. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. vTo. Hesych. Epfi^s. And again, Epftrjs TfTpaKi^ahoi (V KfpapftKM TfXf(rap)(lSov (, EppTjs. ? Xidoi T( eliTiv E-ppal. Pansan. i. 17, 2. 248 [ 51] ST. PAUL AT ATHENS. [Chap. XII. the north, the Pnyx on the west, and the Museum on the south, are countless.^There is the Temple of Apollo, called the Patroum, and the Temple of the Motherof the Gods, or the Metroum, and the circular Tholus, where the prytanes take theirmeals and offer their sacrifices, the council house, where the six hundred meet, thefamous altar of the Twelve Gods, the statues o
. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. vTo. Hesych. Epfi^s. And again, Epftrjs TfTpaKi^ahoi (V KfpapftKM TfXf(rap)(lSov (, EppTjs. ? Xidoi T( eliTiv E-ppal. Pansan. i. 17, 2. 248 [ 51] ST. PAUL AT ATHENS. [Chap. XII. the north, the Pnyx on the west, and the Museum on the south, are countless.^There is the Temple of Apollo, called the Patroum, and the Temple of the Motherof the Gods, or the Metroum, and the circular Tholus, where the prytanes take theirmeals and offer their sacrifices, the council house, where the six hundred meet, thefamous altar of the Twelve Gods, the statues of the heroes from whom the wards orquarters of Athens take their names, called the Eponymi, the statues of Eirene,Amphiaraus, Lycurgus, Demosthenes, Harmodius and Aristogeiton, Hercules, Apollo,and Pindar, the Temple of Ares, or Mars, at the foot of the Areopagus, the Templesof Aphrodite, Pandemus, and Vulcan, the Odeum, the Eurysaceum, &c.,^- andnear the western limit of the Agora is the statue of the Cretan poet Epimeuides,^. of Athens fI Iq the centre is Ihe Acrupolis. Beluvv, on the extreme left, is Ibe hill of Areopagus. The onen space to the south of theAreopagus, and of the Acropolis, is the site of the ancient Agora, or Marlies, or Forum, now uninhtibited. whose testimony to the lying rascality of his countrymen is cited by St. Paul in theEpistle to Titus; ^* and in another part may he seen the statue of a Jew in pontificalrobes, the High Priest Hyrcanus, whose friendship for the Athenians had calledforth this testimony of their regard.^ The traveller may gaze also on the statueof a Jewish Princess, viz. the beautiful Berenice, the sister of Agrippa H., that TrpoaiXdere ovv ti; biavoia Kai cit 7-?}i SroaiTiji/ YloiKiXrjv, airavToiv yap Vfuv ravxaXuiv ipyavTa vnopvrjpaTa iv rf; Ayofia avaKfiTui. •?Escbin. in Ctesiphon. c. 62, p. 437 (the Porch, there-fore, was in the Agora, and must have formedthe western side of it); and see the passage cited from Xenophon, ante, p. 2
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