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IONIA. 29
PLATE XL.
PLAN OF THE GYMNASIUM.
A A A A. Cryptoposticus full of Exedrae.
B. Palaestra.
C. Ephebeum.
D D. Rooms on the right and left of the Ephebeum. It does not appear that these rooms
had any communication with the Ephebeum, but communicated with the Palaestra by two doors
each. They front the south ; and have large apertures above the doors ; each aperture within
three feet three inches as broad as the room itself (the doors are marked on the right hand of the
Ephebeum, and the apertures on the left). From all which it may be conjectured, that their use
was for exercises under cover in the winter season, or in bad weather. The Palaestra was open,
and could only be used in summer, or in fine weather.
E. Aditus, or passage.
This passage leads from the Ephebeum to the apartments of the baths, of which there were two
sets for bathing. There is only one Laconicum, or Sudatio calida. Each set of apartments pro-
bably consisted of a Frigidarium, F F. ; a Tepidarium, GG. ; and a Calidarium, HH. In the
niche of the Calidarium, on the right hand, are painted several sorts offish; and boys swimming
upon dolphins. The colours of the painting are so well preserved, as to shew the water to be of
a light green.
I. Laconicum.
This room appears to be upon the same level with the others, but the way to it was by a pas-
sage over that leading to the baths. The ascent to the passage was perhaps by stairs fixed in the
recesses [a a), or in that (b). The stairs (c) descending into the Laconicum are very incommo-
dious, being eleven inches and a half high, and only eight inches and a half broad. In the wall
fronting these stairs is a cavity [d), which appears a little above the rubbish ; also within the
Laconicum (in the wall next to the Sphaeristerium), is another (e), one foot eleven inches square,
with a flue at the back of it, entering the wall in a horizontal direction. The Laconicum is vaulted,
and is totally dark. Some remains of a wall shew there was another room over it.
K. Sphaeristerium.
L L. Two large buttresses of rude workmanship, built perhaps in the latter ages to support the
walls, which had given way in this angle of the building. The buttress in the north front has an
arched way through it.
M M. Remains of the walls that inclosed the Stadium, Peridromidae, &c.
PLATE XL.
PLAN OF THE GYMNASIUM.
A A A A. Cryptoposticus full of Exedrae.
B. Palaestra.
C. Ephebeum.
D D. Rooms on the right and left of the Ephebeum. It does not appear that these rooms
had any communication with the Ephebeum, but communicated with the Palaestra by two doors
each. They front the south ; and have large apertures above the doors ; each aperture within
three feet three inches as broad as the room itself (the doors are marked on the right hand of the
Ephebeum, and the apertures on the left). From all which it may be conjectured, that their use
was for exercises under cover in the winter season, or in bad weather. The Palaestra was open,
and could only be used in summer, or in fine weather.
E. Aditus, or passage.
This passage leads from the Ephebeum to the apartments of the baths, of which there were two
sets for bathing. There is only one Laconicum, or Sudatio calida. Each set of apartments pro-
bably consisted of a Frigidarium, F F. ; a Tepidarium, GG. ; and a Calidarium, HH. In the
niche of the Calidarium, on the right hand, are painted several sorts offish; and boys swimming
upon dolphins. The colours of the painting are so well preserved, as to shew the water to be of
a light green.
I. Laconicum.
This room appears to be upon the same level with the others, but the way to it was by a pas-
sage over that leading to the baths. The ascent to the passage was perhaps by stairs fixed in the
recesses [a a), or in that (b). The stairs (c) descending into the Laconicum are very incommo-
dious, being eleven inches and a half high, and only eight inches and a half broad. In the wall
fronting these stairs is a cavity [d), which appears a little above the rubbish ; also within the
Laconicum (in the wall next to the Sphaeristerium), is another (e), one foot eleven inches square,
with a flue at the back of it, entering the wall in a horizontal direction. The Laconicum is vaulted,
and is totally dark. Some remains of a wall shew there was another room over it.
K. Sphaeristerium.
L L. Two large buttresses of rude workmanship, built perhaps in the latter ages to support the
walls, which had given way in this angle of the building. The buttress in the north front has an
arched way through it.
M M. Remains of the walls that inclosed the Stadium, Peridromidae, &c.