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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.796#0027
EXPLANATION OF PLAN I
A. Cave difficult of approach and apparently not consecrated to any cult.
B P. Double cave of Apollo Hypacraeus.
a. Steps leading to this cave.
(3. Traces of an ancient altar.
y. A small pit or hole in the rock which Cavvadias thinks may be the sepulchre
of Erechtheus referred to by Euripides [Ion 281).
A. Cave of Pan, formerly also sacred to Apollo.
B. Foot of flight of steps cut into the rock by which one ascends to Z.
Z. A little gate in the Cimonian wall through which one passes to H, scalae
Cimoniae.
H. A flight of steps leading up to the summit.
G 6. A long cave with two openings (a./i<pWvpos) from which lead the steps marked I.
I. Steps, partly preserved, built in a narrow opening or fissure in the rock,
giving an approach to the summit of the Acropolis.
a a a. Remains of Pelasgic Walls.
b. Remains of a wall made of square blocks of poros enclosing a level area
covered with a pavement, which Dorpfeld thinks occupied the place of
the ancient Pelargicon.
c. The wall commonly attributed to Valerian.
dd. Traces and remains of a Propylon older than the Propylaea of Mnesicles.
ee. Wings of the Propylaea as originally projected by Mnesicles but never
erected.
//. Foundations or bases of votive offerings older than the Propylaea.
g. An ancient road which formed an approach to the summit of the Acropolis.
h. Traces of a chapel joined to a cave, possibly the sanctuary of Aegeus.
it. Towers more ancient than the Beule gate. Behind these was built later a
vaulted portico.
k. Ancient remains of a gate and of steps.
/. A flight of modern steps built by Cyriacus Pittakis.
m. Traces of a mediaeval road for horses cut into the rock.
n. Traces of an ancient road cut into the rock.
00. Stair-way of a late period and steps cut into the rock. These, Dorpfeld thinks,
may have been roofed over in order to afford a safe approach to the
Clepsydra.
p. A structure with two chambers and a portico in front.
q. Remains of what appears to have been a portico.
s. Foundations of a building with a large portico.
A. Cave difficult of approach and apparently not consecrated to any cult.
B P. Double cave of Apollo Hypacraeus.
a. Steps leading to this cave.
(3. Traces of an ancient altar.
y. A small pit or hole in the rock which Cavvadias thinks may be the sepulchre
of Erechtheus referred to by Euripides [Ion 281).
A. Cave of Pan, formerly also sacred to Apollo.
B. Foot of flight of steps cut into the rock by which one ascends to Z.
Z. A little gate in the Cimonian wall through which one passes to H, scalae
Cimoniae.
H. A flight of steps leading up to the summit.
G 6. A long cave with two openings (a./i<pWvpos) from which lead the steps marked I.
I. Steps, partly preserved, built in a narrow opening or fissure in the rock,
giving an approach to the summit of the Acropolis.
a a a. Remains of Pelasgic Walls.
b. Remains of a wall made of square blocks of poros enclosing a level area
covered with a pavement, which Dorpfeld thinks occupied the place of
the ancient Pelargicon.
c. The wall commonly attributed to Valerian.
dd. Traces and remains of a Propylon older than the Propylaea of Mnesicles.
ee. Wings of the Propylaea as originally projected by Mnesicles but never
erected.
//. Foundations or bases of votive offerings older than the Propylaea.
g. An ancient road which formed an approach to the summit of the Acropolis.
h. Traces of a chapel joined to a cave, possibly the sanctuary of Aegeus.
it. Towers more ancient than the Beule gate. Behind these was built later a
vaulted portico.
k. Ancient remains of a gate and of steps.
/. A flight of modern steps built by Cyriacus Pittakis.
m. Traces of a mediaeval road for horses cut into the rock.
n. Traces of an ancient road cut into the rock.
00. Stair-way of a late period and steps cut into the rock. These, Dorpfeld thinks,
may have been roofed over in order to afford a safe approach to the
Clepsydra.
p. A structure with two chambers and a portico in front.
q. Remains of what appears to have been a portico.
s. Foundations of a building with a large portico.