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IN
ASIA MINOR
AND
GREECE.
BY THE LATE
RICHARD CHANDLER, D. D.
A NEW EDITION,
WITH CORRECTIONS AND REMARKS
NICHOLAS REVETT, ESQ.
TO WHICH IS PREFIXED ·
AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR,
BY
RALPH CHURTON, M. A.
ARCHDEACON OF ST. DAVID'S.
VOL. II.
OXFORD,
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.
MDCCCXXV.
CONTENTS.
CHAP. I.
OUR bark-We leave Smyrna-The sails and yards-We put
into a creek-The vintage begun-Of Psyra-A storm—The
night-We gain a port in Euboea-Sail by Carystus-In a
creek of Attica
P. 1
CHAP. II.
Set sail of Hydre-We pass the island Helene-In the port of
Sunium-Of the town-The temple of Minerva Sunias-Hy-
driote vessels
6
CHAP. III.
Of the island Ægina-We sail by the island of Patroclus-Our
mariners-We arrive at Ægina-View from mount Panhel-
lenius-Story of Eacus-Temple of Jupiter-We set sail for
the city of Ægina
CHAP. IV.
10
Shoals and rocks-A phenomenon-We anchor in the mole of
Ægina Of the city-Of the barrow of Phocus-Phreattys-
Of Ea-The present town-The island
CHAP. V.
-
15
We arrive in the Piræus-Of the ports of Athens-Phalerum and
Munychia Remark on Phalerum-Piræus-The town-The
long walls-Other fortifications-Their state under the Ro-
mans-Present state of Phalerum and Munychia-Of the Pi-
ræus-Inscriptions - 21
CHAP. VI.
We set out for Athens-Two roads described by Pausanias-
The barrow of Euripides-The public cisterns-M. Lycabet-
tus-We arrive at the French convent-Reception at
Athens
28
CHAP. VII.
The city of Cecrops-Athens burned by the Persians, &c.-Un-
der the Macedonians-Receives a Roman garrison-Defaced
by Sylla-State under the Roman emperors-Governed by a
pro-consul-Kindness of Hadrian-The city-wall restored-
Besieged and taken-Favoured by Constantine the Great-In
danger from the Goths-Sacked by Alaric-A chasm in its
history-Under various masters after the twelfth century—
Unknown in the sixteenth-Ancient extent of the walls 32
CHAP. VIII.
Of modern Athens-The antiquities-The citadel-Its ancient
and present state-Remark
CHAP. IX.
- 41
Of Pericles-Of his buildings-Entrance of the Acropolis-The
Propylea-Story of the architect-The temple of Victory, or
right wing of the Propylea-The left wing-Present state of
the Propylea-Of the temple-Ignorance of the Turks and
Greeks-Of the left wing-The Propylea, when ruined-In-
scription on a pedestal
СНАР. Х.
46
Of the Parthenon-Of the statue of Minerva-Of Phidias-The
statue remaining after Julian-When removed-The tem-
ple, when ruined-Described in 1676-Present state-The
pediments-Other sculptures-Copied by Mr. Pars
CHAP. XI.
54
Of the Erechtheum-Temple of Neptune-Temple of Minerva
Polias-Story of Pandrosos-Present state of the temples of
Neptune and Minerva-Of the Pandroseum-Business of the
virgins called Canephori-Images of Minerva-The treasury-
Inscriptions
CHAP. XII.
64
Front of the hill of the Acropolis-The cave of Apollo and Pan
-A fountain and statue-The Pelasgicon and long rocks-An
inscription-The theatre of Bacchus-The Athenians fond of
gladiators-A grotto and choragic monument-The Odeum of
Pericles and Atticus Herodes
72
CHAP. XIII.
Of the Areopagus-The tribunal when extinct-The Pnyx-Ac-
count of Pnyx
CHAP. XIV.
83
Story of Theseus-A temple erected to him-The decorations-
Present state of the temple-The sculptures-Gymnasium of
Ptolemy
CHAP. XV.
86
A marble arch or gateway-The temple of Jupiter Olympius-
Not finished before Hadrian-Number of statues, &c.-The
ruin-Of the water of Athens-An aqueduct-Of the Erida-
nus and Ilissus-Remark-An ancient bridge
CHAP. XVI.
91
The Stadium-Rebuilt by Atticus Herodes-Present state-A
temple by the Ilissus-Once the Eleusinium-The lesser mys-
teries-Temple of Diana the huntress-The fountain Callirhoe,
or Enneacrunus-Scene of a dialogue of Plato-Changed 100
CHAP. XVII.
The Museum-Monument of Philopappus-Sepulchres-The
Cimonian sepulchres-The éminence fronting the Acropolis
CHAP. XVIII.
107
Of the gate called Dipylon-Abstract of Pausanias-The Pom-
peium, &c.—Statues of Jupiter and Hadrian-Of Harmodius
and Aristogiton-Paintings in Poecile―The region called Me-
lite-The Agora-The altar of Pity
CHAP. XIX.
111
Abstract of Pausanias-Of the temple of the Dioscuri and of
Agraulos-Columns of different kinds of marble-Of the Del-
phinium-Of the temple of Venus in the gardens
CHAP. XX.
118
Abstract of Pausanias-The Prytaneum-Of the street called
the Tripods and a monument remaining-Inscriptions-The
Dionysium-Other temples-Of Pandion and of the goddess
Rome, &c. in the Acropolis-The fountain Empedo-Cessa-