Note (return) — THE TEMPLE ON THE ACROPOLIS BURNT BY THE PERSIANS.

Demosthenes tells us 149 that the Athenians, having inscribed a certain law (concerning the festivals of Dionysus) on a stone stele, set this up in the sanctuary of Dionysus εν Λίμναις, beside the altar. "This stele was set up," he continues, "in the most ancient and most sacred precinct 150 of Dionysus, so that but few should see what had been written; for the precinct is opened only once every year, on the 12th of the month Anthesterio.