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Division C: The road immediately east and south of the Acropolis, from the street of Tripods to the shrine of Demeter Chloe
DOI chapter:Section XIII
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3oo MYTHOLOGY AND MONUMENTS div. c
removed. The plan projected was to lay bare the whole extent
of territory bounded on the east by the Dionysiac theatre, on
the west by the theatre of Herodes Atticus, on the north by the
Acropolis rock, on the south by the wall known as the Serpentze.
It was expected that within these limits, not only the sanctuary
of Asklepios, but also the temple of Themis and a shrine to
Aphrodite and Hippolytus, and further a precinct of Demeter
Chloe and Ge Kourotrophos, would be discovered. Instead of
this the result has briefly been as followsThe temple of
Asklepios, with its precinct wall, its well, its stoa, and the dwelling-
FIG. 36.—RUINS OF ASKLEPIEION.
houses of the priests, have been laid bare ; and beyond this, up
to the theatre of Herodes Atticus, the ground is wholly barren of
ancient remains. The reasonable conclusion seems to be that
this portion of the ground was not occupied by any sacred build-
ings, and that we have to look for the other sanctuaries of Themis,
Aphrodite, etc., farther west.
To begin with the Asklepieion.48 At present the site is a con-
fused mass—walls, ancient, Turkish and Byzantine, old cisterns,
architectural fragments, inscribed stones, and the like. Of these
a general view is given in fig. 36. The character of all these
remains it would be out of the question here to discuss. It will
removed. The plan projected was to lay bare the whole extent
of territory bounded on the east by the Dionysiac theatre, on
the west by the theatre of Herodes Atticus, on the north by the
Acropolis rock, on the south by the wall known as the Serpentze.
It was expected that within these limits, not only the sanctuary
of Asklepios, but also the temple of Themis and a shrine to
Aphrodite and Hippolytus, and further a precinct of Demeter
Chloe and Ge Kourotrophos, would be discovered. Instead of
this the result has briefly been as followsThe temple of
Asklepios, with its precinct wall, its well, its stoa, and the dwelling-
FIG. 36.—RUINS OF ASKLEPIEION.
houses of the priests, have been laid bare ; and beyond this, up
to the theatre of Herodes Atticus, the ground is wholly barren of
ancient remains. The reasonable conclusion seems to be that
this portion of the ground was not occupied by any sacred build-
ings, and that we have to look for the other sanctuaries of Themis,
Aphrodite, etc., farther west.
To begin with the Asklepieion.48 At present the site is a con-
fused mass—walls, ancient, Turkish and Byzantine, old cisterns,
architectural fragments, inscribed stones, and the like. Of these
a general view is given in fig. 36. The character of all these
remains it would be out of the question here to discuss. It will