Zeus : a study in ancient religion . -cults of Zeus 919 to the sea, looks more of a mountain than it really is {Delos iv. i. 196 f.). On the summitis a small plateau, which commands a magnificent view of the Kyklades. When I visitedthe spot in 1901, it was carpeted with crimson anemones and surrounded by stretches ofazure sea. Here in antiquity was the precinct of Zeus and Athena Kvvdia (L. Burchnerin Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. iv. ?2473) first excavated by Lebegue in 1873 (J. A. LebegueRecherches sur Ddos Paris 1876 pp. 127—172 with plan on p. 127 ( = my fig. 828) and listof inscription
Zeus : a study in ancient religion . -cults of Zeus 919 to the sea, looks more of a mountain than it really is {Delos iv. i. 196 f.). On the summitis a small plateau, which commands a magnificent view of the Kyklades. When I visitedthe spot in 1901, it was carpeted with crimson anemones and surrounded by stretches ofazure sea. Here in antiquity was the precinct of Zeus and Athena Kvvdia (L. Burchnerin Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. iv. ?2473) first excavated by Lebegue in 1873 (J. A. LebegueRecherches sur Ddos Paris 1876 pp. 127—172 with plan on p. 127 ( = my fig. 828) and listof inscriptions from the sanctuary). Three separate roads (A, B, C), probably processionalpaths bordered with stelai and statues, led up to the western side of the precinct, wherewas a gateway (E). Within was a rocky elevation (F) with cuttings for votive slabs etc. (G).The plateau was enclosed by a precinct-wall (I), much of which remains standing on thenorth, west, and east. At its south-eastern corner was a small temple (S) of late Fig. 828. The fragments found point to a distyle temphuii in antis of Ionic or composite order withunfluted columns (0*42 in diameter). At a height of 2 above the ruins of this templethere was a sacred cistern, into which the water from the roof drained by means of a doubleconduit (L, L). The cistern had a mosaic flooring, of which the greater part (K) survives,though a strip to the east (K) has been destroyed by the collapse of the terrace-wall. Themosaic consists of small white stones and fragments of brick set in cement. An inscriptionin bluish tesserae on a white ground with an oblong framework of bluish stones (K)records the dedication of the cistern in Roman times (J. A. Lebegue op. cit. p. 139 ff. no. iAu Kw6l(^ /cat Adr)uq, KvvOia | AttoXXwiiSt^s QeoyecTovos \ AaodiKevs, vir^p iavrov Kal | tuveraipwj, to KaTdK\vcr\Tov (cistern), ctti iep^ojs ApiffTO/JLOLXOV, \ ^aKopevovros Nt/cT^^opou(after 88/7 ), | iirl 8^ e7ri/AeXr;ToO Koivrov A^r){vUu
Size: 1530px × 1634px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, booksubjectclassicalantiquities, booksubjectfol
