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PANORAMIC VIEW OF ATHENS. 



Isidore, in Orig., remarks that he was depicted muliebri et delicato 

 corpore. ] Ed. 



K. 10. The remains of an ancient portico supposed by Stuart to be 

 either part of the periboius of the temple of Bacchus, or the portico 

 of Eumenes. 



L. 11. The Parthenon, west front.* 



M. 10. Ruins of a theatre. Wheler, Pococke, and Stuart, suppose 

 it to have been the theatre of Bacchus ; Chandler and Barthelemy call 

 it the Odeum of Herodes Atticus. From the situation of it, I should 

 certainly conclude that it was the theatre of Bacchus. It appears 

 from Pausanias that the theatre of Bacchus, the Cave of Pan, the 

 Propylaga, and Areopagus were all near each other. If we allow the 

 ruins to belong to the theatre of Bacchus, these particulars agree 

 with Pausanias j they are irreconcilable, if we place it at the S. E. 

 angle of the Acropolis. Pausanias says, there was a cave above 

 the theatre, and a tripod upon it ; such a cave is still seen at the S. E. 

 corner of the citadel ; and this Barthelemy adduces as a strong 

 argument for placing the theatre of Bacchus in that situation. But 

 this is not sufficient to outweigh the rest of Pausanias's narrative ; 

 especially as there is another cave, not far from the ruins of the S. W. 

 point, on which Wheler supposes a tripod to have been placed. 



N. 11. Modern tower, built near the site of the temple of Victory 

 Apteros. Paus. 1. i. From this part of the citadel iEgeus threw himself 

 down in a fit of despair for the supposed death of Theseus. Paus. ib. 



O. 1. An ancient building of white marble, and formerly a gallery 

 for pictures. Paus. 1. i. This and the temple of Victory Apteros 

 were connected by a range of Doric columns, placed at the top of the 

 steps of the Propylasa ; and through this portico was the chief en- 

 trance into the Acropolis. The space between the columns has been 

 filled up by a modern wall ; and a very short time before my arrival 



* Concerning the front or proper entrance of the Parthenon, see "Visconti's Memoir. 

 Theodosius Zygomalas in a letter to Martin Crusius, speaking of the ancient buildings 

 remaining in the year 1575 at Athens, refers to what he calls the UavSeov; and mentions 

 i-navui t>jj //.eyaAtjj ttuXijj SWouj Suo <pf,vcn<jo-o(j.evo'jc avipo/jLeuv els ca^xa. A head of one of the 

 horses now in the Elgin collection, and brought from the west tympanum of the Parthe- 

 non, is probably alluded to. It is a piece of sculpture of the highest merit. — Ed. 



