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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
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την άρχαίαν άγόραν').” Topographers who place (1) the old agora
to the north of the Areopagus, (2) the Aphrodite Pandemos on the
second terrace, are put to great straits. Curtius invents an early
agora on the southern side of the Acropolis ; Wachsmuth makes
“ agora ” mean “ place of assembly.” Our topography drives us to
no such extremities. The shrine of Aphrodite Pandemos placed
near the south-west corner of the Acropolis, is close to the old
agora—i.e., the agora which stretched, as we have seen, right up
FIG. 48.—ACROPOLIS (WEST AND SOUTH-WEST SLOPE).
to the citadel gates. Apollodorus, an Athenian, described it quite
simply.
It may be well to examine the positive evidence of these
recently discovered inscriptions as to the character and worship
of Aphrodite Pandemos93 before referring to current literary
tradition.
I he first and largest is on a stele of Hymettian marble. From
the archon named (the elder Euthios) it is dated 283 B.C., and
records a decree made while a lady of the name of Hegesipyle
was priestess. It ordains, with all official formalities, that the
astynomoi should, at the time of the procession in honour of
OF ANCIENT A TH ENS
331
την άρχαίαν άγόραν').” Topographers who place (1) the old agora
to the north of the Areopagus, (2) the Aphrodite Pandemos on the
second terrace, are put to great straits. Curtius invents an early
agora on the southern side of the Acropolis ; Wachsmuth makes
“ agora ” mean “ place of assembly.” Our topography drives us to
no such extremities. The shrine of Aphrodite Pandemos placed
near the south-west corner of the Acropolis, is close to the old
agora—i.e., the agora which stretched, as we have seen, right up
FIG. 48.—ACROPOLIS (WEST AND SOUTH-WEST SLOPE).
to the citadel gates. Apollodorus, an Athenian, described it quite
simply.
It may be well to examine the positive evidence of these
recently discovered inscriptions as to the character and worship
of Aphrodite Pandemos93 before referring to current literary
tradition.
I he first and largest is on a stele of Hymettian marble. From
the archon named (the elder Euthios) it is dated 283 B.C., and
records a decree made while a lady of the name of Hegesipyle
was priestess. It ordains, with all official formalities, that the
astynomoi should, at the time of the procession in honour of