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Appendix B

(F. Osann, followed by C. Mliller, cj. 'AKpatov) iepov, e0' § Kara kvvos avaToXrjv Kara to
CLK/xaLOTarov Kav/xa avajiaivovai tQiv ttoXltQv oi iirKpaveffTaroi koL reus rfKLKiais axfia^ovTes,
einXexdevres ewi rod iepeus, evefao-fAevoi Kuidta rpLiroKti Katva- tolovtov <rv/n(3aivei enl rov
opovs rb i/'Oxos etvai. On this passage see supra i. 420 f. The sanctuary of Zeus 'Aktguos
has been located and partially explored by A. S. Arvanitopoullos in the Ilpa/cr. dp%. ex.
1911 pp. 305—312 fig. 5 ( = my fig. 805). The discoveries there described may be here
summarised (brief notice also in Am. Journ. Arch. 1913 xvii. 109):

The highest peak of Pelion (1635111), now called Plissidi or Pliasstdi, has been re-
peatedly ransacked by treasure-seekers, some of whom coming from Drdkeia are said to
have been devoured by wolves. The rocky eastern side of the summit shows traces of
ancient hewn habitations, like those of Demetrias, Pagasai, Phthiotic Thebes, etc., with
holes for roof-timbers and coarse tiles perhaps manufactured on the spot. These dwellings
are called by the shepherds Skoleio, because they resemble the benches in a school.

Close by is a ruined gate of hewn stone (E) with two towers (IT, II), continued as a
wall some 3m thick, which forms a large elliptical precinct and probably had another gate
on the south, though most of the stones have here disappeared. The wall and towers
may date from s. v B.C. Adjoining this precinct, on the south-east, is another, of whose

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wall nothing remains beyond a small portion of the eastern side. The two precincts are
separated by a wall of small stones (V), again 3m thick, which was roofed on both sides
so as to make a stod for the sale of commodities during festival seasons.

At the north-west end of the large precinct is a steep rock-face, in which is the mouth
of a cave (S), 2m across, blocked with stones by the natives in recent times. The walls
of the cave appear to have been hewn. Near it are traces of a building (A), which seems
to have been of apsidal or horse-shoe shape, like the temple of Athena Polids at Gonnoi
(Arvanitopoullos loc. at. p. 316 fig. 6), and was presumably the temple of the divinity
worshipped in the cave. Further west was the quadrilateral temple (B) of another
related deity: this was on a larger scale, one side partly excavated reaching a length of
n-40m with a wall o"55m thick. Both buildings were carefully constructed of clay, the
roofs being supported on trunks of trees. Numerous red tiles and black cover-
tiles remain. Miscellaneous finds in this area include small cups of s. v—iv B.C., a copper
coin of Chalkis of s. iv, butts and blades of iron lances, a flat unpainted idol like those of
island make, three fragments of votive marble stilai, six amphorae buried full of embers
and ashes. In the gateway (E) was a fragmentary stele of hard white limestone inscribed
in lettering of s. iv B.C. [oi Selves avedriK\av 3I[otV(?)]|cus.

Inside the second precinct are two buildings (F and Z). Of these one (F) is a rect-