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TOPOGRAPHY
107
The dry stream-bed around the north and west of the site is the Kevma-tou-Kastrou,
and may be the Eleutherion of Pausanias, while a natural assumption would identify the
river-bed on the east as the Asterion, although the balance of evidence seems finally to
uphold Steffen's view that the Asterion is the stream which flows down the far eastern
flank of Mount Elias and loses itself in the Klisura glen, and is not shown upon our
map.1
The architectural remains of the Heraeum are unfortunately too few to afford an exact
restoration of all the buildings. The peculiar prominence and accessibility of the site
Fig. 48. — Argivb Heraeum : View of the site from the west.
The men are excavating the Lower Stoa (X).
rendered it a convenient quarry for later builders, and the mediaeval churches on the
plain and the fortresses on the adjacent hills have been largely constructed of stones
direction of one peak of Mount Euboea to be 30° 32'
east of true north, and its elevation above the horizon
18° 8'. Another peak was 27° 53' north of east and
elevated 12° 41'. Mount Arachnaeum was 18° 37' south
of east and elevated 2° 55'. Directly south was the
island Bourzi, near Nauplia, with its water line 0° 51'
below the horizon. Directly west the mountain sum-
mit was elevated 2° 38'. From the first station-point of
the theodolite I ran a line due south, and from this
erected verticals east and west as base lines and obtained
tlie angle that the ruins of each building made with the
base lines. The running measurements were made with
a steel metric tape, wherein I was assisted by Iohannes, a
little Greek boy from Chonica.
The extent of the site occupied by the construction is
about 500 m. north and south by 1000 m. east and west.
The difference in levels between the highest building (the
Old Temple, I) and the lowest building (Stoa X) is
29.34 m., as is shown by the table in the text (p. 108).
When measuring the ruins my primary object was not to
formulate any theories, but to obtain exact data, and to this
end I made careful running measurements of the joints
of every accessible stone in the ruins of each building and
made drawings of each to the scale of one centimetre to
the metre, verifying all to insure accuracy. I next mea-
sured and drew to a larger scale plans, elevations, sections,
and isometric perspectives of all the loose stones and
architectural fragments found on the site, 310 in all, and
made full-size drawings of all capitals to obtain their exact
profiles, and of the ornamental details, e. g. lions' heads
and cyma-mouldings, and gave to each of the 310 frag-
ments a number in order to facilitate reference. Finally,
I made colored drawings of the terra-cotta fragments and
water-color sketches of the landscapes.
The method of procedure is described in full to show
that, notwithstanding the lack of expert assistance and of
fine measuring instruments, a careful endeavor was made
to obtain exactly all the data yielded by the site. The
results are now presented to the reader, who is thus fur-
nished with all the materials, and can make his own
restorations of the buildings should he disagree with the
deductions of the author.
It may be well to note here that the shadows on all of
the drawings are projected at 45°, thereby enabling one
to determine the height of an object by the width of its
shadow on the plan, and the projection of an object by
the height of its shadow on the elevation.
I wish to express my thanks to Mr. Milton Bancroft,
Mr. E. A. Josselyn, and Mr. E. B. Nolan, who have
assisted me in rendering some of the drawings.
1 Cf. Dr. Waldstein's Introduction, p. 15.
107
The dry stream-bed around the north and west of the site is the Kevma-tou-Kastrou,
and may be the Eleutherion of Pausanias, while a natural assumption would identify the
river-bed on the east as the Asterion, although the balance of evidence seems finally to
uphold Steffen's view that the Asterion is the stream which flows down the far eastern
flank of Mount Elias and loses itself in the Klisura glen, and is not shown upon our
map.1
The architectural remains of the Heraeum are unfortunately too few to afford an exact
restoration of all the buildings. The peculiar prominence and accessibility of the site
Fig. 48. — Argivb Heraeum : View of the site from the west.
The men are excavating the Lower Stoa (X).
rendered it a convenient quarry for later builders, and the mediaeval churches on the
plain and the fortresses on the adjacent hills have been largely constructed of stones
direction of one peak of Mount Euboea to be 30° 32'
east of true north, and its elevation above the horizon
18° 8'. Another peak was 27° 53' north of east and
elevated 12° 41'. Mount Arachnaeum was 18° 37' south
of east and elevated 2° 55'. Directly south was the
island Bourzi, near Nauplia, with its water line 0° 51'
below the horizon. Directly west the mountain sum-
mit was elevated 2° 38'. From the first station-point of
the theodolite I ran a line due south, and from this
erected verticals east and west as base lines and obtained
tlie angle that the ruins of each building made with the
base lines. The running measurements were made with
a steel metric tape, wherein I was assisted by Iohannes, a
little Greek boy from Chonica.
The extent of the site occupied by the construction is
about 500 m. north and south by 1000 m. east and west.
The difference in levels between the highest building (the
Old Temple, I) and the lowest building (Stoa X) is
29.34 m., as is shown by the table in the text (p. 108).
When measuring the ruins my primary object was not to
formulate any theories, but to obtain exact data, and to this
end I made careful running measurements of the joints
of every accessible stone in the ruins of each building and
made drawings of each to the scale of one centimetre to
the metre, verifying all to insure accuracy. I next mea-
sured and drew to a larger scale plans, elevations, sections,
and isometric perspectives of all the loose stones and
architectural fragments found on the site, 310 in all, and
made full-size drawings of all capitals to obtain their exact
profiles, and of the ornamental details, e. g. lions' heads
and cyma-mouldings, and gave to each of the 310 frag-
ments a number in order to facilitate reference. Finally,
I made colored drawings of the terra-cotta fragments and
water-color sketches of the landscapes.
The method of procedure is described in full to show
that, notwithstanding the lack of expert assistance and of
fine measuring instruments, a careful endeavor was made
to obtain exactly all the data yielded by the site. The
results are now presented to the reader, who is thus fur-
nished with all the materials, and can make his own
restorations of the buildings should he disagree with the
deductions of the author.
It may be well to note here that the shadows on all of
the drawings are projected at 45°, thereby enabling one
to determine the height of an object by the width of its
shadow on the plan, and the projection of an object by
the height of its shadow on the elevation.
I wish to express my thanks to Mr. Milton Bancroft,
Mr. E. A. Josselyn, and Mr. E. B. Nolan, who have
assisted me in rendering some of the drawings.
1 Cf. Dr. Waldstein's Introduction, p. 15.