mela8. C. Mount Acontium. D. Tlie Acropolis. 2, Treasury of Minyas. 3. Monastery. 4. Village of SkripH. a a. Road from b. Road to Talmida. ORCHOMENUS. 489 The monuments, which Pausanias noticed atOrchomenus, were temples of Dionysus and theCharites,—of which the latter was a very ancientbuilding,—a fountain, to which there was a de-scent, the treasury of Minyas, tombs of Minyas andHesiod, and a brazen figure bound by a chain of ironto a rock, which was said to be the ghost of stadia from the town, at the sources of theriver Melas, was a temple of Hercules. The Trea-sury of Atreus was a circular building rising to asummit not veiy pointed, but terminating in a stone,which was said to hold together the entire building.(Pans. ix. 38.) Pausanias expresses his admira-tion of this building, and says there was nothingmore wonderful either in Greece or in any o
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