DOI Kapitel:
Division B: The city of Hadrian and the district of the Ilissus, from the Serapeion to the stadion
DOI Kapitel:Section X
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.61302#0370
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MYTHOLOGY AND MONUMENTS
DIV. B
the Panageia. It is built itself on the site of an older church of
slightly larger size. There are still standing three columns and
an anta of the southern colonnade of the Panageia (A). The
lines of the two colonnades which divided the nave from the
aisles are marked AE, KI. Of the outer wall of the church
a portion remains at the north-eastern angle B. Here a wall
of good Roman period has been utilised. It is of marble ;
and it is important to note that this wall, both from style and
position, is organically related to the bounding wall of the whole
area, whereas the three columns and anta are of old material but
of bad late style—two have Ionic bases, one none at all. The
Panageia may now be entirely dismissed, and we have got from
it to start with the piece of wall B. This and the portions of the
bounding wall in strong black were all that was above ground.
Excavations, however, laid bare the foundations of the south-
eastern corner C and the north-western corner D. The south-
western corner is marked in its inferred position, but no traces ot
it have so far been found. To the north, south, and west of the
inner quadrangle thus established are semicircular spaces. From
each of these spaces an inner and concentric semicircle is cut off
by a colonnade, of which the stylobate is preserved. It is perfect
on the southern side; less perfect, but with one column-basis in situ,
on the northern side. It was floored with a tesselated pavement, of
which portions remain. The semicircular foundation on the east
(F) does not correspond with those on the other three sides of
the central rectangle ; it seems to have had relation to the long
reservoir (LM), of which a portion is laid bare. The reservoir
does not lie exactly in the middle of the whole area, but is slightly
nearer the northern side ; it is of earlier date than the earliest
surviving walls. The central part of the whole building would be on
the line marked G. It is probable that as yet only the eastern
half of the whole building has been uncovered, and a precisely
similar western portion still lies below ground.
The most remarkable coincidence with the words of Pausanias
is that the outer colonnade is furnished with columns which
number exactly one hundred. Not even the bases of these
remain, but from the marks of the bases at the eastern end they are
easily calculated. Pausanias, however, mentions two buildings
with one hundred pillars. In the one case, however, he further
adds that the walls are arranged like those of colonnades, and
one building is certainly to all intents and purposes surrounded
by a colonnade. It seems possible, though by no means certain,
MYTHOLOGY AND MONUMENTS
DIV. B
the Panageia. It is built itself on the site of an older church of
slightly larger size. There are still standing three columns and
an anta of the southern colonnade of the Panageia (A). The
lines of the two colonnades which divided the nave from the
aisles are marked AE, KI. Of the outer wall of the church
a portion remains at the north-eastern angle B. Here a wall
of good Roman period has been utilised. It is of marble ;
and it is important to note that this wall, both from style and
position, is organically related to the bounding wall of the whole
area, whereas the three columns and anta are of old material but
of bad late style—two have Ionic bases, one none at all. The
Panageia may now be entirely dismissed, and we have got from
it to start with the piece of wall B. This and the portions of the
bounding wall in strong black were all that was above ground.
Excavations, however, laid bare the foundations of the south-
eastern corner C and the north-western corner D. The south-
western corner is marked in its inferred position, but no traces ot
it have so far been found. To the north, south, and west of the
inner quadrangle thus established are semicircular spaces. From
each of these spaces an inner and concentric semicircle is cut off
by a colonnade, of which the stylobate is preserved. It is perfect
on the southern side; less perfect, but with one column-basis in situ,
on the northern side. It was floored with a tesselated pavement, of
which portions remain. The semicircular foundation on the east
(F) does not correspond with those on the other three sides of
the central rectangle ; it seems to have had relation to the long
reservoir (LM), of which a portion is laid bare. The reservoir
does not lie exactly in the middle of the whole area, but is slightly
nearer the northern side ; it is of earlier date than the earliest
surviving walls. The central part of the whole building would be on
the line marked G. It is probable that as yet only the eastern
half of the whole building has been uncovered, and a precisely
similar western portion still lies below ground.
The most remarkable coincidence with the words of Pausanias
is that the outer colonnade is furnished with columns which
number exactly one hundred. Not even the bases of these
remain, but from the marks of the bases at the eastern end they are
easily calculated. Pausanias, however, mentions two buildings
with one hundred pillars. In the one case, however, he further
adds that the walls are arranged like those of colonnades, and
one building is certainly to all intents and purposes surrounded
by a colonnade. It seems possible, though by no means certain,