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DESCRIPTIVE TOUR OF PAUSANIAS 281
separate sanctuary in which these mystic rites were observed.
Now, from an inscription in the theatre of Dionysus {C.I.A. iii.
268), it appears that there was an image of a "fire-bearing
priest" of the Graces, and of an " Artemis on the Tower"
(eirnrvpyiSia), and this Artemis is probably identical with the
" Hecate on the Tower," whose image, according to Pausanias,
stood beside the Temple of Victory (Paus. ii. 30, 2). Since
then the position of the Artemis-Hecate image upon the Tower
is distinctly indicated, Frazer concludes that the sanctuary of
the Graces must have stood in the corner immediately to the
east of the Temple of Victory and to the south of the south-
western wing of the Propylaea (178). That the " Hermes of
the Portal" was a separate image seems most probable. Its
position is conjectured by Frazer to have been at the north-
west corner of the central building of the Propylaea, in the
niche formed by the anta of the central building on the one
side and the projecting wall and anta of the north-west wing
on the other side. But, according to this view, this image
would be too far away from the statues of the Graces ; and it
seems more likely that Miss Harrison (179) is correct in
locating the image of this Hermes in a niche between the
central building of the Propylaea and the eastern anta of the
south-west wing, i.e. in close proximity to the shrine of the
Graces. This position explains an epithet applied to a
Hermes on the Acropolis who bore the name of " the
Uninitiated One' (afxvrjTos) (180). For this Hermes, though
he stood so near the sanctuary of the Graces in which mystic
rites were celebrated, was excluded from these mysteries. It
is of interest in this connection to know that at Pergamon
an inscribed herm attributed to Alcamenes has recently been
found, which Conze (181) believes to be a copy of the Athenian
Hermes Propylaeus. Its style, however, is earlier than the
time of the Mnesiclean Propylaea.
To the right and left of the main passage, and chiefly
within the eastern portico, probably stood the other statues
named by Pausanias. The position of the statues of Pericles
and of the Lemnian Athena and of the bronze chariot group
to commemorate the victory of the Athenians over the
Boeotians and Chalcidians we shall discuss later.
The casual remark of Pausanias that " near the statue of
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separate sanctuary in which these mystic rites were observed.
Now, from an inscription in the theatre of Dionysus {C.I.A. iii.
268), it appears that there was an image of a "fire-bearing
priest" of the Graces, and of an " Artemis on the Tower"
(eirnrvpyiSia), and this Artemis is probably identical with the
" Hecate on the Tower," whose image, according to Pausanias,
stood beside the Temple of Victory (Paus. ii. 30, 2). Since
then the position of the Artemis-Hecate image upon the Tower
is distinctly indicated, Frazer concludes that the sanctuary of
the Graces must have stood in the corner immediately to the
east of the Temple of Victory and to the south of the south-
western wing of the Propylaea (178). That the " Hermes of
the Portal" was a separate image seems most probable. Its
position is conjectured by Frazer to have been at the north-
west corner of the central building of the Propylaea, in the
niche formed by the anta of the central building on the one
side and the projecting wall and anta of the north-west wing
on the other side. But, according to this view, this image
would be too far away from the statues of the Graces ; and it
seems more likely that Miss Harrison (179) is correct in
locating the image of this Hermes in a niche between the
central building of the Propylaea and the eastern anta of the
south-west wing, i.e. in close proximity to the shrine of the
Graces. This position explains an epithet applied to a
Hermes on the Acropolis who bore the name of " the
Uninitiated One' (afxvrjTos) (180). For this Hermes, though
he stood so near the sanctuary of the Graces in which mystic
rites were celebrated, was excluded from these mysteries. It
is of interest in this connection to know that at Pergamon
an inscribed herm attributed to Alcamenes has recently been
found, which Conze (181) believes to be a copy of the Athenian
Hermes Propylaeus. Its style, however, is earlier than the
time of the Mnesiclean Propylaea.
To the right and left of the main passage, and chiefly
within the eastern portico, probably stood the other statues
named by Pausanias. The position of the statues of Pericles
and of the Lemnian Athena and of the bronze chariot group
to commemorate the victory of the Athenians over the
Boeotians and Chalcidians we shall discuss later.
The casual remark of Pausanias that " near the statue of
A. A. T