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appears to have obtained the name of the Cyloneitjm, from its having
been the scene of the murder.1 In the neighbourhood of the Erech-
theium, several sculptures, bases, and inscriptions have been discovered,
•which however in general present nothing very interesting. One of
the inscriptions bears the name of Sophocles, and seems to relate to
some military achievement.2
Besides the objects already mentioned, there were also two other
famous works of art in the Acropolis, made from the tithes of spoils
taken in war (c. 28, 2). One of these, from the booty captured at
Marathon, was the bronze Athena, the work of Pheidias. The battle of
the Lapithse and Centaurs was engraved on the shield by Mys; but the
designs for this and for the other ornaments of the shield were sketched
by Parrhasius, the son of Euenor. The point of the spear and the crest
of the helmet of this Athena might be seen at sea on approaching
Athens from Cape Sunium.
Many of the interpreters of Pausanias make him say that these
objects could actually be seen from Sunium; but Leake has pointed out
that the Acropolis does not come into sight till Cape Zoster is passed;
and even from there it would require good eyes to discern such small
objects. It is evident, therefore, that Pausanias only means that they
were visible when sailing up from Sunium. Leake also shows that in
order to be seen over the roof of the Parthenon, the statue must have
been at least 75 ft. high; the roof of that temple being 70 ft. higher
than the platform of the statue.3 These colossal proportions are alluded
to by Demosthenes, who calls the statue the great bronze Athena. But
he is at variance with Pausanias about the funds from which the expenses
of it were defrayed, and says it was by contributions of the Greeks.4 The
1 ov ('Hcruxov) to ifpov iari irapa to and 631.
KuSwvKX', fVros tS>v evvia jniXuiv.—Folomo, 4 raura tu ypdpptrra . . . -napa nj»
ap. schol. Soph. (Edip. Col. v. 489. For ^oKktjv tijv pfydXr)i> 'h6r\vdv iv Se£ia iarr\-
KuSnivioK, 0. Miiller aptly reads KvXdtvewv Kev • r/v ipumtop ?/ miXis toO Tvpos tovs
in Kienacke's German translation of Leake's fiapftupovs iroXepov, Suvrmv tw 'EXXr/vaiv
work, p. 455. ra xpfj/xaTa Ttivra, dvtBrjKt.—i)e lals. leg.
s See Beule, L'Acropole, ii. p. 289 sqq. p. 428, Keiske.
3 Topography of Athens, vol. i. pp. 351
appears to have obtained the name of the Cyloneitjm, from its having
been the scene of the murder.1 In the neighbourhood of the Erech-
theium, several sculptures, bases, and inscriptions have been discovered,
•which however in general present nothing very interesting. One of
the inscriptions bears the name of Sophocles, and seems to relate to
some military achievement.2
Besides the objects already mentioned, there were also two other
famous works of art in the Acropolis, made from the tithes of spoils
taken in war (c. 28, 2). One of these, from the booty captured at
Marathon, was the bronze Athena, the work of Pheidias. The battle of
the Lapithse and Centaurs was engraved on the shield by Mys; but the
designs for this and for the other ornaments of the shield were sketched
by Parrhasius, the son of Euenor. The point of the spear and the crest
of the helmet of this Athena might be seen at sea on approaching
Athens from Cape Sunium.
Many of the interpreters of Pausanias make him say that these
objects could actually be seen from Sunium; but Leake has pointed out
that the Acropolis does not come into sight till Cape Zoster is passed;
and even from there it would require good eyes to discern such small
objects. It is evident, therefore, that Pausanias only means that they
were visible when sailing up from Sunium. Leake also shows that in
order to be seen over the roof of the Parthenon, the statue must have
been at least 75 ft. high; the roof of that temple being 70 ft. higher
than the platform of the statue.3 These colossal proportions are alluded
to by Demosthenes, who calls the statue the great bronze Athena. But
he is at variance with Pausanias about the funds from which the expenses
of it were defrayed, and says it was by contributions of the Greeks.4 The
1 ov ('Hcruxov) to ifpov iari irapa to and 631.
KuSwvKX', fVros tS>v evvia jniXuiv.—Folomo, 4 raura tu ypdpptrra . . . -napa nj»
ap. schol. Soph. (Edip. Col. v. 489. For ^oKktjv tijv pfydXr)i> 'h6r\vdv iv Se£ia iarr\-
KuSnivioK, 0. Miiller aptly reads KvXdtvewv Kev • r/v ipumtop ?/ miXis toO Tvpos tovs
in Kienacke's German translation of Leake's fiapftupovs iroXepov, Suvrmv tw 'EXXr/vaiv
work, p. 455. ra xpfj/xaTa Ttivra, dvtBrjKt.—i)e lals. leg.
s See Beule, L'Acropole, ii. p. 289 sqq. p. 428, Keiske.
3 Topography of Athens, vol. i. pp. 351