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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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SEC. XIII
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be sufficient to notice such features as can quite clearly and
certainly be made out. These are-
A. The temple of the god.
B. The great altar.
C. The sacred well.
D. The portico.
E. The precinct wall.
The interpretation of the other remains is more or less matter of
conjecture.
It may be well to begin with the precinct wall (E). The temenos
FIG. 37.—VIEW SHOWING BOUNDARY WALL WITH INSCRIPTIVE STONE, RUINS OF
ASKLEPIEION, AND ACROPOLIS ROCK BEHIND.
is bounded to the east and north by the Dionysiac theatre and the
living Acropolis rock, to the south and east by a wall of good
polygonal masonry. That this wall is the actual boundary
is fortunately established beyond dispute by the inscription on one
of the stones-
ΗΟΡΟΣ
ΚΡΕΝΕΣ
(“ Boundary of the well”)—in letters of the fifth century. The
inscription is on the large square stone in the wall, and can easily
be seen by climbing down below it. The view given in fig. 37
OF ANCIENT ATHENS
301
be sufficient to notice such features as can quite clearly and
certainly be made out. These are-
A. The temple of the god.
B. The great altar.
C. The sacred well.
D. The portico.
E. The precinct wall.
The interpretation of the other remains is more or less matter of
conjecture.
It may be well to begin with the precinct wall (E). The temenos
FIG. 37.—VIEW SHOWING BOUNDARY WALL WITH INSCRIPTIVE STONE, RUINS OF
ASKLEPIEION, AND ACROPOLIS ROCK BEHIND.
is bounded to the east and north by the Dionysiac theatre and the
living Acropolis rock, to the south and east by a wall of good
polygonal masonry. That this wall is the actual boundary
is fortunately established beyond dispute by the inscription on one
of the stones-
ΗΟΡΟΣ
ΚΡΕΝΕΣ
(“ Boundary of the well”)—in letters of the fifth century. The
inscription is on the large square stone in the wall, and can easily
be seen by climbing down below it. The view given in fig. 37