. The life of the Greeks and Romans. A 112 TOWER OF THE WINDS AT benches. Outside of the enclosing wall was also a 460 columns stood in this place. To complete the picture of a Greek agora we mention amonument which once adorned the market-place of Athens. It is the so-called Tower ofthe Winds, erectedabout 50 by An-dronikus of Kyrrhos, andsupplying two importantrequirements of com-mercial gatherings. Theinterior contained awater-clock, and on thefloor (see plan, Fig. 157)the grooves are still re-cognisable, the gradualfilling of which withwater from a reserv
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. A 112 TOWER OF THE WINDS AT benches. Outside of the enclosing wall was also a 460 columns stood in this place. To complete the picture of a Greek agora we mention amonument which once adorned the market-place of Athens. It is the so-called Tower ofthe Winds, erectedabout 50 by An-dronikus of Kyrrhos, andsupplying two importantrequirements of com-mercial gatherings. Theinterior contained awater-clock, and on thefloor (see plan, Fig. 157)the grooves are still re-cognisable, the gradualfilling of which withwater from a reservoirmarked the passing the top of the roofis a capital, and on itstands a movable bronzefigure of a Triton (nomore in existence), which,moved round by thewind, pointed with itsstaff to the differentdirections of the winds,the figures of which, inbas-relief, adorned theeight sides of the build-ing. Underneath thisfrieze the lines of a sun-dial are chiselled intothe wall. Two small Fig. 156.
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