DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.796#0078
THE EARLIEST HISTORIC PERIOD
53
and other divinities. After leaving the Parthenon, he
comes to the Erechtheum (i. 26, 5), the altars in the east
cella and the " tokens" in the west cella which he briefly
mentions, and then with the words iepa f/.ev Ttji 'AQrjvcl?
(i. 26, 6) he passes to the description of the objects within
" the ancient temple of Athena," such as the ancient image
of the goddess, the golden lamp of Callimachus, the wooden
image of Hermes concealed beneath boughs of myrtle, and
the spoils from the Medes dedicated as votive offerings, all
of which, according to Dorpfeld, were kept in the old Athena
temple. From this view of Dorpfeld it follows that the build-
ing known as the Erechtheum was never called the temple of
Polias or of Athena. This argument may be called " the
Pausanias argument." As already stated, these arguments
cannot be fully discussed within the necessary limits of this
work, but they will be briefly reviewed in connection with
other views in Appendix III.
The excavations on the Acropolis have brought to light
many fragments of limestone and marble that belong to
various structures destroyed by the Persians, and that
subsequently were used as material for filling and levelling
up the inequalities of surface of the Acropolis, for extending
its area, especially to the south, and for repairing the walls
that crowned its summit. Some of these fragments belong to
the old Athena temple, others to buildings whose history and
purpose can only be conjectured. Wiegand (Poros Architektur,
149) has discussed these remains, consisting chiefly of pieces
of architraves, cornices, metopes and triglyph blocks, and
believes that, aside from those that belong to the old Athena
temple, they may be assigned to five buildings of limestone,
the location of which cannot be determined. Together with
these fragments of architecture many pieces of sculpture have
been found, some of them of crude workmanship and of coarse
limestone, which are believed to have been for the most part
of decorative character and to have belonged to one or more
early temples whose pediments they filled. These fragments
of sculpture are to be seen duly arranged in the Acropolis
Museum. A brief account of them in this connection it seems
proper to give. There are probably five of these groups
of sculpture in poros that seem to have been designed for
53
and other divinities. After leaving the Parthenon, he
comes to the Erechtheum (i. 26, 5), the altars in the east
cella and the " tokens" in the west cella which he briefly
mentions, and then with the words iepa f/.ev Ttji 'AQrjvcl?
(i. 26, 6) he passes to the description of the objects within
" the ancient temple of Athena," such as the ancient image
of the goddess, the golden lamp of Callimachus, the wooden
image of Hermes concealed beneath boughs of myrtle, and
the spoils from the Medes dedicated as votive offerings, all
of which, according to Dorpfeld, were kept in the old Athena
temple. From this view of Dorpfeld it follows that the build-
ing known as the Erechtheum was never called the temple of
Polias or of Athena. This argument may be called " the
Pausanias argument." As already stated, these arguments
cannot be fully discussed within the necessary limits of this
work, but they will be briefly reviewed in connection with
other views in Appendix III.
The excavations on the Acropolis have brought to light
many fragments of limestone and marble that belong to
various structures destroyed by the Persians, and that
subsequently were used as material for filling and levelling
up the inequalities of surface of the Acropolis, for extending
its area, especially to the south, and for repairing the walls
that crowned its summit. Some of these fragments belong to
the old Athena temple, others to buildings whose history and
purpose can only be conjectured. Wiegand (Poros Architektur,
149) has discussed these remains, consisting chiefly of pieces
of architraves, cornices, metopes and triglyph blocks, and
believes that, aside from those that belong to the old Athena
temple, they may be assigned to five buildings of limestone,
the location of which cannot be determined. Together with
these fragments of architecture many pieces of sculpture have
been found, some of them of crude workmanship and of coarse
limestone, which are believed to have been for the most part
of decorative character and to have belonged to one or more
early temples whose pediments they filled. These fragments
of sculpture are to be seen duly arranged in the Acropolis
Museum. A brief account of them in this connection it seems
proper to give. There are probably five of these groups
of sculpture in poros that seem to have been designed for