. A smaller history of Greece, from the earliest times to the Roman conquest. Parthenon. The only other monument on the summit of the Acropolis whichit is necessary to describe is the Erechtheum, or temple of Erech-theus. The traditions respecting Erechtheus vary, but according toone set of them he was identical with the god Poseidon. He wasworshipped in his temple under the name of Poseidon Erechtheus,and from the earliest times was associated with Athena as one of 94 HISTORY OF GREECE. Chap. X. the two protecting deities of Athens. The original Erechtheumwas burnt by the Persians, but the ne
. A smaller history of Greece, from the earliest times to the Roman conquest. Parthenon. The only other monument on the summit of the Acropolis whichit is necessary to describe is the Erechtheum, or temple of Erech-theus. The traditions respecting Erechtheus vary, but according toone set of them he was identical with the god Poseidon. He wasworshipped in his temple under the name of Poseidon Erechtheus,and from the earliest times was associated with Athena as one of 94 HISTORY OF GREECE. Chap. X. the two protecting deities of Athens. The original Erechtheumwas burnt by the Persians, but the new temple was erected on theancient site. This could not have been otherwise ; for on thisspot was the sacred olive-tree which Athena evoked from the earthin her contest with Poseidon, and also the well of salt-water whichPoseidon produced by a stroke of his trident, the impression ofwhich was seen upon the rock. The building was also called thetemple of Athena Polias, because it contained a separate sanctuaryof the goddess, as well as her most ancient statue. The building. From the Frieze of the Parthenon. Panathenaic Procession. of the new Erechtheum was not commenced till the Parthenon andPropyltea were finished, and probably not before the year precedingthe breaking out of the Peloponnesian war. Its progress was nodoubt delayed by that event, and it was probably not completedbefore 393 TThen finished it presented one of the finest modelsof the Ionic order, as the Parthenon was of the Doric. It stood tcthe north of the latter building, and close to the northern wall ofthe Acropolis. The form of the Erechtheum differs from everyknown example of a Grecian temple. Usually a Grecian templewas an oblong figure with a portico at each extremity. The Erech-theum. on the contrary, though oblong in shape, and having aportico at the eastern or principal front, had none at its westernend, where, however, a portico projected north and south fromeither side, thus forming a kind of tra
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