1952–April 1953

On "The Sanctuary of Apollo at Curium (Kourion)"; pp 1-6

P.1 Ll.2-4: Best omit names of persons. This brings 'at Curium' too near 'Curium' of l.1. 'on the site of the ancient city' or 'in the ancient city' might do? L.5: Try 'there and on various ('several'/'four'??) near-by sites' rather than 15. Isn't Limassol 54 miles from Nicosia? We turn off for Apollo short of the 66th milestone. 12 miles rather than 15. [handwritten: ~ 12 miles] (I should think 'pleasantly' too mild, though I don't think a better one. L.9: I should think a better one. Ll.11-15: Of course the two walls would only indicate that the area sacred to Apollo extended to the cliff. By the way, where do you suppose that altar was? 'ancient' unnecessary with his date given in 1.12. Ll.11-15: 'ancient' unnecessary with his date given in 1.12 doesn't make this look like a formal gateway at all. It would be alright, I think, to call it the Paphos Gate. L.17: The plan (which won't do as it is, anyhow) direction of should omit. L.20: 'side of the ancient city'? L.21-22: Are the Baths near enough to justify the 'between'? The very late wall narrowing the approach ought to be made wholly inconspicuous in the plan, or eliminated. But one wonders where these southern Baths was and what, if anything, lay between it and the front of the precinct. Not a bad idea today how divided' better tell how many columns and width, perhaps). They of course do not stand on the same width. Does the plan makes them? - extending 6 or 7 m. farther east than shown in the plan; approximately differ so much as the wall of the building, the eastern wall of the precinct. Not that the eastern wall of the precinct. I suspect that the east wall ... [handwritten: ~~ ?] ...

P.2 L.11: I doubt the need of describing the platforms as pi-shaped since, a-

L.14: I don't feel sure about 'building' inscription' ordinarily in pres-

L.21: 'clue to the purpose' seems rather strong; as an aside from the meaning given the word 'dedicatory inscription' ...

L.22: It helps to restore the plan of Temple A, but hardly to explain it ...

L.1: It will hardly do to refer to the S. Bldg ... P.2 L.1: ... Ll.6-8: It is the fact that the final section was laid in this time, not that the western section was laid in plan to ...