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ARCHITECTURE OE THE ARGIVE HERAEUM
the north rises about five hundred feet (152 metres) above the sea level, and the beauty
of the site is sufficiently attested by the fact that the Greeks chose it for the sanctuary
of Hera (Plates II., III., Figs. 40, 47, 48).
Pig. 1 (]). 7) is a map of the Argive plain based upon Steft'en's map of the Argolid
given in his Karten von Mykenai, 1884. The site of the Heraeum is indicated upon it
by a small rectangle which is enlarged and shown in detail in the upper right-hand
Fig. 47. — Argive Heraeum : View of the site from the east.
The rocky eminence is the same as shown in Fig. 4(5, below which the tents of the excavating party
are pitched. In the centre of the picture is the Cyclopean wall which supports the Old Temple
terrace ; next, to the left, is the Second Temple platform ; then the phylakeion and the slope to
the South Stoa. The retaining walls of the East Building are visible near the centre of the
picture and in about a line below the Cyclopean wall. The tilled ground in the foreground
is shown on Plate IV.
corner of the illustration.1 Again on this enlarged plan is shown, by a small white
square, the position of the entrance to the tunnels or subway aqueducts which are
referred to by Dr. Waldstein in the General Introduction (pp. 14 ff.).
The Heraeum lay approximately three miles southeast by south from Mycenae,2 four
and one half miles northwest from Midea, six miles north-northwest from Tiryns, eight
miles north-northwest from Nauplia, and four and one half miles northeast from Argos.
The site is shielded on the north and northeast by the mountain peaks of Euboea and
Hagios Elias (Berbatiotikos), which tower in heights that vary from one to two thousand
feet above the level of the gulf. Plate IV. is a general map of the site of the Heraeum
showing the present condition of the ruins after excavation. The map is drawn on a
true north and south axis, the variation of the compass needle being 0° 43' west of true
north when this survey was made in April, 1895.3
1 The small Roman numerals on this larger rectangle
are the same as in Plate IV., and are explained in the
legend of this Plate. They are also used throughout this
chapter, and elsewhere in this publication.
2 Pausanias, II. 17 : " To the left of Mycenae, at a dis-
tance of fifteen furlongs (stadia) is the Heraeum " (Fra-
zer's translation). As a stadium was about GOO feet,
Pausanias's statement would make the distance 9000 feet,
or less than two miles.
8 To survey the site I began on the rising ground north
of the Old Temple and placed the theodolite on the spot
indicated on Plate IV. by a circle and cross-lines. The
direction of true north was obtained as follows : Thurs-
day, April 4, 1895, at midnight and four minutes I
sighted Polaris with the star Alioth in line above it.
Waiting until 12.28, I sighted the north star alone and
marked the spot (No. 1) under the plummet of the instru-
ment, and another (No. 2) under a plummet depending
from a pole 1.35 m. from No. 1, and then placed a pin at a
point (No. 3) in line with No. 1 and No. 2, and 5.48 in. from
the former. Friday morning, April 5, I fastened a taut
string along the line 1, 2, and 3, and another string- from
No. 1 in the direction of the compass needle. Then
sighting each string in turn through the theodolite, I read
the degrees of variation as 6° 43' west of true north.
From this station-point of the instrument I found the
ARCHITECTURE OE THE ARGIVE HERAEUM
the north rises about five hundred feet (152 metres) above the sea level, and the beauty
of the site is sufficiently attested by the fact that the Greeks chose it for the sanctuary
of Hera (Plates II., III., Figs. 40, 47, 48).
Pig. 1 (]). 7) is a map of the Argive plain based upon Steft'en's map of the Argolid
given in his Karten von Mykenai, 1884. The site of the Heraeum is indicated upon it
by a small rectangle which is enlarged and shown in detail in the upper right-hand
Fig. 47. — Argive Heraeum : View of the site from the east.
The rocky eminence is the same as shown in Fig. 4(5, below which the tents of the excavating party
are pitched. In the centre of the picture is the Cyclopean wall which supports the Old Temple
terrace ; next, to the left, is the Second Temple platform ; then the phylakeion and the slope to
the South Stoa. The retaining walls of the East Building are visible near the centre of the
picture and in about a line below the Cyclopean wall. The tilled ground in the foreground
is shown on Plate IV.
corner of the illustration.1 Again on this enlarged plan is shown, by a small white
square, the position of the entrance to the tunnels or subway aqueducts which are
referred to by Dr. Waldstein in the General Introduction (pp. 14 ff.).
The Heraeum lay approximately three miles southeast by south from Mycenae,2 four
and one half miles northwest from Midea, six miles north-northwest from Tiryns, eight
miles north-northwest from Nauplia, and four and one half miles northeast from Argos.
The site is shielded on the north and northeast by the mountain peaks of Euboea and
Hagios Elias (Berbatiotikos), which tower in heights that vary from one to two thousand
feet above the level of the gulf. Plate IV. is a general map of the site of the Heraeum
showing the present condition of the ruins after excavation. The map is drawn on a
true north and south axis, the variation of the compass needle being 0° 43' west of true
north when this survey was made in April, 1895.3
1 The small Roman numerals on this larger rectangle
are the same as in Plate IV., and are explained in the
legend of this Plate. They are also used throughout this
chapter, and elsewhere in this publication.
2 Pausanias, II. 17 : " To the left of Mycenae, at a dis-
tance of fifteen furlongs (stadia) is the Heraeum " (Fra-
zer's translation). As a stadium was about GOO feet,
Pausanias's statement would make the distance 9000 feet,
or less than two miles.
8 To survey the site I began on the rising ground north
of the Old Temple and placed the theodolite on the spot
indicated on Plate IV. by a circle and cross-lines. The
direction of true north was obtained as follows : Thurs-
day, April 4, 1895, at midnight and four minutes I
sighted Polaris with the star Alioth in line above it.
Waiting until 12.28, I sighted the north star alone and
marked the spot (No. 1) under the plummet of the instru-
ment, and another (No. 2) under a plummet depending
from a pole 1.35 m. from No. 1, and then placed a pin at a
point (No. 3) in line with No. 1 and No. 2, and 5.48 in. from
the former. Friday morning, April 5, I fastened a taut
string along the line 1, 2, and 3, and another string- from
No. 1 in the direction of the compass needle. Then
sighting each string in turn through the theodolite, I read
the degrees of variation as 6° 43' west of true north.
From this station-point of the instrument I found the