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GOING from this Gate up the Rock of the Caltle is a little Church, called Panagia Spt'liotijfa,
(in Plate XL) °r Cur Lady of tie Grotto, It ishewn oat of the Rock on which the Caftle Hands;
its Outfide is adorned with three Marble Pillars of.the Dorick Order, fuftaining an Entablature of the
fame; .above which are three Plinths, and above that on the Middle, mounted on a Pedeftal, is a
fedent Figure cloathed, but without a Head. On each Corner are Places, hewn like Pedeftals, for
two other Statues ; upon winch, and the Architrave, are Inscriptions as under.
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Thefe Infcriptions mew, that it belonged to fome Gymnafiura, or was a Monument erected in
honour of-thole who had been Victors in thefe Exercifes. One of thefe Infcriptions fhews, that
the People gave the Play at the Time when Pitharotus was Archon ; and that Thrajycles, Son of
Thrajyllus, of the Town of..Dkelia, of the Tribe Hippothoon, being Agonothetes, was Victor:
That 7heon, of Thebes, fung ; and that Pronomus, of Thebes, taught, or was the Umpire of the
Game. The two other Infcriptions are mentioned by Fulvius Urfinus. Pitharotus was_Archonthe
fecond Year of the Hundred and twenty-feventh Olympiad ^ that is, Two Hundred feventy-qne Years
before the Nativity of our Lord ; and four Hundred eighty-three Years after the Foundation of
Rome, The Beginning of the fecond Inscription is like the firlf.; but after fhewe'th, That Andron^
of the Tribe of Pandion, was Victor -, that Nicocles', of Ambratia, was Mufician ; and that Lyjsp-
fusyoi Arcadia, ■ made, or exhibited the Play. . . -,
The third (hews, that Thrajyllus, Son of Thrajyllus, of Dicelia, was the Founder of this Building j
and being the Contriyerof the Game, or Play, and himfelf Victor, erected it for the Men of. the Tribe
of Hippothoon ; Ericus, of Chalets, being Mufician, Naachmus Archon ; and Caradomus Sotius taught
the Game. Nceachmus was Archon of Athens the hYfl: Year of the Hundred and fifteenth Olympiad ;
that is., four Hundred thirty-four Years after the,Building of Rome, and three Hundred and twenty
Years before the Coming of Cbrifl; fo this Infeription is forty-nine Years older than the two.firft ;
this is a Place of very great Antiquity, the Infcriptions being older than thofe of Duillius at Rome.
In the third, the Place was built to the Men appertaining to the Tribe of Hippothoon, the Tribe of
the Founder of the Edifice, who was alfo the Inftitutor of the Game, and Victor in it. In the
firft and fecond, forty nine Years after that, the Lads of the fame Tribe of Hippothoon had the
;Vi(?tory, the People being at the Coft of the Play, and that under the fame Archon alio, thofe of
the Tribe-ijpf Pandion won the Prize.
In Athletic Gaines ufually the Combatants are fingle Perfons, or oppofite Parties, who try for the
Mattery Hand, to Hand, one with another ; and that this was really fo, the Word Agonothetes puts it
out of Queft.iori. For thofe Games had fiich an Officer belonging to them, and.always attending
upon chem to regulate them, and fee the Laws of each particular Game duly obferyed, that none
might fti-ive for Victory by any undue or difallowed Means. That this was a Gymnafium, or Part
of one at leaft, built for the Tribe oi-Hippothoon, by the Munificence of Thrajyllus; but afterwards
other Tribes were admitted to contend for the Prize ; as it is apparent that thofe of the Tribe of
•.Pandion were, who had the Victory forty Years after. This Grotto is a. pretty large Place within,
and hath two Cells one above another. Above this Grotto are two Pillars ftanding upright, of the
Corinthian Order ; but the Leaves are different from the Thiftle Leaves of that Order, being long,
.and fmooth at the Edges.,
At the Eafteni End of the Caftle is another Grotto, made by Nature in the Rock, without either
Ornament or Artufed to beautify it; which is more likely to be the Grotto of Pan and Apollo, ac-
cording to the forementioned Authors, but agrees not with Pau/anias. It is feen from the Conful's
Hcufe, slmoft in die Middle of the Town, which lieth North of the Citadel.
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GOING from this Gate up the Rock of the Caltle is a little Church, called Panagia Spt'liotijfa,
(in Plate XL) °r Cur Lady of tie Grotto, It ishewn oat of the Rock on which the Caftle Hands;
its Outfide is adorned with three Marble Pillars of.the Dorick Order, fuftaining an Entablature of the
fame; .above which are three Plinths, and above that on the Middle, mounted on a Pedeftal, is a
fedent Figure cloathed, but without a Head. On each Corner are Places, hewn like Pedeftals, for
two other Statues ; upon winch, and the Architrave, are Inscriptions as under.
t.
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omNoe.-Tni wazt^mi-l ©paetaaot aekeaete
mnoeoriNTor nAlA&N enika
eeriN qhbaio£ htaen
IIP0N0M02 ©HBftIOZ EAIAAXSEN
r •■■'■■" ■■'■ ' 0-AHM.02 EXOPHrEI nTOAPATOS HPXEN
Arl2N03E 1HX 8PA2TKAHI 0PA2TAAOT AEKEAETS
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0PAXTAAOS 0PASTAAOT AEKEAETE ANE0HKEN.
XOPHmN NIKHSAS ANAPAZ1N iunoeeiiNTiAi 1>rAHI
Error xaakiaetl htaei neaixmos'hpxen
KAPKIAAMOI SilTJOS EAIAAXKEN
Thefe Infcriptions mew, that it belonged to fome Gymnafiura, or was a Monument erected in
honour of-thole who had been Victors in thefe Exercifes. One of thefe Infcriptions fhews, that
the People gave the Play at the Time when Pitharotus was Archon ; and that Thrajycles, Son of
Thrajyllus, of the Town of..Dkelia, of the Tribe Hippothoon, being Agonothetes, was Victor:
That 7heon, of Thebes, fung ; and that Pronomus, of Thebes, taught, or was the Umpire of the
Game. The two other Infcriptions are mentioned by Fulvius Urfinus. Pitharotus was_Archonthe
fecond Year of the Hundred and twenty-feventh Olympiad ^ that is, Two Hundred feventy-qne Years
before the Nativity of our Lord ; and four Hundred eighty-three Years after the Foundation of
Rome, The Beginning of the fecond Inscription is like the firlf.; but after fhewe'th, That Andron^
of the Tribe of Pandion, was Victor -, that Nicocles', of Ambratia, was Mufician ; and that Lyjsp-
fusyoi Arcadia, ■ made, or exhibited the Play. . . -,
The third (hews, that Thrajyllus, Son of Thrajyllus, of Dicelia, was the Founder of this Building j
and being the Contriyerof the Game, or Play, and himfelf Victor, erected it for the Men of. the Tribe
of Hippothoon ; Ericus, of Chalets, being Mufician, Naachmus Archon ; and Caradomus Sotius taught
the Game. Nceachmus was Archon of Athens the hYfl: Year of the Hundred and fifteenth Olympiad ;
that is., four Hundred thirty-four Years after the,Building of Rome, and three Hundred and twenty
Years before the Coming of Cbrifl; fo this Infeription is forty-nine Years older than the two.firft ;
this is a Place of very great Antiquity, the Infcriptions being older than thofe of Duillius at Rome.
In the third, the Place was built to the Men appertaining to the Tribe of Hippothoon, the Tribe of
the Founder of the Edifice, who was alfo the Inftitutor of the Game, and Victor in it. In the
firft and fecond, forty nine Years after that, the Lads of the fame Tribe of Hippothoon had the
;Vi(?tory, the People being at the Coft of the Play, and that under the fame Archon alio, thofe of
the Tribe-ijpf Pandion won the Prize.
In Athletic Gaines ufually the Combatants are fingle Perfons, or oppofite Parties, who try for the
Mattery Hand, to Hand, one with another ; and that this was really fo, the Word Agonothetes puts it
out of Queft.iori. For thofe Games had fiich an Officer belonging to them, and.always attending
upon chem to regulate them, and fee the Laws of each particular Game duly obferyed, that none
might fti-ive for Victory by any undue or difallowed Means. That this was a Gymnafium, or Part
of one at leaft, built for the Tribe oi-Hippothoon, by the Munificence of Thrajyllus; but afterwards
other Tribes were admitted to contend for the Prize ; as it is apparent that thofe of the Tribe of
•.Pandion were, who had the Victory forty Years after. This Grotto is a. pretty large Place within,
and hath two Cells one above another. Above this Grotto are two Pillars ftanding upright, of the
Corinthian Order ; but the Leaves are different from the Thiftle Leaves of that Order, being long,
.and fmooth at the Edges.,
At the Eafteni End of the Caftle is another Grotto, made by Nature in the Rock, without either
Ornament or Artufed to beautify it; which is more likely to be the Grotto of Pan and Apollo, ac-
cording to the forementioned Authors, but agrees not with Pau/anias. It is feen from the Conful's
Hcufe, slmoft in die Middle of the Town, which lieth North of the Citadel.
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