By R. E Wycherley
Interpreting the monuments of Athens in gentle of literature, R. E. Wycherley brings sooner than us the town the ancients knew. Philosophers, statesmen, tourists, dramatists, poets, deepest citizens--the phrases of a lot of these recommend how town checked out quite a few sessions, how its monuments got here to be equipped, and the way they served the folk in everyday life. Professor Wycherley concentrates at the classical interval, illustrating his paintings with plans, reconstructions, and photographs.
Originally released in 1978.
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The remains which one sees, consisting chiefly of great conglomerate blocks, belong for the most part to a reconstruction of the late fourth or early third century; but careful examination of earlier traces shows that the original Themistoklean gate was similar in form, though not so powerfully built. 17 Fortifications in the Greek cities were not intrinsically sacred objects, but cults and shrines frequently attached themselves. 18 The Dipylon had a sacred and processional character, curiously duplicating its close neighbor to the south, the Sacred Gate.
18 The Dipylon had a sacred and processional character, curiously duplicating its close neighbor to the south, the Sacred Gate. In addition, " / G iis 4983. 18 The Greek en can well mean this, or "built into," rather than "within" the wall; see p. 167 below. (18) The Walls besides being a deathtrap to attackers, for the peaceful visitor arriving at Athens it was a symbol of the power and impregnability of the city. At the same time a welcoming hand was extended to him; in the corner formed by the inner cross wall and an inward extension of the northern side wall was neatly fitted an elegant fountain house, with a columnar facade in front of an I^-shaped basin, where he might pause and slake his thirst.
By now the Long Walls had been abandoned, which meant that the diateichisma or cross wall on the Pnyx became part of the main fortification. As Maier remarks, it was beyond the power of the Athenians ever to replan and rebuild their walls fundamentally. An inscription (see Fig. 1) of quite a different character, dated late in the fifth century, probably throws some further light on the defenses of Athens. " 27 The circumstances of finding suggest that the pool was in fact a moat outside the wall.