Letter _G_ in Plate I shows the position of the grove, which probably
extended also in the direction of the Tholos. _H_ in the same plate
shows the position of an altar which may have been sacred either to
Asklepios or to Artemis. The letter _I_ shows a foundation on which
probably a much larger altar formerly stood; it may have been that of
Asklepios, on which possibly holocausts were offered. _J_ represents the
southern boundary of the precinct. β is thought to have been the shrine
of the Ἐπιδόται or bountiful gods.
_K_ in Plate I represents the square building which has occasioned much
discussion. It contains the base of an altar surrounded by many bones of
sacrificial animals and much ash, also fragments of bronze and
earthenware, many of them bearing dedications to Apollo or Asklepios.
Its period of erection seems to have been not later than the beginning
of the fifth century B.C. It contained great numbers of statues and
inscriptions. It may have been a house for priests or officials, or even
a hostel, or possibly was the Prytaneion, on the altar of which burnt
the perpetual fire; no mention is, however, made of a Prytaneion in the
inscriptions.
_L_ in Plate I represents a large building, irregular, and of various
date; believed to have been the baths of Asklepios; this building
perhaps may have also contained the library, dedicated to the Maleatean
Apollo and Asklepios, which one would think is likely to have been in
some central position.
_M_ in Plate I is intended to represent a rectangular building of which
only small traces remain. Whether or not it was a definitely constructed
quadrangle, such as I have drawn, may be uncertain. If it was, perhaps
we have here the remains of one of the two gymnasia which the
inscriptions tell us existed at the Hieron, or it may have contained
baths.
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