Papers of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (5.1886-1890)

DISCOVERIES AT ANTHEDON.

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(Geog., 404) and Athenaios (i. 56, vn. 47,99, xv. 24) give us no addi-
tional information of importance. Pausanias (/. c), however, tells us
that "somewhere about the middle of the city" there was a shrine of
the Kabeiroi, and, close by, a temple of Demeter and Kore, contain-
ing their statues in white marble. On the land-side of the city, accord-
ing to the same authority, lay a temple of Dionysos, containing a statue
of the god. There were also at Anthedon the tombs of the sons of
Iphimedeia and Alocus, slain by Apollo, and near the sea the so-called
Leap of Glaukos. The last, as Mr. Buck has suggested, "was proba-
bly a natural cliff like the numerous Lover's Leaps on our eastern
coast." If so, it can only be the steep cliff on the seaward side of the
acropolis. Ovid refers twice to Anthedon (Met., vn. 232-3, XTTT. 903
ff.) in connection with Glaukos, and Stephanos of Byzantion (Edvi/ccov,
s. ».'Xv0r]Sct)i') quotes Lykophron (Alex., 754) for the statement that
it was founded by Thracians. Finally, we know from inscriptions
(Larfeld, SyU. Lisa: Boeot., 15, 181, 274) that in the last years of the
fourth century B. c. and toward the end of the third, Anthedon was
a member of the Boiotian League, a fact which M as further testified
to by one of the inscriptions unearthed by us. As to the name of the
town, it seems natural to connect'AvdijBwv with avdo<;. Stephanos
of Byzantion (7. c.) tells us that the place got its name Bia to iraa&v
ap9>]poTuTr]v elvai, a view which a visitor to Anthedon in late Feb-
ruary or early March would certainly be inclined to favor.

Our work at Anthedon began March 5, and continued for three
weeks, during which time only one day was lost through bad weather.
The number of men employed varied from fourteen to thirty-five, the
average being about twenty-five. Mr. Carl D. Buck remained with
me during the greater part of the three weeks, and by his suggestions
aided me much. Through the kindness of Mr. Ree, director of the
English company which is draining Lake Copais, we Mere allowed,
without charge, to use one of the company's buildings half-an-hour's
walk from the acropolis of Anthedon. With the aid of the sketch-
plan given by Col. Leake (7. c), we Mere able to trace the course of
the city-w alls over their whole extent. We found rather more remains
of the M'alls than Leake had indicated, and at one point traces of a
tower. Leake's plan seems inaccurate in some respects. The depth
of the town from north to south is greater than Mould be inferred
from it, and a comparison of the accompanying sketch of the harbor