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ON THE TOPOGRAPHY OF ATHENS. 



remains of the Doric portal, which forms the entrance to it. The 

 Gymnasium of Ptolemy and the Theseum are the two next. The 

 situation of the Temenos of Aglaurus on the eastern declivity of the 

 Acropolis, which I have taken some pains to ascertain, determines 

 pretty nearly that of the Anaceum and the Prytaneum, as well as the 

 site of the temple of Ilithya ; all which are fixed with still more pre- 

 cision by the positions of the Olympium and the theatre ; the last, 

 and perhaps the least equivocal points in the topography of Athens. 



Having thus established the claims of Pausanias to the merit of 

 veracity and correctness, I shall beg leave to make some remarks on 

 the method which is observable in his description of the antiquities of 

 Athens, and on his omissions. 



Proceeding directly from the Piraeus in the direction of the northern 

 long wall, Pausanias enters by the gate which was nearest to the 

 Acropolis, when, turning to the right, he soon reaches the most 

 ancient, most important, and most frequented part of the city, the 

 Ceramicus. After making the tour of this quarter, and noticing some 

 objects beyond it, he returns to the spot where he began, for the 

 purpose, as it would appear, of mentioning a few buildings which he 

 had omitted ; and from thence he proceeds with the Pirasan gate on 

 his left, to the north. His course however, on this side of the 

 Acropolis, is more desultory; for when he has noticed the new Agora, 

 (incidentally,) the Gymnasium of Ptolemy, and the Theseum, which 

 two last lead him far to the left, he turns suddenly round, and 

 retraces his steps towards the Acropolis, for the purpose of visiting 

 the Anaceum, the sacred portion of Aglaurus and the Prytaneum. 

 From hence, he continues his course easterly to the temples of 

 Serapis and Ilithya, the Olympium, the Delphinium, the temple of 

 Venus in the gardens, Cynosarges, the Lyceum, the Uissus, and the 

 Stadium, where, in a direction about due south from the Prytaneum, 

 he finishes his second excursion. 



He starts again from the Prytaneum to commence his third 

 excursion ; and at first proceeds due south along the street of the 

 Tripods; from whence he turns to the right, and approaches the 



