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OF THE CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF ATHENS,
ed 'E£|Ajj« W Aiyeug ^vXaig, by which it is evident that this gate was near
the Delphinium(l).
7. Aio^tgyg ttuXou, the gate of Diochares.
8. riu'Acu A#ajvi%but the gate that looked towards Acharnse, a borough in
Attica.
9. AtrfjftMa, that lay towards the borough of the Diomians.
10. floXou, ©£axiai, the Thracian gate.
11. nvk&i Ituvim, the Itonian gate, near which was the pillar erected in
memory of the Amazons(2).
12. nuXoti 'Zy.otiot'i, the Scaean gate(3).
13. AdgiuvH tivXxi, the gate of Adrian, by which they entered into that
part of the city which that emperor rebuilt , and called ASgiavoirokig.
As to the streets in Athens, this much is said of them in general, that
they were not very uniform or beautiful(4) j and though Homer calls it
cdgiixyviav,
'Iksto if* tic M«j9w»4, x.ia thpvxyutny a6m'v;)V(5),
Yet that seems only to imply the bigness, and not the beauty of them ; for
so that poet has used the same epithet in other places. The number of
them, without question, was very great; but most of their names are
quite lost; and few, if any, besides these that follow, are to be met with
in authors. 'ls§ec 'LvxZ, or the way to Eleusis. 'oihg G>y<fe(». betwixt the
long walls, leading to the Pirageus ; which seems to be the same with that
which is called 'H e/s neiguiu. 'H tuv aroXsjuu'wv, near the Academy. 'Htwv E£-
/xoyXt'ipwv.- 'Htwv Ki§»T05raiwv. 'H '£f/a. *H Mu^asj'xwv o^o g. 'Fv^n TgiTv\.
TgimSris, away near the Prytaneum wherein were places largely stock-
ed with tripods of brass, curiously wrought ; amongst which was the fa-
mous satyr, called by the Greeks ne^o^rog, being one of the masterpieces
of Praxiteles. And concerning these Heliodorus is said to have written
an entire treatise(6).
It remains, in the next place, that I give you an account of the build-
ings of the lower city ; in doing which, I shall only mention such as were
most remarkable, or had some history or custom depending upon them ;
for the rest referring the reader to Pausanias and Meursius's larger trea-
tises.
rie|jwr£(ov, a stately edifice, in which were kept the sacred utensils made
use of at festivals, and all things necessary for the solemn processions pre-
pared. It was placed at the entrance of the old city, which looks towards
Phalerum, and adorned with many statues of the Athenian heroes. In-
deed there was scarce any place in the city that was not filled with such
like representations.
The temple of Vulcan , or of Vulcan and Minerva, not far from Cera-
micus within the city, seems to have been a public prison, frequent men-
tion being made of persons tortured there.
Near this place was the temple of the heavenly Venus ; for they had a
two-fold Venus, one of which was called Olgmvia, and the other ndv^n^sg;
the former presided over chaste and pure love ; the latter was the pa-
troness of lust and debauchery. And as their natures and characters were
different, so were also the ceremonies used in their worship. They that
(1) Plutarch. Theseo.
(2) iEschines Philosophus m Axiocho.
(3) Hildusinus in Vita Dionysii Areopagrit.
(4) Dicoearchus in descript. Grseciar
(5) Odyss. vii.
(6) Harpoer. v, Ovf.TWp
OF THE CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF ATHENS,
ed 'E£|Ajj« W Aiyeug ^vXaig, by which it is evident that this gate was near
the Delphinium(l).
7. Aio^tgyg ttuXou, the gate of Diochares.
8. riu'Acu A#ajvi%but the gate that looked towards Acharnse, a borough in
Attica.
9. AtrfjftMa, that lay towards the borough of the Diomians.
10. floXou, ©£axiai, the Thracian gate.
11. nvk&i Ituvim, the Itonian gate, near which was the pillar erected in
memory of the Amazons(2).
12. nuXoti 'Zy.otiot'i, the Scaean gate(3).
13. AdgiuvH tivXxi, the gate of Adrian, by which they entered into that
part of the city which that emperor rebuilt , and called ASgiavoirokig.
As to the streets in Athens, this much is said of them in general, that
they were not very uniform or beautiful(4) j and though Homer calls it
cdgiixyviav,
'Iksto if* tic M«j9w»4, x.ia thpvxyutny a6m'v;)V(5),
Yet that seems only to imply the bigness, and not the beauty of them ; for
so that poet has used the same epithet in other places. The number of
them, without question, was very great; but most of their names are
quite lost; and few, if any, besides these that follow, are to be met with
in authors. 'ls§ec 'LvxZ, or the way to Eleusis. 'oihg G>y<fe(». betwixt the
long walls, leading to the Pirageus ; which seems to be the same with that
which is called 'H e/s neiguiu. 'H tuv aroXsjuu'wv, near the Academy. 'Htwv E£-
/xoyXt'ipwv.- 'Htwv Ki§»T05raiwv. 'H '£f/a. *H Mu^asj'xwv o^o g. 'Fv^n TgiTv\.
TgimSris, away near the Prytaneum wherein were places largely stock-
ed with tripods of brass, curiously wrought ; amongst which was the fa-
mous satyr, called by the Greeks ne^o^rog, being one of the masterpieces
of Praxiteles. And concerning these Heliodorus is said to have written
an entire treatise(6).
It remains, in the next place, that I give you an account of the build-
ings of the lower city ; in doing which, I shall only mention such as were
most remarkable, or had some history or custom depending upon them ;
for the rest referring the reader to Pausanias and Meursius's larger trea-
tises.
rie|jwr£(ov, a stately edifice, in which were kept the sacred utensils made
use of at festivals, and all things necessary for the solemn processions pre-
pared. It was placed at the entrance of the old city, which looks towards
Phalerum, and adorned with many statues of the Athenian heroes. In-
deed there was scarce any place in the city that was not filled with such
like representations.
The temple of Vulcan , or of Vulcan and Minerva, not far from Cera-
micus within the city, seems to have been a public prison, frequent men-
tion being made of persons tortured there.
Near this place was the temple of the heavenly Venus ; for they had a
two-fold Venus, one of which was called Olgmvia, and the other ndv^n^sg;
the former presided over chaste and pure love ; the latter was the pa-
troness of lust and debauchery. And as their natures and characters were
different, so were also the ceremonies used in their worship. They that
(1) Plutarch. Theseo.
(2) iEschines Philosophus m Axiocho.
(3) Hildusinus in Vita Dionysii Areopagrit.
(4) Dicoearchus in descript. Grseciar
(5) Odyss. vii.
(6) Harpoer. v, Ovf.TWp