DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.14697#0077
The Mountain-cults of Zeus 919
to the sea, looks more of a mountain than it really is (Delos iv. i. 196 f.). On the summit
is a small plateau, which commands a magnificent view of the Kyklades. When I visited
the spot in 1901, it was carpeted with crimson anemones and surrounded by stretches of
azure sea.
Here in antiquity was the precinct of Zeus KvvQios and Athena Kvvdia (L. Biirchner
in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. iv. 2473) first excavated by Lebegue in 1873 (J. A. Lebegue
Recherches stir Dittos Paris 1876 pp. 127—172 with plan on p. 127 ( = my fig. 828) and list
of inscriptions from the sanctuary). Three separate roads (A, B, C), probably processional
paths bordered with stelai and statues, led up to the western side of the precinct, where
was a gateway (E). Within was a rocky elevation (F) with cuttings for votive slabs etc. (G).
The plateau was enclosed by a precinct-wall (I), much of which remains standing on the
north, west, and east. At its south-eastern corner was a small temple (S) of late date.
The fragments found point to a distyle templum in antis of Ionic or composite order with
unfluted columns (o-42m in diameter). At a height of 2m above the ruins of this temple
there was a sacred cistern, into which the water from the roof drained by means of a double
conduit (L, L'). The cistern had a mosaic flooring, of which the greater part (K) survives,
though a strip to the east (K') has been destroyed by the collapse of the terrace-wall. The
mosaic consists of small white stones and fragments of brick set in cement. An inscription
in bluish tesserae on a white ground with an oblong framework of bluish stones (K")
records the dedication of the cistern in Roman times (J. A. Lebegue op. cit. p. 139 ff. no. 1
Ait KwWifi /ecu 'Adrjva 'Kvvdiq. | AttoXXcoi'icitjs Qeoyeirovos \ AaodtKevs, virip eavrov /ecu j tCov
eraipuv, to KaTa.KKva\rov ('cistern'), eiri tepewj 'Apiarofxaxov, J faKopevovros Xi/c7?c/)6poi>
(after 88/7 B.C.), | eirl 8e eiriixekriTov Koivrov 'A^ri(viiui). My fig. 829 is from photograph
no. 1302 in the collection of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies). Adjoining
the cistern was a platform (N), where ashes and fragments of bone, the debris of sacrifices,
to the sea, looks more of a mountain than it really is (Delos iv. i. 196 f.). On the summit
is a small plateau, which commands a magnificent view of the Kyklades. When I visited
the spot in 1901, it was carpeted with crimson anemones and surrounded by stretches of
azure sea.
Here in antiquity was the precinct of Zeus KvvQios and Athena Kvvdia (L. Biirchner
in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. iv. 2473) first excavated by Lebegue in 1873 (J. A. Lebegue
Recherches stir Dittos Paris 1876 pp. 127—172 with plan on p. 127 ( = my fig. 828) and list
of inscriptions from the sanctuary). Three separate roads (A, B, C), probably processional
paths bordered with stelai and statues, led up to the western side of the precinct, where
was a gateway (E). Within was a rocky elevation (F) with cuttings for votive slabs etc. (G).
The plateau was enclosed by a precinct-wall (I), much of which remains standing on the
north, west, and east. At its south-eastern corner was a small temple (S) of late date.
The fragments found point to a distyle templum in antis of Ionic or composite order with
unfluted columns (o-42m in diameter). At a height of 2m above the ruins of this temple
there was a sacred cistern, into which the water from the roof drained by means of a double
conduit (L, L'). The cistern had a mosaic flooring, of which the greater part (K) survives,
though a strip to the east (K') has been destroyed by the collapse of the terrace-wall. The
mosaic consists of small white stones and fragments of brick set in cement. An inscription
in bluish tesserae on a white ground with an oblong framework of bluish stones (K")
records the dedication of the cistern in Roman times (J. A. Lebegue op. cit. p. 139 ff. no. 1
Ait KwWifi /ecu 'Adrjva 'Kvvdiq. | AttoXXcoi'icitjs Qeoyeirovos \ AaodtKevs, virip eavrov /ecu j tCov
eraipuv, to KaTa.KKva\rov ('cistern'), eiri tepewj 'Apiarofxaxov, J faKopevovros Xi/c7?c/)6poi>
(after 88/7 B.C.), | eirl 8e eiriixekriTov Koivrov 'A^ri(viiui). My fig. 829 is from photograph
no. 1302 in the collection of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies). Adjoining
the cistern was a platform (N), where ashes and fragments of bone, the debris of sacrifices,