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the symbols of Dionysos, makes it probable that in the
temple in which these tablets were dedicated the worship
of these deities prevailed conjointly.
Pausanias (III., 20, 4) mentions a town near Amyclse
called Bryseas, where was a temple of Bacchus which none
but women were permitted to enter, and where women only
performed the sacrifices. It is not improbable, as Lord
Aberdeen conjectured, that these votive tablets were
originally dedicated in this temple, and thence brought to
Slavochori. The sculptures on these marbles give us some
interesting details of ancient Greek toilet, and the objects
represented are for the most part similar to those found in
tombs at Palestrina, and engraved in the Monumenti of
the Eoman Institute, viii., pi. 8. (See Annali of same
work, xxxvi., p. 356.) It was customary among the Greeks
to dedicate articles of female attire and toilet in the
temples of goddesses. (See Ancient Greek Inscriptions in
Brit. Mus., No. xxxiv.)
Ht. 3 ft. by 2 ft. 9 J in. Presented by George, fifth Earl of Aberdeen, in
1861. Brought from Greece by George, fourth Earl of Aberdeen,
K.G., in 1803, who published these marbles, with an engraving of
them, in Walpole's Memoirs relating to Turkey, London, 1817,
p. 446. See also Bockh, C. I., Nos. 1466, 1467; Leake, Travels
in the Morea, I., p. 188, and Peloponnesiaca, pp. 163-165.
(12.) Votive Tablet, dedicated by a priestess called
Claudia Ageta, on which are sculptured in relief various
articles of the toilet, mundus muliebris.—In the centre is a
phiale inscribed with the name of the priestess; round it
are the following objects:—On the left of the phiale, a
shell to hold unguents, two mirrors (one much smaller
than the other), a small comb, a hair-pin, a small bottle
for unguents, a small elliptical box with a lid, con-
taining a sponge, a larger bottle, a cylindrical object,
and a circular object like a stud; above the phiale
is a small elliptical box, a bottle, and an object which
the symbols of Dionysos, makes it probable that in the
temple in which these tablets were dedicated the worship
of these deities prevailed conjointly.
Pausanias (III., 20, 4) mentions a town near Amyclse
called Bryseas, where was a temple of Bacchus which none
but women were permitted to enter, and where women only
performed the sacrifices. It is not improbable, as Lord
Aberdeen conjectured, that these votive tablets were
originally dedicated in this temple, and thence brought to
Slavochori. The sculptures on these marbles give us some
interesting details of ancient Greek toilet, and the objects
represented are for the most part similar to those found in
tombs at Palestrina, and engraved in the Monumenti of
the Eoman Institute, viii., pi. 8. (See Annali of same
work, xxxvi., p. 356.) It was customary among the Greeks
to dedicate articles of female attire and toilet in the
temples of goddesses. (See Ancient Greek Inscriptions in
Brit. Mus., No. xxxiv.)
Ht. 3 ft. by 2 ft. 9 J in. Presented by George, fifth Earl of Aberdeen, in
1861. Brought from Greece by George, fourth Earl of Aberdeen,
K.G., in 1803, who published these marbles, with an engraving of
them, in Walpole's Memoirs relating to Turkey, London, 1817,
p. 446. See also Bockh, C. I., Nos. 1466, 1467; Leake, Travels
in the Morea, I., p. 188, and Peloponnesiaca, pp. 163-165.
(12.) Votive Tablet, dedicated by a priestess called
Claudia Ageta, on which are sculptured in relief various
articles of the toilet, mundus muliebris.—In the centre is a
phiale inscribed with the name of the priestess; round it
are the following objects:—On the left of the phiale, a
shell to hold unguents, two mirrors (one much smaller
than the other), a small comb, a hair-pin, a small bottle
for unguents, a small elliptical box with a lid, con-
taining a sponge, a larger bottle, a cylindrical object,
and a circular object like a stud; above the phiale
is a small elliptical box, a bottle, and an object which