D'Ooge, Martin L.: The Acropolis of Athens (New York, 1908)

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closer to the Acropolis rock Lolling locates the shrine of the
hero Aegeus (19 in plan) who threw himself, according to the
story in Pausanias (i. xxii. 5), down from the height above
and must have fallen on this spot. All that marks the spot
now is an artificial niche and a step cut in the Acropolis
rock (170).

Before passing to a discussion of the theatre of Herodes
Atticus and the great portico which connects it with the theatre
of Dionysus known as the Stoa of Eumenes, let us stop for

Fjg. 114.—Choregic Monument of Nicias. (Restored.)

a moment to notice another structure which once stood on
the southwestern slope of the Acropolis, but which was taken
down when the theatre was built, and the materials of which
were used in part in the construction of the lower gateway of
the Acropolis now known as the Beule gate (see p. 34)-
The structure referred to is the choregic monument of Nicias,
which, according to Dorpfeld, stood on a foundation that has
been cut away by the building of the theatre of Herodes
Atticus. From what remains of the heavy foundation (41 in
plan) Dorpfeld is able to determine the shape of the building,
as being somewhat analogous to the monument of Thrasyllus.