Athens267merous traces of antiquity, all in a terrible state of preservation and of uncertain identity. The river itself was lined with sanctuaries and offered a cool retreat from the city, to judge from Plato description of a visit by Sokrates and Phaidros (Phaidros 229�30). Across the river was the marble stadium built by Herodes Atticus in the second century a.d. (see fig. 209), as well as the little fifth-century b.c. Ionic temple assigned to Artemis Agrotera (see fig. 97). Farther downstream were the old Peisistratid fountain house, the Enneakrounos, and the gymnasium of Kynosarges. Just north of the Olympieion is the area usually associated with the second great philosophical school of Athens, founded by Aristotle in 335 b.c. in an area known as the[To view this image, refer to the print version of this title.]247. Southeast Athens from the Acropolis. In the middle, Hadrian Arch and the temple of Olympian Zeus, with the Panathenaic stadium at upper left and Mount Hymettos beyond.
