ON THE TOPOGRAPHY OF ATHENS. 487 



the same as that which rausanias denominates the temple of r? 

 Kov^oTco:poc and il-.^i^vfivjo y'kiy\ *, and ))laces under the southern flanks of ■ 

 the Acropolis, between which and the Olympium, if we Jollow the 

 order of his description, he fixes the position of the temple of Jiacchus 

 in Limnis. By the other ancient temples which stood in the same 

 quarter, Thucydides must have meant several more of those which are 

 placed by Pausanias on the south of the theatre, or in the Ceramicus ; 

 for instance, the Metroinn, the temple of Venus Urania, &c. as well 

 as the Leocorium, the ^Eacontcum, and others, which he does not 

 notice, f • 



Having- now proved both from the text of Pausanias, and other his- 

 torical evidence, compared with existing monuments and local cir- 

 cumstances, that the interior ('eramicus was on the south side of the 

 Acropolis, it follows that Barthelemy and other writers are mistaken 

 in placing it on the north side, on the authority of a single passage in 

 Plutarch's Life of Sylla ; and it is unfortunate that this mistake has led 

 the former to misplace almost every monument of anti(|uity in his 

 plan of Athens J, and involuntarily to mislead his readers. But as 

 the reputation of such a man as Barthelemy is not to be impeached 

 upon light grounds, or without a hearing, and the authority upon 

 which he relies is very specious, I shall devote some time to its 

 examination. 



The passage to which I allude is as follows : — After describing the 

 slaughter which took place when Athens was taken by assault, Plu- 

 tarch adds, " for besides those who fell in other parts of the city, 

 the blood which was shed in the Agora alone covered the whole Cera- 



* KougoTgo'ifSof r^. Siiidas. But Tala ami Ar;|U.i5Tr]g were originally the same, " Nee sine 

 causa Terrani eandeni appcllabant niatrem, et Ccrercm." Varro. 



t The Leocorium is placeil on the authority of Demosthenes in the Ceramicus ; Dcmosth. 

 in Conon : — and the Temple of ^lEacus, on that of Herodotus; Lib. v. c. 89. 



X Barthelemy, in acknowledging his obligations for the able assistance of M. Barbie de 

 Boccage, takes upon himself the whole responsibility for these errors: — " Connne nous 

 diffcrons sur quelques points principaux de I'lntericur, il ne doit pas repondre des erreurs 

 qu' on trouvera dans cette partie du plan." . ;.ju!ii i.,.i ••: .• i : ».f - 



