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346 ERECHTHEION.
Another work1 was also written on the Parthenon by Iktinos and
Karpion. Kallistratos wrote also an account of Athens, and Philo-
choros one on Attica in general. Pausanias only makes a slight
mention of two subjects on the Parthenon; the birth of Minerva,
and the contest between Neptune and that goddess, which were
upon the tympana. He leaves the battles between the Centaurs
and the Lapithai, and even the Panathenaic procession, without any
observation.2
To the north of the Parthenon, at the distance of one hun-
dred and fifty-six feet, are the united temples of Neptune Erech-
theus, Minerva Polias,3 and Pandrosos, the daughter of Cecrops.
The divinities who had a common temple4 were termed <rvwaoi, or.
crwoMBTai; and those who had an altar in common, cpo&upioi f and, as
they occupied the same place in the common worship which they
received, they were also called Trapeze;, c-vpGupoi, and ovvOpovoi. There
were several double temples in Greece and Italy.
At Athens there was the temple of Castor and Pollux; that of
Sleep and Apollo at Sicyon; that of Apollo and Diana at iEgion ;
of Lucina and Sosipolis at Olympia; of the Sun and Moon at
Rome; and of Castor and Pollux at Cora; besides many others
which it would be tedious to enumerate. This twofold adoration
is common in Catholic countries : at Rome there are several churches
dedicated to two saints; as Saint Ambrosius and Saint Charles;
Saint Sergius and Saint Bacchus, and others. Some are dedicated
to more than two, as the Twelve Apostles, the Forty Saints, and
the Pantheon, now All Saints.
1 Vitruv. b. 7. Prsefat.
'- Were any modern traveller to write a description of Rome, it is probable that Saint
Peter's Church would form but a small part of his materials, owing to the many works which
have been written upon it, and from the general knowledge we have of its curiosities.
3 Or Guardian of the Citadel. The gods who had temples in citadels were supposed to be
protectors of them, and were termed A^cuoi 0eoi.
* Ev koivco*. P.ausan. b. 7. c. 23. s Potter's Antiq. b. 2. c. 2. p. 187.
Another work1 was also written on the Parthenon by Iktinos and
Karpion. Kallistratos wrote also an account of Athens, and Philo-
choros one on Attica in general. Pausanias only makes a slight
mention of two subjects on the Parthenon; the birth of Minerva,
and the contest between Neptune and that goddess, which were
upon the tympana. He leaves the battles between the Centaurs
and the Lapithai, and even the Panathenaic procession, without any
observation.2
To the north of the Parthenon, at the distance of one hun-
dred and fifty-six feet, are the united temples of Neptune Erech-
theus, Minerva Polias,3 and Pandrosos, the daughter of Cecrops.
The divinities who had a common temple4 were termed <rvwaoi, or.
crwoMBTai; and those who had an altar in common, cpo&upioi f and, as
they occupied the same place in the common worship which they
received, they were also called Trapeze;, c-vpGupoi, and ovvOpovoi. There
were several double temples in Greece and Italy.
At Athens there was the temple of Castor and Pollux; that of
Sleep and Apollo at Sicyon; that of Apollo and Diana at iEgion ;
of Lucina and Sosipolis at Olympia; of the Sun and Moon at
Rome; and of Castor and Pollux at Cora; besides many others
which it would be tedious to enumerate. This twofold adoration
is common in Catholic countries : at Rome there are several churches
dedicated to two saints; as Saint Ambrosius and Saint Charles;
Saint Sergius and Saint Bacchus, and others. Some are dedicated
to more than two, as the Twelve Apostles, the Forty Saints, and
the Pantheon, now All Saints.
1 Vitruv. b. 7. Prsefat.
'- Were any modern traveller to write a description of Rome, it is probable that Saint
Peter's Church would form but a small part of his materials, owing to the many works which
have been written upon it, and from the general knowledge we have of its curiosities.
3 Or Guardian of the Citadel. The gods who had temples in citadels were supposed to be
protectors of them, and were termed A^cuoi 0eoi.
* Ev koivco*. P.ausan. b. 7. c. 23. s Potter's Antiq. b. 2. c. 2. p. 187.