Burrow, Edward John: The Elgin marbles: with an abridged historical and topographical account of Athens (Band 1): Illustrated with forty plates (London, 1817)

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Lacedaemonians, and with the Amazons, the
events of the taking of Troy, and the victory
at Marathon, were depicted on the walls. Be-
fore the porch were the brazen statues of So-
lon and Seleucus.

In the Agora, or market-place, wras raised an
altar to Pity. There still exists part of aDo-
ric portico, which is supposed to have formed
the entrance into this inclosure. On the jamb
of the door-case an edict of Hadrian is visible,
regulating the sale of oil. The columns, enta-
blature, pediment, and one of the antse, or pi-
lasters at the extremities of the lateral walls,
are all nearly entire. On the architrave is an in-
scription of dedication by the Athenian people
to Minerva (A0HNAI APXHTETIAI), re-
cording the munificence of Augustus ; and on
the acroterium, or pedestal for a statue, placed
on the summit of the pediment, another in-
scription to the honour of " Lucius Caesar the
son of Augustus/' A third is on the eastern
angle, to Julia Augusta, mentioning the names
of " the prefects of the market/' These re-
cords demonstrate the anxiety of the Athe-
nians to propitiate the family of Augustus,

Agora.