ATHENS. 24 
speaking of the PRYTANEUM, Pausanias says 4 , CHAP. 
" Hence, to those going towards the lower parts 
of the city, the Temple of Serapis presents itself, 
whose worship the Athenians received from 
Ptolemy :" adding, " Among the Egyptian fanes 
of this Deity, the most renowned, indeed, is that 
of ALEXANDRIA, but the most antient that of 
MEMPHIS." But, in answer to this, it may 
be observed, that the same author also ascends 
from the Prytancum, along the street of the Tripods, 
towards the Propyltea *. Moreover, it is recorded, 
that the tablets of the laws which had been pre- 
served in the Citadel were afterwards removed 
to the Prytaneum 6 ; and they were termed rouf 
zarutisv vopovg, because they were kept in the 
lower city. 
With regard to the ERECTHEUM, which is Er 
situate at the distance of about a hundred and 
fifty feet to the north of the Parthenon, it has 
generally been described as consisting of three 
(4) 'F.itt-jfai IOV/TIV 1; Tot, x,a,ru <rri; VoAiafj, Ta^asr/Saf Iffriy li^oi, at 'AJvvitTot 
fagx nTt>%.i[&iztou tfiat iffnyK'yavn, Alyufrioi} at li^a, 'SagtiiriSos, ivfitfania'T&'rot 
(tit IfriY 1 AXs|aSS!/a'/v, &0%aiarara II l> Mt/tifii. Pausanicc, lib. i. c. 18. 
p. 42. Lips. 1696. 
(5) a Efrt Ss 'olat u.tfo nu Tlv<ran!et> xa.Z.ovp'tvn T^tftStf. Pausan. lib. i. 
c. 20. p. 46. .Lips. 1696. 
(6) Jul. Pollux, lib. viii. c. 10. dmst. 1706. 
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