Wordsworth, Christopher: Athens and Attica: journal of a residence (London, 1837)

CHAP. XII.] SUBTERRANEAN ASCENT FROM IT. 87

use as proving the existence of a subterraneous com-
munication, which it is built to intercept, between
this cave and the interior of the Acropolis. The
obstructing wall itself is pierced with loopholes, in
which the muskets of those within this subterraneous
communication may be inserted. This communication
is a strong argument in favour of those who believe
this cave to be that of Agraulus.

The expression /uv^oiSeK naicpal1 (hollowed steep)
applied by Euripides to the cave of Agraulus, denot-
ing both a secret cavity and a steep ascent, together
with his indication of its proximity to the cave of
Pan, correspond to this cave better than to any
other.

The same conclusion arises from a consideration
of a stratagem of Peisistratus2. He convened the
Athenians in the Anaceium (the Temple of the Anakes
or Dioscuri)3 which was below the Agrauleium, to
the north, with the view of disarming them. While

1 Eurip. Ion. 492.

w IT a v b 5 daKij/xaTa teat
irapav\i%ov(ra irerpa
^u^aj^etrt /xaicpaTs,
'iva xopoirs aTeiftovai iroSoie
AypavXov Kopat rpiyovoi
a-rddia y\oepd irpd UaWddov
vawtf.
The vaol here are the Erectheum and the Parthenon.

2 Polyasn. Strat. I. 21.

3 The position of which, assigned on the authority of Pausanias, is
confirmed by the inscription found near the spot by Dodwell. i. p. 371.