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mountain* where, it is believed, was the Melitenfiart gate j and
within, is a fepulchre or two in the rock. Going, on, other
fepulchres hewn in . the fide,, óf the momtaip, like thofe firft
mentioned, occur; and here again we may regret that no
friendly infcription informs us of ^thèir refpeélive owners j but
t&ëfb Were named ^Pke Cimenian fepulchres. Herodotus. relates*
that the fepulchre of Cimon, father of Miltiades, was fronting
the acropolis, beyond the way called fhrdugh Cede * and that
near him were interred his mares, which had obtained for him
three vidtories at Olympia. Cimon, fon of Miltiades, died in
Cyprus, and Thucydides the hiftorian was flain in Thrace j
but the relics of each were tranfported to the burying-place of
their family. The fepulchre of. Thucydides was by that of
Elpinice, the filler of Cimon, in Ccelè, not far frbm • the
Melitenfian gate, and in it was a tela or column t ftlrrihprl
« Thucydides fon. of Ölörus, of AlimsaJ*. There alfo was
ihovvn a tomb of Herodotus.
T ujb afeent to the brow is farther on the left hand, beyond
Pnyx; and by the track are fmall channels, already mentioned,
cut in the rock, perhaps to receive libations. -Ê|on»,.|6at
eminence, on which the Perfians,.. and before them the-Amazons,
encamped near the Areopagus, the Venetians battered
the acropolis with four mortars and fix .pieces of, rarmnn^ m
1687, when the roof of the Parthenon was deftroyed. This
event was remembered by a little old man living at Athens,
who conduced me to a ruined windmill above Pnyx as {landing
on or near the fpot from which the bomb was thrown.
C H A P ,
C H A P. „ XVI1I.
Qf>sthfi gate called. Dipylon P F - W t e
. pdunty & f. -r-r Staiues (fffupiter aniMadrian ~r O f Harmo-
dius.and 4nJlogiton— P.amtings in Peeeile— flje .region called
.M elke—l f ’he Agora — Phe altar of Pity.
Should proceed next to the antiquities. .withj«t^;p .^ ^
town, ^but thefe have been publilbed with accuracy and fidelity
by two of our. countrymen, one of whom was my oooipaniOIi
in*this expedition., To. their work I the cwAou^*$ $ 0%
asid»rto complete pun view of this xllulirisHi#j;c^y^ih|^r ^®^
di^eft;Paulaoijks the digr^ons, .which,oh^oro Ks 'WfStfciod*
uM were .nn^rnbarrafiedi-Ta J^scfcrF^y ? Tnhr
joining fame farther account of a few of the places, apd
remarks, .qo .their fituation as may contribute tp. ehl^^ l9ur
knflwlege .of the general topography of. antient,Athens? i A'it
firft wfi) {hall treat o f the gate Dipylotv.,
I Di®?vi*q.n was the gate,at whichiSylla entered Jfom.the
Pirasu%‘* and, was fqmetimes calledthe:.jPiremn Ggtfpy i f
toward Thria;abd :Eleufis, and was Jikewifecalled the
(Sae&d Gate, u- A: region within and-A . {kbstlfe^ri^.hit
being nam^sthevCeEamicus, it was alfe ealled- ika:--&etty$d$S
C eramicus. Being placed as it w6®^ m the moothfaPf the cjfjr,
|tf Wjaa larger and wider than the other gates, and had Ijrpad
avenues tp jif* w&S th£ ?
portion of the inner Ceramicus * which was o,n th? ftdp of the
Aprppolisi* next jjipjunt Hymettug. ;At this,,the citizens |||i£ l
march out in battle-array, palling, it fhopld feem, through Coele.
The principal {laughter made by.SylJa was-ahout the Agora, in
the. Ceramicus j and when the citadel was reduced, he inclofed
mere and"*decimated the Athenians. ;
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