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 SICYON. the one sacred to Athena Colocasia, mentioned by Athenaeus (iii. p. 72). There were two adjoining temples, one sacred to Artemis and Apollo, built by Epopeus, and the other sacred to Hera, erected by Adrastus, who was himself worshipped by the people of Sicyon (Herod, v. 68 ; Pind. Nem. ix. 20). There can be little doubt that these ancient temples stood in the original Acropolis of Sicyon; and indeed Tausanias elsewhere (ii. 5. § 6) expressly states that the ancient Acropolis occupied the site of the temple of Athena. We may place these temples near the northern edge of the hill upon the site of the modern village of Vasillkd; and accordingly the SICYON. 993 remarkable opening in the rocks near the village may be regarded as the position of the Sacred Gate, leading into the ancient Acropolis. (Leake, Alorea, vol. iii. p. 372.) In descending from the Heraenm, on the road to the plain, was a temple of Demeter; and close to the Heraeum were the ruins of the tennple of Apollo Carneius and Hera Prodromia, of which the latter was founded by Phalces, the son of Temeuus. (Paus. ii. 11. §§ 1, 2.) The walls of Sicyon followed the edge of the whole hill, and may still be traced in many parts. The direction of the ancient streets may also still be TLAX OF THE KuiNS OF SICYON (from the French Commission). A. Acropolis from thp timR of Demptrius. | I. Temple of Tjche and the Dioscuri. y. 'I'hoatrc. 3. Stadium. I ■). Probable site of the Gymnasium. VOL. II. 3 S ."i. I'rnbable site of the Auora. Ci. lii)m.in Ituildine. a a Itoad from the lake of Styinpluilus to I'afilika and Corinth.