A Classical and Topographical Tour Through Greece, During the Years 1801, 1805, and 1806 Volume 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1819 Excerpt: ...these scattered and fallen fragments of piety and munificence was the temple of iEsculapius. I found the remains of two temples that are level with the ground, which is strewed with elegant fragments of the Doric and Ionic orders in marble and in stone, but not of large proportions.' The pavement of one of the temples is entire, and composed of large square slabs of the marble of the country, which is of a light red colour veined with white. This, from its superior size, is probably the temple of iEsculapius. Strabo affirms that the statue of the god was removed from Epidauros by the Romans. But Pausanias' describes one of ivory and gold, the work of Thrasymedes, which was still remaining in his time. The Anonymous4 after enumerating the seven wonders, mentions a statue of iEsculapius at Epidauros. 1 EniAATPOT IEPAC. Caput iEsculapii laureatum. Rev. ACKAHIIEIA intra coronam laureaoi AE. III. ex Musco ill. march. Savorgnan. Eckhel numi vet. Tab. 9. p. 137. Contiguous to this temple are the remains of the circular edifice which Pausanias5 denominates (r)oos, which was built by Polukleitos, and contained the paintings of Pausias. Several blocks belonging to the exterior of the building are covered with inscriptions, some of which have already been published.5 Pausanias says that there were at one time a great many columns within the peribolos, upon which were inscribed the names of those who had been cured by the god, as well as the nature of their maladies. The enclosure of the consecrated grove was filled with edifices for the convenience of the sick and the amusement of the convalescent. But of all the ancient remains at this place the theatre is the grandest and the best preserved: Pausanias,7 who thought it the most beautiful he had ever seen, says tha.