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TEMPLES AND SHRINES 249
white marble architrave carrying the Thrasyllus inscription
may still be seen lying on the ground near the cave. Higher
up the slope of the Acropolis above the cave are seen two
tall columns of Roman date, with triangular Corinthian capitals.
These columns originally supported tripods ; the holes in
which the feet of the tripods were fastened can be perceived
on the top of the capitals by looking down at them from
the summit of the Acropolis. The columns stand on bases
of five steps ; on the upper step of the column to the east
several Roman inscriptions recording the names of dedicators
may still be read. A number of similar inscriptions much
weathered are carved on the rock to the east of the columns.
On the right-hand side, as one faces the Thrasyllus monu-
ment, we see against the Acropolis rock a portion of an
ancient marble sun-dial, which is doubtless the same that is
mentioned by the writer of the Vienna Anonymous guide-
book (159), which was written between 1456 and 1460 A.D.
The next object of interest named by Pausanias, who is
on his way from the theatre to the sanctuary of Asclepius,
is the tomb of Calos, or Talos according to some of the
ancients. The story runs that Talos by his superior ingenuity
aroused the envy of his uncle and master Daedalus to such
a degree that he was thrown by him over the battlements
of the Acropolis. He was buried secretly by Daedalus in
the spot where he fell. His mother, Perdix, hung herself
from grief and had a sanctuary beside his tomb. The tomb
of Talos is mentioned by Lucian (Piscator, 42), where he
describes the eagerness with which the hungry philosophers
swarmed up the Acropolis to receive a dole. Being too
impatient to make their way by the regular entrance, they
placed ladders against the walls and clambered up where
they could, some by the sanctuary of Asclepius and others
by the grave of Talos. This, together with the statement of
Pausanias, makes it quite certain that this ancient tomb lay
between the monument of Thrasyllus and the temple of
Asclepius, close to the foot of the Acropolis (160).
From the theatre Pausanias proceeds westward along the
southern foot of the Acropolis and comes next to the sanctuary
°f Asclepius. The slope of the rock from the western boun-
dary of the theatre to the Odeum of Herodes Atticus is divided
white marble architrave carrying the Thrasyllus inscription
may still be seen lying on the ground near the cave. Higher
up the slope of the Acropolis above the cave are seen two
tall columns of Roman date, with triangular Corinthian capitals.
These columns originally supported tripods ; the holes in
which the feet of the tripods were fastened can be perceived
on the top of the capitals by looking down at them from
the summit of the Acropolis. The columns stand on bases
of five steps ; on the upper step of the column to the east
several Roman inscriptions recording the names of dedicators
may still be read. A number of similar inscriptions much
weathered are carved on the rock to the east of the columns.
On the right-hand side, as one faces the Thrasyllus monu-
ment, we see against the Acropolis rock a portion of an
ancient marble sun-dial, which is doubtless the same that is
mentioned by the writer of the Vienna Anonymous guide-
book (159), which was written between 1456 and 1460 A.D.
The next object of interest named by Pausanias, who is
on his way from the theatre to the sanctuary of Asclepius,
is the tomb of Calos, or Talos according to some of the
ancients. The story runs that Talos by his superior ingenuity
aroused the envy of his uncle and master Daedalus to such
a degree that he was thrown by him over the battlements
of the Acropolis. He was buried secretly by Daedalus in
the spot where he fell. His mother, Perdix, hung herself
from grief and had a sanctuary beside his tomb. The tomb
of Talos is mentioned by Lucian (Piscator, 42), where he
describes the eagerness with which the hungry philosophers
swarmed up the Acropolis to receive a dole. Being too
impatient to make their way by the regular entrance, they
placed ladders against the walls and clambered up where
they could, some by the sanctuary of Asclepius and others
by the grave of Talos. This, together with the statement of
Pausanias, makes it quite certain that this ancient tomb lay
between the monument of Thrasyllus and the temple of
Asclepius, close to the foot of the Acropolis (160).
From the theatre Pausanias proceeds westward along the
southern foot of the Acropolis and comes next to the sanctuary
°f Asclepius. The slope of the rock from the western boun-
dary of the theatre to the Odeum of Herodes Atticus is divided