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SICILY AND MALTA. 2^.7
cilians call it Erice, but it is now called St.
Juliano. Both mountain and temple are
often mentioned by the Greek and Latin
historians, and happily the Sicilian ones
have no dilpute about its situation or origin,
which they make to be almost as ancient as
that of Ceres.—Diodorus says, that Dedal us,
after his ssight from Crete, was hospitably
received here, and by his wonderful skill
in architecture added greatly to the beauty
of this temple. He enriched it with many
fine pieces of sculpture, but particularly
with the figure of a ram of such exquisite
workmanship that it appeared to be alive.
This, I think, is likewise mentioned by
Cicero.
iEneas too in his voyage from Troy to
Italy, landed in this part of the island, and
according to Diodorus and Thucydides,
made rich presents to this temple; but
Virgil is not satisned with this; he must
raise the piety of his hero still higher, and,
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cilians call it Erice, but it is now called St.
Juliano. Both mountain and temple are
often mentioned by the Greek and Latin
historians, and happily the Sicilian ones
have no dilpute about its situation or origin,
which they make to be almost as ancient as
that of Ceres.—Diodorus says, that Dedal us,
after his ssight from Crete, was hospitably
received here, and by his wonderful skill
in architecture added greatly to the beauty
of this temple. He enriched it with many
fine pieces of sculpture, but particularly
with the figure of a ram of such exquisite
workmanship that it appeared to be alive.
This, I think, is likewise mentioned by
Cicero.
iEneas too in his voyage from Troy to
Italy, landed in this part of the island, and
according to Diodorus and Thucydides,
made rich presents to this temple; but
Virgil is not satisned with this; he must
raise the piety of his hero still higher, and,
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