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THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS
covered over with massive blocks of marble, parts of which are
still seen projecting over the edge of the cistern. In this rock-
hewn cistern we have doubtless the salt well of Poseidon, called
Fig. 94.—Exterior of West Wall of Erechtheum.
Fxg. 95.—Exterior of North Wall of Erechtheum.
also the sea of Erechtheus, mentioned by Pausanias (i. 26, 5)
in the following words : " Within, for the building is double,
there is sea-water in a well, . . . but what is remarkable about
this well is that when the south wind has been blowing the
well gives forth a sound of waves." That this apartment
containing the well is referred to in the building inscription as
Trpoa-To/Moiov has been shown by Furtvvangler (128). This
term accordingly is to be understood as meaning the apart-
ment which contains the •KpocrTofuov, i.e. the enclosure of the
mouth of a well; this must be the well of salt water in
THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS
covered over with massive blocks of marble, parts of which are
still seen projecting over the edge of the cistern. In this rock-
hewn cistern we have doubtless the salt well of Poseidon, called
Fig. 94.—Exterior of West Wall of Erechtheum.
Fxg. 95.—Exterior of North Wall of Erechtheum.
also the sea of Erechtheus, mentioned by Pausanias (i. 26, 5)
in the following words : " Within, for the building is double,
there is sea-water in a well, . . . but what is remarkable about
this well is that when the south wind has been blowing the
well gives forth a sound of waves." That this apartment
containing the well is referred to in the building inscription as
Trpoa-To/Moiov has been shown by Furtvvangler (128). This
term accordingly is to be understood as meaning the apart-
ment which contains the •KpocrTofuov, i.e. the enclosure of the
mouth of a well; this must be the well of salt water in