Note * — Chapter XX · The Temples and Gods of Athens.
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The most important function of these watchers seems to have been to prevent dogs from entering the Acropolis. Probably they were inefficient old men favored with sinecure offices.
[+] The Acropolis seems to have become a great “show place” for visitors to Athens soon after the completion of the famous temples.
[&] We know by an inscription of 169 oxen being needed for a single Athenian festival.
[$] This was a very proper creature to sacrifice to a great Olympian deity like Athena. Goats were not suitable for her, although desirable for most of the other gods. It was unlawful to sacrifice swine to Aphrodite. When propitiating the gods of the underworld,—Hades, Persephone, etc.,—a black victim was in order. Poor people could sacrifice doves, cocks, and other birds.