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Appendix B
Mount Arachnaion1.
Epidauros2.
Aigina
The mountain of Zeus Panhelldnios*.
Amyklai (Hdt. i. 69, Paus. 3. 10. 8), i.e. standing on a throne (Frazer Patisanias iii.
351 ff.). The hero Bouphagos shot by Artemis on Mt Pholoe was the son of Iapetos and
Thornax (Paus. 8. 27. 17).
1 Mt Arachnaion above Lessa had altars of Zeus and Hera, on which sacrifices were
offered when there was a dearth of rain (Paus. 2. 25. 10 cited supra p. 467 n. 2). Frazer
Pausanias iii. 233 f. says: 'This is the high, naked range on the left or northern side of
the road as you go to the Epidaurian sanctuary from Argos. The most remarkable peak
is Mt. Ama, the pointed rocky summit which rises immediately above the village of
Ligourio. It is 3540 feet high. The western summit, Mt. St. Pitas, is a little higher
(3930ft.)... The name Arachnaea is said to have been still used by the peasantry in the
early part of this century. The altars of Zeus and Hera...appear to have stood in the
hollow between the peaks of Arna and St. Plias, for there is here a square enclosure of
Cyclopean masonry which would appear to have been an ancient place of worship.'
2 Zeus Kctcrios (P. Kabbadias in the "Etp. 'Apx- 1883 p. 87 no. 22 =W. Prellwitz in
Collitz—Bechtel Gr. Dial.-Inschr. iii. 1. 150 no. y^o — Inscr. Gr. Pelop. i no. 1287 a
rectangular base of limestone inscribed Ad Kactwi | 'Wh\avoKpd.T-qs | 'Hpa/cAetSou with
the numeral Act' and the symbol I J , on which see infra Append. L init.
M. Friinkel in the Inscr. Gr. Pelop. i. 286 observes: ' Iuppiter Casius notus erat in
Graecia, postquam Traianus spolia e victoria contra Getas reportata in eius templum in
Cario (sic) monte ad Euphratem situm dedicavit [infra Append. B Syria]... Hadriani fere
aetate collocatus fuerit lapis noster.'
3 The highest peak in Aigina (53im), a landmark for many miles around, is known
nowadays as the Oros, sometimes also as Hagios Plias from the little chapel that crowns
its summit. A. Furtwangler Aegina Mtinchen 1906 i. 473 f. reports that excavations
carried out in the spring of 1905 discovered an ancient settlement on the mountain-top.
The site yielded a quantity of local ware, not unlike that from Troy, and also imported
vases of late Mycenaean make. The inhabitants appear to have been Myrmidones, a
division of the Thessalian Hellenes (C. Mueller Aegineticorum liber Berolini 1817 p. 14 ff.),
whose heroes were Aiakos and the Aiakidai. They brought with them the cult of their
Zeus 'EAXctj/ios, and Pindar represents the sons of Aiakos, when they prayed for the welfare
of Aigina, as standing wdp j3co/j,bv Traripos'TZWaviov (Nem. 5. 19). Zeus being a weather-
god (supra p. 1 ff.), his mountain served as a public barometer (Theophr. de signis te?npest.
1. 24 koX eav eu Alyivy [/cat (om. J. G. Schneider)] iirl rod Aids rod 'EWaviov vecpeXr/
Kadi^rjTai, los ra noWa vdup yiverai). Tradition said that during a great drought the
foremost Hellenes besought Aiakos, as son of Zeus by Aigina daughter of Asopos, to
intercede with his father on behalf of all, that Aiakos did so with success, and that on the
spot where he had prayed the whole people raised a common sanctuary (Isokr. 9 Puagoras
14 f, Diod. 4. 61, Apollod. 3. 12. 6, Clem. Al. strom. 6. 3 p. 444, 13 If. Stahlin, schol.
Pind. Nem. 5. 17, Eudok. viol. 13). Accordingly this came to be called the sanctuary of
Zeus UaveWrjvLos (Paus. 1. 44. 9 cited infra p. 895 n. 1, 2. 29. 7 f, 2. 30. 3 f.). Frazer Pau-
sanias iii. 265 describes the site: 'On the northern slope of Mt. Oros..., in a wild and
lonely valley, there is a terrace supported upon walls of great blocks of trachyte. On this
terrace there is a ruined chapel of the Hagios Asomatos (the Archangel Michael), which
is entirely built of fine pieces of ancient architecture. About the middle of the terrace
there are a number of large flat stones laid at equal intervals, as if they had been the bases
of columns.' In the ruins of St Michael's chapel was found a stone block bearing an
Appendix B
Mount Arachnaion1.
Epidauros2.
Aigina
The mountain of Zeus Panhelldnios*.
Amyklai (Hdt. i. 69, Paus. 3. 10. 8), i.e. standing on a throne (Frazer Patisanias iii.
351 ff.). The hero Bouphagos shot by Artemis on Mt Pholoe was the son of Iapetos and
Thornax (Paus. 8. 27. 17).
1 Mt Arachnaion above Lessa had altars of Zeus and Hera, on which sacrifices were
offered when there was a dearth of rain (Paus. 2. 25. 10 cited supra p. 467 n. 2). Frazer
Pausanias iii. 233 f. says: 'This is the high, naked range on the left or northern side of
the road as you go to the Epidaurian sanctuary from Argos. The most remarkable peak
is Mt. Ama, the pointed rocky summit which rises immediately above the village of
Ligourio. It is 3540 feet high. The western summit, Mt. St. Pitas, is a little higher
(3930ft.)... The name Arachnaea is said to have been still used by the peasantry in the
early part of this century. The altars of Zeus and Hera...appear to have stood in the
hollow between the peaks of Arna and St. Plias, for there is here a square enclosure of
Cyclopean masonry which would appear to have been an ancient place of worship.'
2 Zeus Kctcrios (P. Kabbadias in the "Etp. 'Apx- 1883 p. 87 no. 22 =W. Prellwitz in
Collitz—Bechtel Gr. Dial.-Inschr. iii. 1. 150 no. y^o — Inscr. Gr. Pelop. i no. 1287 a
rectangular base of limestone inscribed Ad Kactwi | 'Wh\avoKpd.T-qs | 'Hpa/cAetSou with
the numeral Act' and the symbol I J , on which see infra Append. L init.
M. Friinkel in the Inscr. Gr. Pelop. i. 286 observes: ' Iuppiter Casius notus erat in
Graecia, postquam Traianus spolia e victoria contra Getas reportata in eius templum in
Cario (sic) monte ad Euphratem situm dedicavit [infra Append. B Syria]... Hadriani fere
aetate collocatus fuerit lapis noster.'
3 The highest peak in Aigina (53im), a landmark for many miles around, is known
nowadays as the Oros, sometimes also as Hagios Plias from the little chapel that crowns
its summit. A. Furtwangler Aegina Mtinchen 1906 i. 473 f. reports that excavations
carried out in the spring of 1905 discovered an ancient settlement on the mountain-top.
The site yielded a quantity of local ware, not unlike that from Troy, and also imported
vases of late Mycenaean make. The inhabitants appear to have been Myrmidones, a
division of the Thessalian Hellenes (C. Mueller Aegineticorum liber Berolini 1817 p. 14 ff.),
whose heroes were Aiakos and the Aiakidai. They brought with them the cult of their
Zeus 'EAXctj/ios, and Pindar represents the sons of Aiakos, when they prayed for the welfare
of Aigina, as standing wdp j3co/j,bv Traripos'TZWaviov (Nem. 5. 19). Zeus being a weather-
god (supra p. 1 ff.), his mountain served as a public barometer (Theophr. de signis te?npest.
1. 24 koX eav eu Alyivy [/cat (om. J. G. Schneider)] iirl rod Aids rod 'EWaviov vecpeXr/
Kadi^rjTai, los ra noWa vdup yiverai). Tradition said that during a great drought the
foremost Hellenes besought Aiakos, as son of Zeus by Aigina daughter of Asopos, to
intercede with his father on behalf of all, that Aiakos did so with success, and that on the
spot where he had prayed the whole people raised a common sanctuary (Isokr. 9 Puagoras
14 f, Diod. 4. 61, Apollod. 3. 12. 6, Clem. Al. strom. 6. 3 p. 444, 13 If. Stahlin, schol.
Pind. Nem. 5. 17, Eudok. viol. 13). Accordingly this came to be called the sanctuary of
Zeus UaveWrjvLos (Paus. 1. 44. 9 cited infra p. 895 n. 1, 2. 29. 7 f, 2. 30. 3 f.). Frazer Pau-
sanias iii. 265 describes the site: 'On the northern slope of Mt. Oros..., in a wild and
lonely valley, there is a terrace supported upon walls of great blocks of trachyte. On this
terrace there is a ruined chapel of the Hagios Asomatos (the Archangel Michael), which
is entirely built of fine pieces of ancient architecture. About the middle of the terrace
there are a number of large flat stones laid at equal intervals, as if they had been the bases
of columns.' In the ruins of St Michael's chapel was found a stone block bearing an