DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.1031#0137
CHAPTER XV.
ATHENS----THE ACROPOLIS.
Propyltza, Parthenon.
Adsta, atque Athenas antiquum opulentum oppidum
Contempla; atque templum Cereris ad laevam adspice.
1 Ennivjs Medea, p. 22. Scriver.
Pause here, and scan the rich and antique Athens,
And mark the fane of Ceres on the left.
There is something of peculiar interest attached
to that single door of St Peter's Church at Rome,
which is opened by the hand of the Pope to admit
into the church the crowds of the periodic Jubilee;
and at all other times, remains shut. No one can
look on that entrance without reflecting what a deep
and strong tide of feeling has flowed through it.
Here we stand now before the Propylsea of the
Athenian Acropolis. Through the central door of
this building moved the periodic processions of the
Panathenaic Jubilee. The marks of their chariot
1 The Temple of Ceres, (see Pausan. i. 22.) stood on the right of the
entrance to the Propyleea. The Propylsea were probably depicted as
the scenic decoration of this play of Ennius. To the actors, therefore,
turning to the audience, the Temple of Ceres was on their left, as here
expressed. For the same reason, it seems, the Herseum is placed to the
left of Argos and Mycenae by Sophocles, (Electr. 7-) whereas, in fact, to a
person approaching these places, it was on the right of both.
ATHENS----THE ACROPOLIS.
Propyltza, Parthenon.
Adsta, atque Athenas antiquum opulentum oppidum
Contempla; atque templum Cereris ad laevam adspice.
1 Ennivjs Medea, p. 22. Scriver.
Pause here, and scan the rich and antique Athens,
And mark the fane of Ceres on the left.
There is something of peculiar interest attached
to that single door of St Peter's Church at Rome,
which is opened by the hand of the Pope to admit
into the church the crowds of the periodic Jubilee;
and at all other times, remains shut. No one can
look on that entrance without reflecting what a deep
and strong tide of feeling has flowed through it.
Here we stand now before the Propylsea of the
Athenian Acropolis. Through the central door of
this building moved the periodic processions of the
Panathenaic Jubilee. The marks of their chariot
1 The Temple of Ceres, (see Pausan. i. 22.) stood on the right of the
entrance to the Propyleea. The Propylsea were probably depicted as
the scenic decoration of this play of Ennius. To the actors, therefore,
turning to the audience, the Temple of Ceres was on their left, as here
expressed. For the same reason, it seems, the Herseum is placed to the
left of Argos and Mycenae by Sophocles, (Electr. 7-) whereas, in fact, to a
person approaching these places, it was on the right of both.