[344] For further evidence on these sanctuaries, see my _Myth. and Mon. Anc. Athens_, pp. 89-111. [345] For the Eleusinion and Thesmophorion, see Dörpfeld, _A. Mitt._ XXII. 1897, p. 477, and 1896, p. 106. CRITICAL NOTE On Thucydides II. 15 §§ 3-6. For text see p. 7. It seems to me that there is probably no corruption at all in this passage and that we may follow the MSS. throughout. (The MSS. are Hude’s A B C E F G M.) l. 1. πρὸ τούτου: πρὸ τοῦ C G. No improvement, being a little less definite than πρὸ τούτου; but on technical grounds quite likely to be right. ἡ ἀκρόπολις ἡ νῦν οὖσα πόλις ἦν: Hude transposes ἡ, so as to read ἡ ἀκρόπολις νῦν οὖσα ἡ πόλις ἦν. Perhaps slightly easier. Stuart Jones keeps the MS. reading. l. 2. καὶ ἄλλων θεῶν ἐστι: Classen marked a lacuna here, and most editors follow him. The meaning of ἄλλων is undoubtedly ‘other than Athena,’ to whom in Thucydides’ time the Acropolis belonged. The question is whether in order to make ἄλλων clear, Thucydides must have mentioned Athena in this clause; or whether from (1) the mention of τῇ θεῷ in the last sentence, and (2) the obvious and close connexion between Athena and the Acropolis of Athens, the reference to her could be ‘understood.’ On purely critical grounds this is hard to decide, as it depends on various unsolved problems about the condition of our Thucydides MSS., and the degree of divergence from smooth writing of which Thucydides was capable. But, if we do suppose that a line has fallen out, I do not think the argument quite suits with corrections like Classen’s ἄλλων θεῶν ἐστι <καὶ τὰ τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς>, or Wilamowitz’s ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἀκροπόλει <καὶ ὑπ’ αὐτῇ τῆς τ’ Ἀθηναίας> καὶ ἄλλων θεῶν. Everyone knew that Athena lived on the Acropolis. You would need <οὐ μόνον τῆς Ἀθηναίας ἀλλὰ> καὶ. And this sense, after all, is just what we have from the text as it stands. l. 4. τὸ ἐν Λίμναις Διονύσου: τὸ <τοῦ> Cobet: on purely linguistic grounds, of which it is hard to estimate the cogency. The same remark applies to the proposed omissions of either τῇ δωδεκάτῃ or of ἐν μηνὶ Ἀνθεστηριῶνι in the next sentence. l. 7. σκευασάντων: κελευσάντων two MSS. (C G), clearly wrong. l. 8. ἐκείνῃ MSS.: ἐκεῖνοι (_i.e._ οἱ ἀρχαῖοι) Bekker. This makes the construction easier, and is palaeographically very probable. τὰ πλείστου ἄξια: τὰ πλεῖστα ἄξια two MSS. (A B): a mere slip. BIBLIOGRAPHY. THUCYDIDES, II. 15, discussion of. N. Wecklein, _Sitzungsber. der Bayer. Akad._, 97, 1887. P. Stahl, “Thukydides über das alte Athen vor Theseus.” _Rhein. Mus. für Philol._, L. p. 566, 1895. W. Dörpfeld, “Das alte Athen vor Theseus.” _Rhein. Mus. für Philol._, LI. p. 127, 1896. C. Wachsmuth, “Neue Beiträge zur Topographie von Athen. Das Thukydideische Ur-Athen.” _Abhandl. der K. Sächs. Ges. der Wiss._, XLI. 1899. A. W. Verrall, “Thucydides II. 15 and Recent Explorations.” _Classical Review_, XIV. p. 274, 1900.