at a diftance, o f Jupiter; with altars o f the unknown gods and
o f the heroes*
W® #o»®d by Phaleruta and Munychia a few fragment«, with
jubbifo. Some pieces o f columns and a mined church probably
mark the fite o f one' of the temples. In many places the rock,
which is naked* has been cut away. On the brow toward
Muftyehia a narrow rigge is left landing, with fmall ftfehfo-and
grooves cut in it, as by the -lake of My uS, perhaps to receive
the offerings made to the marine deities oh landing ? or before
embarking, to render them propitious; and for the mfertion Of
votive tablets, as memorials erf sdiftrefs and of their adi&nce^.
One ftone is hollowed f© us to refemble a ceiitry-box. The
walling o f the Pirsfeus rnUft have been greatly expedited by thefe
^ateieSj, which are mentioned hy-JCefRiJ&oU. A t Phalerom the
foil appeared fhallow, but produces corn. !PJo -trees or buihei*
grow there;
» T h e port o f die Kraus has been named Porto B R R
from the marble lion feeft Su the obstft, and l i f e Porto
The Eon has been defctibed as a ptefce o f adtftirable foiilptufe,
ten feet daigh^ -and os tepefing on hinder ••pafts. It was
pierced, and, as fome havC OonjeCtured, had belonged to ;a
fountain* JNToar -Athens, in die ’Way to EfofffiSi S^as; atidtiier,
the pofture oouehant, probably its -companion. Roth thefe Were
removed, to Venice by the fan*>u<s general Morofim^: fod
ftdbe feen foere, before «he-aif&nal-. A t fo e mouth of the poit
are two ruinedepiters. A few vOl&Is, m o % fiftdiLcfoffo&equetit
4t. -Some low land a t the -head foems an focfoachrftfefitonfoe
water. The buildings' We a mean 'da'ftom-fcoufe, with t ffew
flaeds j and by the fhore on the eaftEde, a"Warehoufe belonging
to the French ;aftd-a -Gfttfek friefcafeery dedicated^ rSt. Spiifflon.
Gn the oppofite tide ds Ja rocky -tidge, fon Which ate remnants
o f the antient wall, and o f a gateway toward Athens. By the
* SeeMufeum Venetiarifltn, t. 2. ‘
water
m
water edge are veftiges of building j pid going from the ciiftom-
houfe to the city on the right hand, traces o f a fmall theatre iii
the fide of the hill of Munychia \
O ne o f the marbles, which we brought from Athens,
relates to the fale of this theatre ; containing a decree for crowning
with olive a perfon, ,wh© had procured an advance in the
price; and. alfo for crowning the buyers, four in number. Oft
another .marble* the honours of; a ito%% feat in the theatre, with
an olive-crown and- feveral immunities and privileges, is eon-
ferred op one Callidamusr^and it is efta^ed* that the crown be
proclaimed by the herald in the füll aflömbly, tö demontoate
that the Piraeenfians had a proper regard for men of merit. This
infeription is not more remarkable for it« antiquity/which is
very great* than for Its fine prefervätion, being as fair as when -
firft repofited in the-temple o f> l^fea. ^ A third contained the
conditions, on which the Pirseengans leafed out foe fea-fhore,
ansi fi|temar£hes, the Thefeum aud other faerid portions. It is
dated in the archonlhipsof Archippus, about three hundred and
eighteen years before Chrift.
C H A P . VL
We fe t m t fa r A t hens-*--Two toads defaribed by Pailfamias — The
. barrow o f Euripides - - The public dßerns— M . Eyeabettus
W i arrive at the*French convent---Reception at Athens.
A R T E R viewing the monaftery o f St. Spiridion and the
ports, We. returned t© the euftomrhoufe, and waited t© hear
fr©fti Athens, not without fome impatience. We few the
Acropolis or citadel, with the great temple of Minerva, from
foe window. An ar.ch.on, named Ianaehi Ifofinae, to .whom we
had fefit, arrived before noon, attended by a feryant, t© welcome
Piraus ^ ThaPjdides, 2fenpp}iQj>, and the prafer Lyfias. Meurfii
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