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| The Architecture. The Architecture; Greek House γ. The Architecture; Greek House γ; Archaic. The Architecture; Greek House γ; Classical. The Architecture; Greek House γ; Hellenistic. The Architecture; ... 1970 ΒΔ ... The Architecture; Late Roman ... The Architecture; Late Roman; The Long Walls ... The Architecture; Late Roman; The Isolated Blocks |
Bookidis, Nancy Stroud, Ronald S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... A careful and detailed presentation of the architectural remains of the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore on the slopes of Acrocorinth, beginning with the earliest traces of occupation in the Mycenaean period ... 1997 ... A careful and detailed presentation of the architectural remains of the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore on the slopes of Acrocorinth, beginning with the earliest traces of occupation in the Mycenaean period and ending with the Late Roman cemetery. ... In the chapters on the architecture, arranged chronologically, the authors describe in detail the buildings found on each of the three terraces of the sanctuary, including the dining rooms, cooking and bathing facilities, and religious structures. A separate chapter discusses the elements of the Acrocorinth dining rooms and their place in the architecture of sacred dining. |
| The six upper drums are preserved lettered ΑΑ-ΒΒ, etc.
One of the series A 3008 - A 3011 and A 2987 and A 2988. With this shaft is to be associated the capital A 2987.
White, strongly laminated marble ... 5th c. B.C. |
| Fragment from the edge of the volute. The spiral is a flat band. Careful work.
Pentelic marble. From late Roman fill. Leica, 90-23-8 PD 2403, PD 2712 ... April 1950 |
| One drum only, viz. third from top, with the letter Δ on under side. Top drum exists but has no letters.
Apparently from the late 5th c. B.C., but reused in the Roman period before being employed in the ... 5th c. B.C. |
| The first, second, third and sixth drums from the top survive and may be recognized from the letters ΑΑΑΑ, etc. The sixth was here the bottom drum.
One of the series A 3008 - A 3011 and A 2987 and A 2988 ... 1 September 1959 |
| Complete except for most of crown molding. Crown is cavetto-crowned ovolo. Lower and upper fascia. A dowel and a clamp cutting on top surface. Very granular soft yellow poros, perhaps Aeginetian.
Another ... 30 July 1970 |
| The second, fifth and seventh drums from the top survive, the seventh marked ΗΗΗ, being the bottom drum. The top drum also survives but retains no letter and so cannot be assigned with certainty.
One of ... 5th c. B.C. |
| Part of an edge preserved, otherwise broken.
Some of the petals of the palmette of an antefix.
Coarse pink to buff clay. Finished Late Roman Fill in S.W. corner of section. Leica ... 20 April 1938 |
| Fragment a) comes from the base of the shaft; fragment b) from the top, preserving about one third of the periphery.
Excellent workmanship.
From Propylon of Bouleuterion.
Pentelic marble. Found in late ... 1933 |
| Taenia all broken away; left end preserved. Right end seems to have been cut back a few centimeters (the clamp cutting is only 0.06m. as compared with 0.13m. at the other end). Cuttings for Π-clamp at ... 1959 |
| Corner block. Dimensions fully preserved. Top surface worked with tooth chisel; lewis hole. At the back, the upper left corner has a cutting, apparently to receive a wooden beam. Its width continues across ... 17 May 1933 |
| Broken at the back and chipped at the sides. The edges are scalloped; the front plain, as if prepared for color, of which however no trace remains.
Parian marble.
ADDENDA Central lines of metals and traces ... 30 March 1934 |
| Much worn by traffic in its present position. From same series as A 2987, with which it corresponds in material, measurements and workmanship.
Marble cloudy gray in color with pronounced lamination. Excellent ... 1959 |
| Parts of three flutes preserved. Broken on all sides save flutes. Fine white stucco in two flutes, the other broken on the surface.
Stoa Poikile series.
Poros. Late Roman Wall west of Stoa of Attalos ... April 1949 |
| One end is preserved, though slightly battered. At the other end the tile has been rudely cut off, probably somewhere near the middle. The underside is rough-picked, with a sort of swelling near the original ... 18 April 1934 |
| Top drum, without flutes. On both the top and bottom the smooth dressed original outer joint surface stands out from the roughly reworked inner area. On the top a carefully cut mason's mark. Empolion cutting ... 3 June 1964 |
Bottom rough; otherwise broken. Rather coarse yellowish clay.
Stamped: 'Mother of the Gods'.
Metroon series.
Cf. Negative number XXXIV-23. In late Roman fill, above level of strosis. Leica ... 2 April 1934 |
| A single fragment preserves the tips of two petals of a palmette, and most of a third. Broken at right; finished surface below. A round smooth dowel hole goes through the fragment lengthwise; traces of ... 3 July 1947 |
Fragment of rain tile; broken all around.
Coarse clay, buff inside, yellow on surface.
Mother of the Gods series; the stamp is faint.
South of Building C; disturbed earth round late Roman terracotta ... 14 May 1938 |
Top only preserved, finished with diagonal chisel strokes. Broken on all other sides. On one side, the break goes through the end of a dowel hole.
Stoa Poikile series.
Poros. Late Roman Wall west of Stoa ... April 1949 |
Broken all around. Rather coarse yellowish clay. Traces of light yellow slip on bottom.
Stamped: Mother of the Gods.
Metroon series. In late Roman fill, above level of strosis. Leica ... 2 April 1934 |
Broken above and at the left, and the face chipped at the left, but nearly the full width preserved, with the start of the cover tile.
Volute and tendrils relief decoration.
Along the lower edge of the ... 10 October 1947 |
The antefix is complete save minor chips; two joining fragments give part of the cover tile.
Relief palmette with diamond heart; volutes below. The signature in relief letters along the bottom of the face: ... 8 October 1947 |
| Broken at right end, otherwise fresh. In top an original cutting for a double T-clamp to join this with the next backer; a replacement in the form of a cutting for a Π-clamp; a cutting for a Π-clamp 0.21m ... August 1959 |
Front only preserved, tooth chiseled.
Two nail holes set 0.05m. apart, the deepest one broken through by present broken edge of block.
Stoa Poikile series.
Poros. Late Roman Wall west of Stoa of Attalos ... April 1949 |
One surface preserved, finished with medium chisel, fairly smooth. At 0.10m. back from this surface is the end of a dowel (?) hole.
Stoa Poikile series.
Poros. Late Roman Wall west of Stoa of Attalos ... April 1949 |
| Front face complete except for lower right hand corner. Cover tile broken off of the back.
Flame palmette with a rosette in the center, acanthus leaves at base; two curled tendrils on twisted stalks from ... 22 March 1950 |
| Top and right end preserved. Fine work, probably of 5th c. B.C.
Pentelic marble.
Cf. A 2968. From demolition of tower of Late Roman Fortification at S.W. corner of the Library of Pantainos. 3206 Leica, ... 5th c. B.C. |
| Taenia, regula with three guttae, the first one broken away, and a hawk's beak crowning the taenia. Red on taenia, blue on regula. Setting line on top 0.077m. from front of beak.
Stoa Poikile series.
Poros ... April 1949 |
| Table of Contents. Introduction. The Roads. The East-West Road. The North-South Road east of Roman House ε. The Alley between the Basilica and Roman House ε. The Waterworks. The Street Drain in front of ... 1971 ΒΔ ... The North-South Road east of Roman House ε ... The Alley between the Basilica and Roman House ε ... Late Roman |
| Four non-joining fragments, not necessarily from the same capital.
a) Preserves the lower edge of the abacus and the upper edge of the echinus.
b) Show the tops of flutes and one annulet.
c) Tops of flutes ... 1936 |
Broken away above (slightly) and below.
An antefix (?) in the form of a human mask, broken away below the eyes, with two long rows of curls across the forehead; eyes and eyebrows exaggeratedly large.
Rather ... 16 March 1936 |
| Corner. Mended from several pieces.
Plain antefix. Broken below and at left. The lion's head is in excellent state of preservation. Traces of red on mane. Brown red clay with bits in it.
From Heliaia ... 4 May 1953 |
| Top half of block broken off; elsewhere all faces preserved.
A regulation orthostate with carefully worked anathyrosis at the ends. A dowel cutting at each junction of the bottom and sides. The bottom ... 10 March 1937 |
| From the extreme lower end of a raking cornice, the pedimental slope being ca 0.155m. at 0.58m. length. The width of the corona and the crowning hawk's beak remain. At the lower tip a cutting for a dowel ... 1959 |
| Broken at top and back.
Soft yellow poros with very smooth sawn front surface; slightly less smooth back and bottom. Anathyrosis joint surface at side. Same series as A 1267 (Η' 907). Altar of Pitt?
Poros ... July 1947 |
About one half the tile remains, preserving its full width but neither end.
A heavy flat tegula with high side flanges.
Stamped in middle of upper surface.
Gritty buff clay.
In late Roman filling on ... 11 May 1937 |
Two joining fragments preserve most of the antefix and the start of the cover tile. Concave-petalled palmette, with a small palmette heart; beneath, head of Athena Parthenos; volutes to either side.
Coarse ... 8 October 1947 |
| Painted pattern of fascia of A 1710 (ΣΑ 2165) was transferred to mortar when this pieces were built into the Late Roman wall. In excavation, A 1710 (ΣΑ 2165) came away from mortar against which it lay, ... April 1949 |
| Much restored in cement. Upper and lower tori. Good crisp work.
The diameter is appropriate to the Ionic column drums found in the same tower, together with the painted capitals A 2972 and A 2973.
Pentelic ... June 1959 |
Top surface only preserved, finished with tooth chisel; broken on all other sides. On broken face, which was probably front, remains of a nail hole set 0.075m. from the top.
Stoa Poikile series.
Poros ... April 1949 |
| Marble cloudy gray in color, with pronounced lamination.
Excellent work. Found at Q/5-16/3 (Fall 2016). In core of Late Roman Fortification at S.W. corner of the Library of Pantainos. Leica, 83-343, 83-345, ... 1959 |
| Broken at left end, roughly cut back at right end. Heavily weathered in front.
In top, pry holes for triglyphs and metopes and near the right end a Π-clamp leading back. Back finished with anathyrosis ... August 1959 |
| Fragments of bottom (?) preserved, elsewhere broken.
Part of a terracotta balustrade or window grill, composed of superimposed arches of terracotta, made of strips of the material.
Coarse red clay, buff ... 9 June 1936 |
Front, bottom, and beginning of anathyrosis at right end preserved, broken elsewhere. A patch of white plaster is preserved on the front, with panel 0.058m. from bottom, marked by horizontal groove.
Stoa ... April 1949 |
| Hawk's beak of 5th c. profile; crowning ovolo rough. In top are cuttings for two Π-clamps leading back to wall block (originally they had intended but a single clamp in the middle of the block, for which ... 1959 |
| Abacus and top of bolster of Ionic capital. Top and front preserved, the top with a relieving surface approximately 0.02m. in from edge. Cyma reversa at top with clear marks of painted egg decoration, ... 14 April 1952 |
Two pieces join to form part of side of a s triglyph block with part of metope slot. Broken on all sides save the broad chiseled surface of the vertical of a side of a triglyph, and the top with deep chisel ... April 1949 |
| Bottom and bottom part of front preserved, broken elsewhere. Bottom finished smooth with broad toothed chisel. Bottom of face is fascia with traces of faintly incised maeander pattern. Above the clear ... April 1949 |
| Originally two T-clamps at each end, but one is hidden and the other two broken away; length 0.128m.; head 0.08m.; depth 0.055m
Thorikos marble.
From same series as A 4603 (Ι 1743) - A 4606 (Ι 1746), A ... 11 March 1981 |
Tiny portion of bottom and front preserved, broken on all other sides. Tooth chisel smooth finish.
Three nail holes in vertical row, the first one 0.13m. from bottom, the next 0.05m. above it, and the ... April 1949 |
| Second and third from the top, each with a Θ in its top.
a) Second from top, complete. Empolion 0.073m. x 0.075m. x 0.055m; 0.078m. x 0.078m. x 0.065m.
b) Third from top, complete. Empolion 0.07m. x 0.072m ... August 1963 |
| Top has been roughly cut down by the reusers.
Possibly reused in Southeast Temple.
Pentelic marble.
Same series as A 2979. Found at R/6-15/12 (Fall 2016). From foundations of tower of Late Roman Fortification ... August 1959 |
| Two non-joining fragments. On outer face an elaborate guilloche in purple and black with palmettes at the mid line. On the soffit, a band of astragal between two purple bands; on the top, along the outer ... 5 June 1937 |
http://agathe.gr/guide/temple_of_ares.html Temple of Ares Just north of the Odeion lie the ruins of a building identified by Pausanias as a temple of Ares (Figs. 56, 57). The foundations are of Early Roman construction and date, but the marble ... The foundations are of Early Roman construction and date, but the marble pieces of the superstructure, now assembled at the western end of the temple platform, are of the 5th century B.C. ... Outstanding examples of Classical architecture were brought in from the outlying villages (demes) of Attica, largely deserted at this period, and reused in downtown Athens, presumably for the worship of deified Roman emperors; it was a relatively cheap and effective way to honor the new order. ... Plan of the Temple of Ares, second half of 5th century B.C., rebuilt in the Agora in the late 1st century B.C. |
| Front face: at the bottom five acanthus leaves from which rise stalks to form the volutes. Ornament in center of abacus missing. Front line of abacus concave.
Back face, broken away at the top; on the ... 29 June 1935 |
| Right side broken off. Like A 3732. Upper surface preserves dowel hole without pour channel and cutting for Π-clamp. Right corner of back is cut in roughly 0.15m. from rear surface on left. Anathyrosis ... 24 July 1969 |
Top, bottom, front and right end preserved. Top rough-picked, as in South Stoa steps; bottom worn; front weathered. Right end has anathyrosis, picked back 0.007m. deep.
Stoa Poikile series.
Poros.
ADDENDA ... April 1949 |
| Front and bottom smoothed with fine tooth chisel; broken on other sides.
In front, five nail holes: two set 0.013m. above bottom and 0.147m. apart. Above the left one of these, 0.235m., an iron nail preserved ... April 1949 |
| Excavation Summary; Section ΒΔ 1972. Table of Contents. Roads and Drains. The East-West Road. The Early Drain. Architecture. Roman Building β (The Augustan Colonnade). Greek. Greek House γ. Early Wall ... 1972 ΒΔ ... The East-West Road ... The Early Drain ... Roman Building β (The Augustan Colonnade) |
| Two T-clamps at each end, but only three visible; lengths 0.12m., 0.12m., 0.122m.; heads, 0.063m., 0.067m., 0.073m.; depths 0.03m. 0.02m. 0.023m.
Thorikos marble.
From same series as A 4603 (Ι 1743), A ... 11 March 1981 |
| Broken all around. Decoration in straight and rounded sinkings with grooved outline. Polished top surface, smoothed bottom.
Gray marble.
Three fragments added 23 August 1965: ΜΣ 1199 c) joins A 2293 a); ... 17 April 1953, 23 August 1965 |
One face roughly dressed. The other faces more roughly dressed, or broken.
Egyptian granite.
Cf. A 1232 (ΔΔ 254) and A 1233 (ΔΔ 255). Found 1940, removed 1947 and placed on terrace between two large Mycenaean ... 1940 |
| Complete except for chips. Large Corinthian pilaster capital, somewhat crude workmanship and deeply undercut.
Front: two eggs on either side of a dart, surrounded by a palmette, flanked on either side ... 2 April 1973 |
Reused block. As of the reuse, the front, back, bottom and left end preserved. The bottom was originally a top surface, to judge from half a lifting tong cutting preserved, set in 0.135m. in front present ... April 1949 |
| Part of resting surface, of three flutes and of annuli remain. Probably to be associated with the many cornice fragments and one triglyph of similar stone and workmanship. Retains traces of late Roman ... 5th c. B.C. (?). |
| Two T-clamps at each end, but only one at each end visible; lengths 0.123m., 0.13m., heads, 0.065m., 0.07m.; depths 0.037m. 0.032m.
Thorikos marble.
From same series as A 4603 (Ι 1743), A 4604 (Ι 1744), ... 11 March 1981 |
| Two T-clamps at each end, but only one at each end visible; lengths 0.13m., 0.128m.; heads (?), 0.085m.; depths 0.045m., 0.042m.
Thorikos marble.
From same series as A 4603 (Ι 1743) - A 4605 (Ι 1745), ... 11 March 1981 |
| Hawk's beak for bed and crown moldings; plain soffit. Cutting for double T-clamp at one end of top; and for two dowels in back (repair?). Overhang 0.42m.
Island marble.
Same as A 2991.
Cf. A 2751: with ... 1959 |
| Well preserved except for corner of lower torus, which is broken away.
Corner block as A 3732 with same features. Upper surface has one lewis hole and a shallow cutting for a dovetail clamp on the return ... 24 July 1969 |
| Upper left corner is broken off but joining fragment survives. Like A 3732 but from straight course. On upper surface are cutting for Π-clamp on right, lewis hole in center, and dowel (?) hole on left ... 24 July 1969 |
| Three joining fragments only, the left of which preserves the full molding face. Upper left corner of this piece broken away. Like A 3732 but from straight course. On upper surface are three dowel cuttings ... 24 July 1969 |
Front tooth chiseled; right end roughly finished with broad chisel; on top a rebate cut 0.235m. in from right end and 0.06m. (plus) deep from top, which is broken as are all other sides. The rebate is ... April 1949 |
| Lower end preserved with cutting for empolion; unfluted, finished with fine toothed chisel. Fine work.
Grayish blue marble identical with that in capitals A 1595 (Ι 1355) and A 1596 (Ι1356), with which ... 1950 |
| Anta capital assembled from 36 fragments. Stoa Poikile series.
On the top of the capital note the following indications for the placing of the architrave: a relieving surface, 0.10m. wide and 0.003m. deep, ... April 1949, 17 March 1952 |
| Fillet and lower toros and face of plinth all broken away. Like A 3732 but from straight course rather than corner. Upper surface preserves lewis hole. Dowel hole without pour channel, and cutting for ... 24 July 1969 |
| Plinth, lower toros and square fillet broken away on right half of block. Like A 3732 but from straight course. On upper surface are cuttings for Π-clamps at both ends and what appear to be three dowel ... 24 July 1969 |
| Cutting for a Π-clamp in top at right end; another is leading back near left end. Left end thinned to a tenon. Original workmanship is excellent, but the piece has probably been reused.
Clear traces of ... 21 July 1959 |
Left end with joint preserved. Shallow cavetto. Mason's mark (?) on top: Η.
Island marble.
Fragments of several others left in marble pile in front of Library.
Probably to be associated with A 2992 (horizontal) ... 1959 |
| Fragment finished with fine toothed chisel; unfluted. Small part of lower end preserved, upper end broken.
Ionic column drum of same series as A 1597 (Ι 1357), Sounion series.
Top preserved, bottom broken ... 1950 |
| Plinth, lower toros, and square fillet broken for left one-third of the block and block is cracked through behind this. Like A 3732 but from straight course. Upper surface preserves cutting for Π-clamps ... 24 July 1969 |
| Two large fragments, which together give the full length and width.
One end is finished with a toothed chisel to be visible, the other end has anathyrosis. The inner face is smooth-dressed with the tooth ... 1934 |
| Two joining fragments of monument base corner block with only small chips missing from original surface. Above a plinth the moldings ascend and step back toward the interior in the order of toros, square ... 24 July 1969 |
| Joint surface preserved at right end; the bed of a roughly cut rebate (?) at top; a more carefully cut notch at upper left corner; other edges broken. Front face finished with toothed chisel.
In face of ... April 1949 |
| a) Lower part with fillet at bottom. Covered with doodles.
b) Upper part with torus at top and flat band below it.
From East Building.
Blue marble. Found at S/9-17/7 (Fall 2016). a) Erected from original ... 1959 |
| Fragments of capital from the Odeion, Colossal Figures series.
The scheme of the capital is very similar to the pilaster caps of the Arch of Hadrian in Athens. Its attribution to the Giants is indicated ... 1949 |
Bottom (or it might be a vertical joint anathyrosis) and front finished with tooth chisel and smoothed; broken on all other sides.
On front, two large nail holes, 0.06m. and 0.083m. from the bottom, 0.05m ... April 1949 |
| Two T-clamps at each end, but one broken away; lengths 0.102m., 0.115m., 0.113m.; heads 0.064m., 0.062m., 0.07m.; depths 0.018m., 0.022m., 0.025m. Normal anathyrosis with bands and picked inner surface ... 11 March 1981 |
| The builders of the Late Roman Fortification Wall had knocked off chips, especially from the volutes; most are missing. Empolion cutting on underside 0.06m square. Egg and dart not carved but painted; ... July 1959 |
| A corner fragment. The plinth was set down ca. half its height in the top of the die. The exposed upper face flares out in a very gentle curve. On either side of the corner on the concealed vertical face ... 1959, 2 June 1964 |
Part of lower edge preserved; broken at top, back and sides. Spring of cover tile remains.
At center, bearded head; raised letters on band at bottom: Α Ι Γ Ι Π Υ [ Ρ Ο Υ.
Coarse red clay, buff slip.
Cf ... 7 June 1939 |
| One surface, finished with broad chisel and weathered, ends with a rebate 0.138m. back from the surface, and 0.035m. preserved in other dimension. This rebate cut with broad chisel. Tiny bit of surface ... April 1949 |
Front and bottom finished with fine-toothed chisel, the side roughly, with broad chisel, the surface curving out from vertical towards bottom, as if to fit around something. Three small holes in front ... April 1949 |
| Parts of smooth picked upper and lower surfaces preserved, but all edges broken.
Short acanthus leaves, parts of four preserved (probably originally eight), rise to ca. one half of the capital. From and ... 28 February 1935 |
Full width of one section preserved with the spring of a tubular spout. Outer face plain and straight; angle between bed and face 88 degrees.
Cuttings for dowel 0.14m. back from face. Bed finished with ... 1959 |
| Top and front smoothed with tooth chisel; the front 0.07m. of top very smooth, the left end smooth anathyrosis; broken elsewhere.
On front, 0.027m. down from top and 0.075m. in front left end, a nail hole ... April 1949 |
| Top, left end with anathyrosis, and front preserved; back, bottom and right side broken away. Crowning molding broken, but was clearly an ovolo.
Deep fascia with painted pattern: white lotus and encircled ... April 1949 |
| One T-clamp at each end and one at center of back for attachment to a backer block; lengths 0.097m., 0.112m., 0.12+; heads 0.081m., 0.069m., 0.074m.; depths 0.015m., 0.022m., 0.028m. Anathyrosis at ends ... 11 March 1981 |
| One T-clamp at left end (none at right) and one off-center at back for attachment to a backer block; lengths 0.10m., 0.11m.; heads 0.065m., 0.073m.; depths 0.042m.,0.043m. Two pry cuttings at 0.12m. from ... 11 March 1981 |
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