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.

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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
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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.

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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

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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.

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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-