512 PELOPONNESUS. 
CHAP. PEOPLE OF THE LAND SHALL WORSHIP AT THE 
VIII. 
DOOR OF THE GATE BEFORE THE LORD, IN THE 
SABBATHS, AND IN THE NEW MOONS l" and in 
the sublime song of the sons of Korah\ the Gates 
of the Acropolis of Jerusalem, owing to their 
sanctity, are described as of more estimation in 
the sight of God, " than all the dwellings of 
Jacob." My cents has preserved for us, in a 
state of admirable perfection, a model of one 
of the oldest Citadels of the world; nor can 
there be found a more valuable monument for 
the consideration of the scholar profoundly 
versed in the history of antient art, than these 
precious relics of her Propyl&a, exhibiting 
examples of sculpture more antient than the 
Trojan War, and of the style of fortification 
used in the heroic ages; and also a plan of 
those Gates, where not only religious ceremonies 
were performed, but also the courts of judi- 
cature were held 2 . For this purpose, it was 
necessary that there should be a paved court, 
or open space, in the front of the Propyl&a; as 
(1) Psalms Ixxxvii. 2. 
(2) Vide Cbrimieo'i Parium, Epoch 5. where the place 'of Council 
for the Amjthictyoncs is called Ti^aix. Suidits says, that nut only the 
place ( ri*ti,) hut the Assembly itself, had this name. (Vid. Suid. IB 
we. Hu\-yfat.) See also Job xxix. 7. Pi. Ixix. 12, &c. 
