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CHAPTER XII.
The Areiopagos. Temple of Theseus. Painted sculpture. Gymnasium of Ptolemy. Doric Portico.
Tower of the Wiuds. Dance of Derwisches. Ruins at the church of Megalo Panagia. Corintliiau
ruins in the Bazar—other imperfect remains. Modern walls and gates of Athens. Arch of Hadrian.
Temple of Jupiter Olympios. Monument of Philopappos. Panorama of Athens. Excavations
and sepulchres in the Museum-hill. Various kinds of magic practised in Greece. Pnyx. Votive
offerings. Several imperfect remains. Bridge of Hadriau. The Stadium. Academy. Colonos.
Village of Padischah.
The Areiopagos is situated a few hundred feet west of the Acro-
polis. It consists in an insulated rock, precipitous, and broken
towards the south; on the north side it slopes gently down to-
wards the temple of Theseus, and is rather lower than the Acro-
polis. Its even summit in several places is flattened and cut into
steps, but not a fragment of any ancient building remains. Some
steps are also cut in the rock on the southern side.
Part of the western side has been cut down perpendicularly, and
contains some small niches for votive offerings.
Large fragments of rock are scattered near its eastern base, some of
which seem to have been detached from the Areiopagos, and others
from the Acropolis. Near this is a spring of unpotable water, and
a well called ApaGmo ILya<T<, the Arabian's Well, since it is in that
quarter which is inhabited by some black families, who use it for
washing. We here also find the imperfect remains of a building of
the lower ages, which Wheler supposes to have been the church of
Saint Dionysius the Areiopagite. He reports that Saint Paul con-
cealed himself in the neighbouring well; a very improbable story,
vol. i. 3 a
The Areiopagos. Temple of Theseus. Painted sculpture. Gymnasium of Ptolemy. Doric Portico.
Tower of the Wiuds. Dance of Derwisches. Ruins at the church of Megalo Panagia. Corintliiau
ruins in the Bazar—other imperfect remains. Modern walls and gates of Athens. Arch of Hadrian.
Temple of Jupiter Olympios. Monument of Philopappos. Panorama of Athens. Excavations
and sepulchres in the Museum-hill. Various kinds of magic practised in Greece. Pnyx. Votive
offerings. Several imperfect remains. Bridge of Hadriau. The Stadium. Academy. Colonos.
Village of Padischah.
The Areiopagos is situated a few hundred feet west of the Acro-
polis. It consists in an insulated rock, precipitous, and broken
towards the south; on the north side it slopes gently down to-
wards the temple of Theseus, and is rather lower than the Acro-
polis. Its even summit in several places is flattened and cut into
steps, but not a fragment of any ancient building remains. Some
steps are also cut in the rock on the southern side.
Part of the western side has been cut down perpendicularly, and
contains some small niches for votive offerings.
Large fragments of rock are scattered near its eastern base, some of
which seem to have been detached from the Areiopagos, and others
from the Acropolis. Near this is a spring of unpotable water, and
a well called ApaGmo ILya<T<, the Arabian's Well, since it is in that
quarter which is inhabited by some black families, who use it for
washing. We here also find the imperfect remains of a building of
the lower ages, which Wheler supposes to have been the church of
Saint Dionysius the Areiopagite. He reports that Saint Paul con-
cealed himself in the neighbouring well; a very improbable story,
vol. i. 3 a