RECONSTRUCTING SPARTA · PAUS. 3.12.10–3.12.11
The Skias (Canopy)
ANCIENT TESTIMONY · PAUSANIAS 3.12.10–3.12.11On a road leading from the agora was the Skias, where assemblies were still held in Pausanias’ day; it was said to be the work of Theodoros of Samos. The Spartans hung there the lyre of Timotheos of Miletos to show disapproval of his added strings. Beside it was a circular building with images of Zeus and Aphrodite Olympian (3.12.10–11).
EXCAVATED EVIDENCENot securely identified on the ground. To be updated.
CONJECTUREForm unknown; any reconstruction is conjectural.
RECONSTRUCTION TO COME