Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . fuller description of the Agora of Mega-lopolis than of any other in Greece, the followingrestoration of it (taken from Curtius) may be founduseful in understanding the general form and ar-rangement of such buildings. In the centre of the Agira was an inclosure sacredto Zeus Lycaeus, who was the tutelary deity of allArcadia. It had no entrance ; but the objects itcontained were exposed to public view; here wereseen two altars of the god, two tables, two eagles,and a statue in stone of Pan. Before the sacred in-closure of Zeus there was a statue of Apol
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . fuller description of the Agora of Mega-lopolis than of any other in Greece, the followingrestoration of it (taken from Curtius) may be founduseful in understanding the general form and ar-rangement of such buildings. In the centre of the Agira was an inclosure sacredto Zeus Lycaeus, who was the tutelary deity of allArcadia. It had no entrance ; but the objects itcontained were exposed to public view; here wereseen two altars of the god, two tables, two eagles,and a statue in stone of Pan. Before the sacred in-closure of Zeus there was a statue of Apollo in brass,12 feet high, which was brought from Bassae bythe Phigalians, to adorn the new capital; it sur-vived the destniction of the city, and is representedon coins of Septimius Severus. This colossal sta-tue probably stood on the west side of the sanc-tuary of Zeus. To the right of the colossal statuewas the temple of the Mother of the Gods, of which MEGALOPOLIS. only the columns remained in tlie time of Pausanias. MEGALOPOLIS. 309. AGORA OF :mi;galopolis. A. Sanctuary of Zeus. B. Statue of Apollo. C. Temple of the Mother of the Gods. D. Stoa of Philip. E. Temple of Hermes. F. Stoa of the Archives. G. Stoa of Statue of PoWbius. I. Stoa of ,. Temple of Zeus Sacred Inclosure of the Great Gymnasium. On the northern side of the Agora lay the Stoa ofPhihp, the son of Amyntas, which was namedin honour of this king, on account of the serviceshe had rendered to Megalopolis. Near it werethe remains of the temple of Hermes of the Stoa of Piiilip, was another smallerStoa, containing the Archives (^ra apx^M^, and• consisting of six compartments. Behind the Stoaof the Archives was a temple of Tyche (Fortune). The Stoa called I\Iyropolis, where tlie shops of tlieperfumers stood, was probably on the eastern side ofthe Agora. It was built from the spoils of the La-cedaemonians under Acrotatus, when they were de-feated by
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