DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.47231#0016
2 PLANS AND DRAWINGS OP ATHENIAN BUILDINGS.
9, 9. Modern stairs, mainly formed of the marble steps which formed the
approach in Roman times.
10. Base of a statue, inscribed with the names of the sculptors Kritios and
Nesiotes.
11. Pedestal of the statue of Agrippa, erected about 27 B.c.
12. 12. Stairs down to the well called Clepsydra: the lower part is cut in
the rock.
13. Late Roman domed chamber over the Clepsydra well.
14. Remains of the poros Avail of a structure earlier than the existing
Propylaea, and set at a different angle.
15. Rock-cut foundations for bases of statues or altars of an earlier date
than the Propylaea of Pericles.
16. Polygonal wall of a primitive bastion, built to defend the approach to
the Acropolis. This early wall is buried in the podium, on which the
Temple of Nike Apteros stands, but it can be seen at two places where
blocks of the podium have been removed.
17. Inscribed pedestal of one of the two equestrian statues of Athenian
Knights, which are mentioned by Pausanias.
The other statue occupied a similar position on the north side, near
the pedestal of Agrippa’s statue.
18. Remains of the marble paving of the precinct of Nike, which was
partly cut away when the south wing of the Propylaea of Pericles was
built; thus showing that the Temple of Nike is of earlier date than
the existing Propylaea of Pericles.
19. Unfinished subterranean approach to the Acropolis cut into the rock on
the south of the bastion of Nike Apteros.
20. Modern house of the guardian of the Acropolis, built against the
remaining wall of a Turkish bastion.
21. 21. Massive polygonal wall, which formed the south-west angle of the
primitive fortress on the Acropolis.
22. Remains of the approach to the Propylaea of Kimon.
23. Well preserved anta of Kimon’s Propylaea, and marble base of a bronze
tripod.
24. South wing of the Propylaea of Pericles, finished on a reduced scale.
12. The top few steps, as is noted by M., have
been built up in recent times of stone and marble.
13. With ‘ row of life-size Byzantine saints
on both sides on vault.’ The eaves of Apollo
and Pan, marked just above the Clepsydra,
have been shown by more recent excavations to
lie, in all probability, further E. See ’Erp-pgepls
’ApxaioKoyLK-f), 1897, pl. 1-4.
14. ‘ Propylaea N. wing W. wall stands on
wall at different angle. This wall seems older
than Mnesicles. It is built of many different
coloured poros, and has some few blocks of
Kara travertine. Can it be part of Kimon’s
Propylaea ? ’
17. Pausanias says they were the sons of
Xenophon ; but this is probably merely a mis-
take due to the name Xenophon occurring in
the inscription. The bases have one inscrip-
tion right way up, another, evidently earlier
than the building of the Propylaea, inverted,
but identical in form. The base was used later
for a statue of Germanicus. See xi.
211, and ’Ap%. AeArior, 1889, p. 181.
18. This inference of M. has been confirmed
by the discovery of the inscription relating to
the building of the Temple of Nike. See ’E^>.
’Ap%. 1897, pl. 11.
19. Cf. Penrose in xv. p. 249.
9, 9. Modern stairs, mainly formed of the marble steps which formed the
approach in Roman times.
10. Base of a statue, inscribed with the names of the sculptors Kritios and
Nesiotes.
11. Pedestal of the statue of Agrippa, erected about 27 B.c.
12. 12. Stairs down to the well called Clepsydra: the lower part is cut in
the rock.
13. Late Roman domed chamber over the Clepsydra well.
14. Remains of the poros Avail of a structure earlier than the existing
Propylaea, and set at a different angle.
15. Rock-cut foundations for bases of statues or altars of an earlier date
than the Propylaea of Pericles.
16. Polygonal wall of a primitive bastion, built to defend the approach to
the Acropolis. This early wall is buried in the podium, on which the
Temple of Nike Apteros stands, but it can be seen at two places where
blocks of the podium have been removed.
17. Inscribed pedestal of one of the two equestrian statues of Athenian
Knights, which are mentioned by Pausanias.
The other statue occupied a similar position on the north side, near
the pedestal of Agrippa’s statue.
18. Remains of the marble paving of the precinct of Nike, which was
partly cut away when the south wing of the Propylaea of Pericles was
built; thus showing that the Temple of Nike is of earlier date than
the existing Propylaea of Pericles.
19. Unfinished subterranean approach to the Acropolis cut into the rock on
the south of the bastion of Nike Apteros.
20. Modern house of the guardian of the Acropolis, built against the
remaining wall of a Turkish bastion.
21. 21. Massive polygonal wall, which formed the south-west angle of the
primitive fortress on the Acropolis.
22. Remains of the approach to the Propylaea of Kimon.
23. Well preserved anta of Kimon’s Propylaea, and marble base of a bronze
tripod.
24. South wing of the Propylaea of Pericles, finished on a reduced scale.
12. The top few steps, as is noted by M., have
been built up in recent times of stone and marble.
13. With ‘ row of life-size Byzantine saints
on both sides on vault.’ The eaves of Apollo
and Pan, marked just above the Clepsydra,
have been shown by more recent excavations to
lie, in all probability, further E. See ’Erp-pgepls
’ApxaioKoyLK-f), 1897, pl. 1-4.
14. ‘ Propylaea N. wing W. wall stands on
wall at different angle. This wall seems older
than Mnesicles. It is built of many different
coloured poros, and has some few blocks of
Kara travertine. Can it be part of Kimon’s
Propylaea ? ’
17. Pausanias says they were the sons of
Xenophon ; but this is probably merely a mis-
take due to the name Xenophon occurring in
the inscription. The bases have one inscrip-
tion right way up, another, evidently earlier
than the building of the Propylaea, inverted,
but identical in form. The base was used later
for a statue of Germanicus. See xi.
211, and ’Ap%. AeArior, 1889, p. 181.
18. This inference of M. has been confirmed
by the discovery of the inscription relating to
the building of the Temple of Nike. See ’E^>.
’Ap%. 1897, pl. 11.
19. Cf. Penrose in xv. p. 249.