the Eminencies of the second Hill, and partly on the Plain on the Sea-Shore below it. He places the Temple of _Tellus_ in particular beyond the Bay, without the Walls of _Old Byzantium_. He tells us, _That this Temple is open at Top, to shew the Freedom of the Earth in her Productions, and that the Walls of it are built of a fine polished Stone_. He adds farther, _That above the Temple of_ Tellus, _stood the Temples of_ Ceres _and_ Proserpina, _which were beautified with a large Collection of fine Paintings, the curious Reliques of preceding Times, and with Statues no Ways inferior to them, finished in the most elaborate Manner. The Temples of_ Juno _and_ Pluto, he tells us, _were situate where the Sea winds off from the Continent; and that nothing was remaining of them in his Time, but the Names of them only_. He continues, _That_ Cyrus _in his Expedition against the_ Scythians, _in Return of the Preparations made against him by the_ Byzantians, _burnt down the Temple of_ Juno; _and that_ Philip _of_ Macedon, _when he was carrying on the Siege of_ Byzantium, _and wanted some Materials for that Purpose, demolished the Temple of_ Pluto; _and that the Names of each of these Temples still continued: For the Temple of_ Pluto _was called_ Acra Plutonis, _as was the Temple of_ Juno _called_ Acra Heræa; _and lastly, that in these Temples, the Youth constantly at the Beginning and End of the Year, offered their Sacrifices_. It will appear more probable, that these _Acræ_ were seated on some Eminencies of the second Hill, rather than in the Plain below it, because there is not the least Appearance of either of them in that Place: So that when _Dionysius_ records it, that these _Acræ_ of _Pluto_ and _Juno_, were situate very near the Sea-Shore, he must intend only that they were only the _Points_ of some Dock, or Haven. If this be not his Meaning, the _Acræ_ here mentioned ought to be interpreted the _Sea-Shores_; but I have enlarged more fully on this Matter in my _Treatise of the_ Bosporus. CHAP. V. _Of the Seventh_ Ward.