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McMurtry, W. J.: Excavations at the theatre of Sikyon: general report of the excavations
DOI Artikel:Earle, Mortimer Lamson: Supplementary report of the excavations [at the theatre of Sikyon]
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REPORT OF EXCA VATIONS AT SIKYON.
18. Tlvdol, not Tivdca, because the Sikyonians celebrated a YLvOia
at home.
19. Avtcaia are the games in honor of the Lykaian Zeus.
W. J. McMurtry.
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF THE EXCAVATIONS.
On December 5, 1887, I went down from Athens to Basilik6 to
continue the work on the theatre of Sikyon, to which duty I had been
detailed by Professor Merriam. The next day, a small beginning was
made, trouble being experienced both in securing workmen and from
a heavy rain. From December 7, however, the work was pushed
vigorously, through the generous assistance of the demarcli of Sikyon.
Our efforts were directed chiefly toward clearing away the very heavy
deposit of earth in the irapobou and the orchestra. A trench cut toward
the N. E. from the wall E revealed nothing more than a sort of floor
of cement, the terracotta pipes of a drain, and a few copper coins of
no value.
On December 9, the first object of art was found, about 1 m. s. E.
of the middle of kk. This was a marble right hand, somewhat above
life-size, grasping what might be the hilt of a sword. It evidently
belonged to an excellent piece of sculpture, the veining on the back of
the hand in particular being executed with much skill. On the next
day, at a point 3.30 metres from the outer angle of the s. E. doorway
in the wall A in the direction and at about the original level of the
orchestra, a fine marble head was discovered.
■ From this date till December 23, the digging continued rather mono-
tonously. The deep strata of earth were gradually removed from the
orchestra and the irdpoSoi, while the clearing out of the large square
and Pausanias tells us distinctly of an Artemidoros of Tralleis who, at the same games
in Smyrna, won the victory among the boys, the beardless youths and the men (icparijo-ai
ivayKpartd^ovra eVl yfitpas rrjs avrijs tovs tc e| 'OAu^uTn'as avraywvio~rd.s, Kal eVl ru'is irataiv
ovs ayeveiovs KaAoOiTi, koL rpira 5i; tin dpicrrov twv aySpwv : VI. 14. 3). EuSEBIOS, too,
mentions the case of Stratonikos the Alexandrian, who won four crowns at Nemea on
the same day among the boys and beardless youths (8s Ntjue'a t;7 airy fi/j-fpa iralSwv Kal
ayepeiuv -riaaapas o-Tc<pdvovs taxef: Chron. Hist., i. p. 238, Migne); and that of Pytha-
goras the Samian, who was rejected from the youths and laughed at as too effeminate,
but who entered the lists with the men and vanquished all in succession (eKKptBels
TraiSwv TTvyfji-^v, Hal 6rj\vs xAeua^uej/os, irpofias els tovs avSpas, airavrus t£rjs 4vitcT]0~e:
Chron. Hist., L p. 227, Migne).—A. C. M.]
REPORT OF EXCA VATIONS AT SIKYON.
18. Tlvdol, not Tivdca, because the Sikyonians celebrated a YLvOia
at home.
19. Avtcaia are the games in honor of the Lykaian Zeus.
W. J. McMurtry.
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF THE EXCAVATIONS.
On December 5, 1887, I went down from Athens to Basilik6 to
continue the work on the theatre of Sikyon, to which duty I had been
detailed by Professor Merriam. The next day, a small beginning was
made, trouble being experienced both in securing workmen and from
a heavy rain. From December 7, however, the work was pushed
vigorously, through the generous assistance of the demarcli of Sikyon.
Our efforts were directed chiefly toward clearing away the very heavy
deposit of earth in the irapobou and the orchestra. A trench cut toward
the N. E. from the wall E revealed nothing more than a sort of floor
of cement, the terracotta pipes of a drain, and a few copper coins of
no value.
On December 9, the first object of art was found, about 1 m. s. E.
of the middle of kk. This was a marble right hand, somewhat above
life-size, grasping what might be the hilt of a sword. It evidently
belonged to an excellent piece of sculpture, the veining on the back of
the hand in particular being executed with much skill. On the next
day, at a point 3.30 metres from the outer angle of the s. E. doorway
in the wall A in the direction and at about the original level of the
orchestra, a fine marble head was discovered.
■ From this date till December 23, the digging continued rather mono-
tonously. The deep strata of earth were gradually removed from the
orchestra and the irdpoSoi, while the clearing out of the large square
and Pausanias tells us distinctly of an Artemidoros of Tralleis who, at the same games
in Smyrna, won the victory among the boys, the beardless youths and the men (icparijo-ai
ivayKpartd^ovra eVl yfitpas rrjs avrijs tovs tc e| 'OAu^uTn'as avraywvio~rd.s, Kal eVl ru'is irataiv
ovs ayeveiovs KaAoOiTi, koL rpira 5i; tin dpicrrov twv aySpwv : VI. 14. 3). EuSEBIOS, too,
mentions the case of Stratonikos the Alexandrian, who won four crowns at Nemea on
the same day among the boys and beardless youths (8s Ntjue'a t;7 airy fi/j-fpa iralSwv Kal
ayepeiuv -riaaapas o-Tc<pdvovs taxef: Chron. Hist., i. p. 238, Migne); and that of Pytha-
goras the Samian, who was rejected from the youths and laughed at as too effeminate,
but who entered the lists with the men and vanquished all in succession (eKKptBels
TraiSwv TTvyfji-^v, Hal 6rj\vs xAeua^uej/os, irpofias els tovs avSpas, airavrus t£rjs 4vitcT]0~e:
Chron. Hist., L p. 227, Migne).—A. C. M.]