clepsydra

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Clepsydra, 4. ostendit partes horæ quatuor, fluxu Arenæ, olim aquæ.

From The Orbis Pictus by Hoole, Charles

The Pelasgic wall enclosed the spring Clepsydra, beneath the north-western corner of the Acropolis, which furnished a water-supply to the defenders of the fortress.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

That the Pelasgicum actually did extend from the Aesculapieum to the Clepsydra we know from Lucian.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various