CHAPTER III.

THE SANCTUARIES OUTSIDE THE CITADEL.

Meaning of the words ‘towards this part.’ The four sanctuaries (1) the Sanctuary of Zeus Olympios, (2) the Pythion. Their position interdependent. The site of the Pythion certain. Evidence from the Ion of Euripides. The Long Rocks. Evidence of Pausanias. Evidence of recent excavations. The cave of Apollo. Votive tablets dedicated by Thesmothetae. Apollo Patroös and Pythios. The two sanctuaries of Zeus Olympios. Deucalion and Zeus Meilichios. Zeus and Apollo. Ion and the Ionians. The cave of Pan. The Sanctuary of Aglauros. (3) The Sanctuary of Ge. (4) The Sanctuary of _Dionysos-in-the-Marshes_ to be distinguished from the Sanctuary of Dionysos Eleuthereus. The two festivals of Dionysos at Athens. The two theatres and precincts. The orchestra in the agora. Evidence of excavations. The Iobakcheion and the earlier Dionysion. The earlier Dionysion a triangular precinct—containing wine-press, altar, temple. The Lenaion and the Lenaia. The Chytroi. The ‘other sanctuaries.’ The Amyneion. Amynos and Asklepios. Dexion. The sanctuary of the Semnae Theai. The sanctuary of Aphrodite Pandemos. Evidence of inscriptions. Oriental origin of the worship. pp. 66-110