English Guide Description of the Antiquities of Athens And Its Environs With a
English Guide Description of the Antiquities of Athens And Its Environs With a
John G Katsimis
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TOWER OF THE WINDS At the upper end of Aeolus Street is the Tower of the Winds, erected by Andronicus of Kyrrhestos during the last century B. C- 42 ft. In height and 21 feet in diameter. It was provided with a 'weathercock, a sun-dial and a water-clock. As the building is octagonal, each feacade is adorned with a relief representing one of the eight winds. The relief facing the N. Represents Boreas, on the N. E. Kakias, on the E. Apeliotes, on the S. E. Euros, on the S. Notos, on the S. W. Lip...s, on the W. Zephiros, and on the N. W. Skirron. wind blew. On the top was a bronze Triton, pointing with his trident to the quarter whence the . J a* - TOWER OF THE WINDS In the bottom of the interior, are some 3 34 traces of the water clock, which was provi- ded with water from the Klepsydra apring of the Acropolis. In the same enclosure are some rows of columns to the W. Proved by the excava- tions of the Archeological Sosiety to be the ruins of the Roman market place. Walking 5 minutes to the W.
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