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CHAPTER XV.
TEMENOS OF DEMETER, PERSEPHONE, AND
PLUTO EPIMACHOS.
Platform below the Acropolis. Scarped rock on the north.
Niches. Discovery of stele on this site. Seated figure of
Demeter. Statuette of Persephone. Lamps ; terracottas ; foun-
dations. Inscription recording dedication by Chrysina ; other
inscriptions ; remains of sculpture : head of Demeter ; leaden
tablets inscribed with Dirce. Small circular chamber ; con-
tents : inscriptions, sculptures, marble pigs, marble breasts,
tablets, glass. Other foundations ; lamps, terracottas. Statue
of Demeter Achsea ; deities associated with her in this
temenos; terracotta representing Hekate ; fragments of sculp-
ture and of Doric architecture ; fissure in the native rock ;
inscription containing dedication to Pluto Epimachos; wall
running through temenos; stone spout ; drain. Summary of
the whole evidence ; the original temple erected on this site,
probably dedicated by some particular family, and subsequently
thrown down by an earthquake : reasons for considering the scarp
a natural formation ; the site probably dedicated to the Infernal
Deities, as having been the scene of some convulsion of nature ;
other instances of Plutonia so selected in Greece and Asia
Minor ; no remains outside the peribolw.
Ok reference to the Plan and Section (Plate LIIL),
it will be seen that the southern side of the Acro-
polis is defended by a precipice, immediately below
which is an artificial platform, rather more than
85 paces in length, supported on three sides by a
wall of massive polygonal masonry, and jutting out
like a pier from the side of the mountain.
CHAPTER XV.
TEMENOS OF DEMETER, PERSEPHONE, AND
PLUTO EPIMACHOS.
Platform below the Acropolis. Scarped rock on the north.
Niches. Discovery of stele on this site. Seated figure of
Demeter. Statuette of Persephone. Lamps ; terracottas ; foun-
dations. Inscription recording dedication by Chrysina ; other
inscriptions ; remains of sculpture : head of Demeter ; leaden
tablets inscribed with Dirce. Small circular chamber ; con-
tents : inscriptions, sculptures, marble pigs, marble breasts,
tablets, glass. Other foundations ; lamps, terracottas. Statue
of Demeter Achsea ; deities associated with her in this
temenos; terracotta representing Hekate ; fragments of sculp-
ture and of Doric architecture ; fissure in the native rock ;
inscription containing dedication to Pluto Epimachos; wall
running through temenos; stone spout ; drain. Summary of
the whole evidence ; the original temple erected on this site,
probably dedicated by some particular family, and subsequently
thrown down by an earthquake : reasons for considering the scarp
a natural formation ; the site probably dedicated to the Infernal
Deities, as having been the scene of some convulsion of nature ;
other instances of Plutonia so selected in Greece and Asia
Minor ; no remains outside the peribolw.
Ok reference to the Plan and Section (Plate LIIL),
it will be seen that the southern side of the Acro-
polis is defended by a precipice, immediately below
which is an artificial platform, rather more than
85 paces in length, supported on three sides by a
wall of massive polygonal masonry, and jutting out
like a pier from the side of the mountain.