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in the rock. A. are some steps which lead from the theatre to the level above it. B. is a rock cut in
the manner of a wall3. ' C. the pulpitum.,b
Fig. 2. The pulpitum, drawn by a larger scalec.
Fig. 3. Profile of the pulpitum.
" Fig. 4. Profile of the Steps marked A. on the General Plan."
" Fig. 5. View of the Monument, from the front of the circular external wall.""
" Fig. 6. Transverse section from back to front."
, The Head-Piece to this Chapter, " Plate XXXV. Fig. 3." is part of the capital of a pilaster.
The Tail-Piece, " Fig. 4. Plate XXXV." is an ornament found in the convent of Daphne.
Paus. Att. C. XXVIII. Meurs. Arcop. C XI. Hawkins'
Topography of Athens, in Walpole's Mem. Vol. I. p. 495. Pint,
'n Theseo. Harpocration in v. n^o7rv?.a.ia. Aristoph. Pax, v. 659.
Aves, v. 998. Pollux, L. VIII. C. X. Clarke's Travels, P.
II. S. XI. C. V. Horn. II. B. 547- Meursii Theseus, C. XXIX.
Steph. Byz. in v. n»i/|. Aristoph. Thesmoph. Not. Brunck. in
v. 658. Chandler's Travels, Vol. II. C. XIII. [ed.]
a We remarked, that of two stones remaining of this wall,
the largest, which was to the west, was 19 feet long, 9 feet high,
and 5 feet 6 inches thick; and it evidently had been moved
thither. [ed.]
Revett, in the list of errata to the original third volume, had
altered Pulpitum, where above introduced, to Thymelc. This
we feel it our duty to mention, as well as to add the following
observations by him, adopted by Reveley, although it will
be perceived, from our previous remarks, that we view them
as here quite inapplicable. [ed.]
' Mr. Kevctt adds, as follows:'
" Suidas explaining the word awh (scene), says, that in the
orchestra is the altar of Bacchus, which is called" the Thymele:
"Ec7T. pirn tw o^ar^a, fafA, T0D a.ovuVou, S5 KtAiTrat Qtipfor,; and
in another place he says, that the Thymele was an altar, so called
from the verb ©&», " to sacrifice." On the Thymele, in the front
of the Pulpitum, or Logcum, were seated the musicians and cho-
risters, as may be conjectured from some remains of seats cut out
of the rock, at the back of the Thymele; see Fig. 2d. These
musicians were called Thymelici, from the Thymele on which
they were seated or stood when they performed their musical
operations. ' Thymelici erant musici scenici, qui in organis ct
lyris et citharis praccinebant, et dicti Thymelici, quod olim in or-
chestra stantes cantabant super pulpitum quod Thymele voca-
batur.' Isidorus, L. XVIII. C. XLVII. See also Montcnari, del
Teatro Olympico."
c It may be observed, that the pedestal of the bronze statue of
that great orator and statesman, the late Charles James Fox,
erected on the Bloomsbury estate of His Grace the Duke of Bedford,
appears to be an imitation of the Athenian Bcma in the Pnyx,
from which Demosthenes pronounced his Philippic Orations. The
modem Greeks, since the time of Chandler, call that locality Exa*«
tov AvpotrQlveos. The Athenians, according to Suidas, sometimes
swore before a stone, which Archbishop Potter, from the Scho-
liast on v. 68,3 of the Acharnenses of Aristophanes, says, was
' the /K^os, or tribunal in Pnyx'; and the number of votive tablets
discovered in the excavation by the Earl of Aberdeen, which were
formerly affixed to the rock on each side the stone oratory, shew
the extraordinary veneration in which the spot was held, and tend
to confirm the evidence of the identity of this place and Pnyx.
Seven of these Tabcllse Votivsc in marble, called n'maxa., or 'Ata-
Oij^ara, by the Greeks, have been presented to the British Mu-
seum. They are numbered 245—251, and in general are dedicated
'T^iVtw Aii, " to Jupiter the Most High"; and the niche to the
east of the Bcma has been supposed to have contained a statue
to that divinity. These inscriptions, by the form of the letters,
appear to be of an inferior date, and probably were affixed to the
Pnyx when it had ceased to be frequented by political assemblies
of the people.
Vide Dodwell's Trav. Vol. I. p. 402. Clarke's Trav. Part II.
S. II. C. V. Potter's Antiq. Book II. C. VI. Syn. Brit. Mus.
K. XV. Ced.J
d In reproducing this plate, we have more correctly delineated
the circular wall, whicli is probably of Pclasgic construction,
from the actual dimensions of the stones composing it, many of
which arc ten feet in length. They are bevelled at the joints,
producing the effect of rustication, or in fact exemplifying the
origin, or one of the earliest specimens of that species of linear
architectural decoration. Over the bema we have introduced
in illustration of the historical mention of the Pnyx by Plutarch,
an outline of the distant scenery beyond it, as viewed from the
rocks above the upper platform ; but which could not have been
seen from the present bcma, or from any part of the circular area
below it. The view comprehends the Piraeus, part of Salamis,
the Munychian Peninsula, and the summit of Mount Arach-
nseum in Peloponnesus. fED."!
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in the rock. A. are some steps which lead from the theatre to the level above it. B. is a rock cut in
the manner of a wall3. ' C. the pulpitum.,b
Fig. 2. The pulpitum, drawn by a larger scalec.
Fig. 3. Profile of the pulpitum.
" Fig. 4. Profile of the Steps marked A. on the General Plan."
" Fig. 5. View of the Monument, from the front of the circular external wall.""
" Fig. 6. Transverse section from back to front."
, The Head-Piece to this Chapter, " Plate XXXV. Fig. 3." is part of the capital of a pilaster.
The Tail-Piece, " Fig. 4. Plate XXXV." is an ornament found in the convent of Daphne.
Paus. Att. C. XXVIII. Meurs. Arcop. C XI. Hawkins'
Topography of Athens, in Walpole's Mem. Vol. I. p. 495. Pint,
'n Theseo. Harpocration in v. n^o7rv?.a.ia. Aristoph. Pax, v. 659.
Aves, v. 998. Pollux, L. VIII. C. X. Clarke's Travels, P.
II. S. XI. C. V. Horn. II. B. 547- Meursii Theseus, C. XXIX.
Steph. Byz. in v. n»i/|. Aristoph. Thesmoph. Not. Brunck. in
v. 658. Chandler's Travels, Vol. II. C. XIII. [ed.]
a We remarked, that of two stones remaining of this wall,
the largest, which was to the west, was 19 feet long, 9 feet high,
and 5 feet 6 inches thick; and it evidently had been moved
thither. [ed.]
Revett, in the list of errata to the original third volume, had
altered Pulpitum, where above introduced, to Thymelc. This
we feel it our duty to mention, as well as to add the following
observations by him, adopted by Reveley, although it will
be perceived, from our previous remarks, that we view them
as here quite inapplicable. [ed.]
' Mr. Kevctt adds, as follows:'
" Suidas explaining the word awh (scene), says, that in the
orchestra is the altar of Bacchus, which is called" the Thymele:
"Ec7T. pirn tw o^ar^a, fafA, T0D a.ovuVou, S5 KtAiTrat Qtipfor,; and
in another place he says, that the Thymele was an altar, so called
from the verb ©&», " to sacrifice." On the Thymele, in the front
of the Pulpitum, or Logcum, were seated the musicians and cho-
risters, as may be conjectured from some remains of seats cut out
of the rock, at the back of the Thymele; see Fig. 2d. These
musicians were called Thymelici, from the Thymele on which
they were seated or stood when they performed their musical
operations. ' Thymelici erant musici scenici, qui in organis ct
lyris et citharis praccinebant, et dicti Thymelici, quod olim in or-
chestra stantes cantabant super pulpitum quod Thymele voca-
batur.' Isidorus, L. XVIII. C. XLVII. See also Montcnari, del
Teatro Olympico."
c It may be observed, that the pedestal of the bronze statue of
that great orator and statesman, the late Charles James Fox,
erected on the Bloomsbury estate of His Grace the Duke of Bedford,
appears to be an imitation of the Athenian Bcma in the Pnyx,
from which Demosthenes pronounced his Philippic Orations. The
modem Greeks, since the time of Chandler, call that locality Exa*«
tov AvpotrQlveos. The Athenians, according to Suidas, sometimes
swore before a stone, which Archbishop Potter, from the Scho-
liast on v. 68,3 of the Acharnenses of Aristophanes, says, was
' the /K^os, or tribunal in Pnyx'; and the number of votive tablets
discovered in the excavation by the Earl of Aberdeen, which were
formerly affixed to the rock on each side the stone oratory, shew
the extraordinary veneration in which the spot was held, and tend
to confirm the evidence of the identity of this place and Pnyx.
Seven of these Tabcllse Votivsc in marble, called n'maxa., or 'Ata-
Oij^ara, by the Greeks, have been presented to the British Mu-
seum. They are numbered 245—251, and in general are dedicated
'T^iVtw Aii, " to Jupiter the Most High"; and the niche to the
east of the Bcma has been supposed to have contained a statue
to that divinity. These inscriptions, by the form of the letters,
appear to be of an inferior date, and probably were affixed to the
Pnyx when it had ceased to be frequented by political assemblies
of the people.
Vide Dodwell's Trav. Vol. I. p. 402. Clarke's Trav. Part II.
S. II. C. V. Potter's Antiq. Book II. C. VI. Syn. Brit. Mus.
K. XV. Ced.J
d In reproducing this plate, we have more correctly delineated
the circular wall, whicli is probably of Pclasgic construction,
from the actual dimensions of the stones composing it, many of
which arc ten feet in length. They are bevelled at the joints,
producing the effect of rustication, or in fact exemplifying the
origin, or one of the earliest specimens of that species of linear
architectural decoration. Over the bema we have introduced
in illustration of the historical mention of the Pnyx by Plutarch,
an outline of the distant scenery beyond it, as viewed from the
rocks above the upper platform ; but which could not have been
seen from the present bcma, or from any part of the circular area
below it. The view comprehends the Piraeus, part of Salamis,
the Munychian Peninsula, and the summit of Mount Arach-
nseum in Peloponnesus. fED."!
vol. nr.
E E