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of the alliance with Agdistis and closed the town to prevent any untoward interruption of
the wedding. But the Mother of the gods, aware that the young man's safety depended
on his freedom from wedlock, entered the town, uplifting its walls on her head, which
has worn a mural crown ever since (Arnob.)]. While the bridal hymn was being sung,
Agdistis appeared and drove the whole company mad. [Attis cut off his genitals and so
did the father of his bride (Paus.). Gallos mutilated himself and the daughter of his
concubine cut off her breasts (Arnob. adv. nat. 5. 13: the text of 5. 7 is confused. A.
Kalkmann op. cit. p. 248 f. makes it probable that Gallos was king of Pessinous and
father of the bride: Midas has been imported from an extraneous source). Attis snatched
the pipe borne by Agdistis, and full of frenzy flung himself forth. Falling at length beneath
a pine-tree he shore off his genitals and cried : ' Take these, Agdistis,—'twas for their sake
thou didst stir up this storm of frenzied mischance.' Attis died from loss of blood. But
the Great Mother of the gods collected the severed parts, wrapped them in his garment,
and buried them in the ground. Violets sprang from his blood and wreathed the tree.
Hence the sacred pines are still covered with garlands. The maiden betrothed to him—
Valerius the priest calls her la—covered his bosom with soft wool, wept for his hard fate
(Arnob.)], as did Agdistis, [and then slew herself. Her blood became purple violets. The
Mother of the gods dug beneath la (text doubtful), and up came an almond, signifying
the bitterness of death. Then she carried the pine, under which Attis had mutilated him-
self, to her cave, and in company with Agdistis beat her breast about its trunk (text
doubtful) (Arnob.)]. Zeus, when asked by Agdistis to bring Attis to life, refused, but
consented that his body should remain incorruptible, [his hair always grow, and his little
finger be endowed with perpetual movement. Satisfied with this, Agdistis consecrated
Attis' body at Pessinous, and honoured it with yearly rites and a priesthood (Arnob.)].
Throughout this narrative (with which cp. Paus. 1. 4. 5) it is clear that Agdistis is only
a Pessinuntine appellation of the Great Mother. So Strab. 469 ot 5e BepeKvvres, &pvyun>
ti (pvXov, Kal airXws oi <3?pvyes teal tlov Tpiowv oi irepl tt\v "Idrjv KaroLKOvvres Pe'av pev /cat
avrol TLfxCoai Kal opyid^ovcri ravry, lA-qrepa KaXouvres deQiv Kal" AyStariv (so I. Casaubon for
ayeariv epit. Palat. aleariv codd. plerique) /ecu Qpvylav debv peyaXrjv, airb be r&v tottwv
'Ibaiav Kal AivSvprjvrjv Kal 1*nrvXr)vriv Kal WeaaLvovvriba Kal Kv/3iXr)v, 567 Heaaivovs 8' iarlv
eprrbpiov tujv ravrrj peyicrrov, iepbv 'ixov TV$ M??Tpos r&v 6eu)v ae(3aapov peyaXov rvyxdvov '
KaXovcn S' avT7]v"Ay8icrTLv (so I. Casaubon for dySiarrjv codd. r.o. ayyi§L<TT7)v (with t added
over the 77) cod. D. dyyibio-riv codd. relL Angidistam Guarino da Verona), Hesych. s.v.
" Ay biar is • i] aitTT) rrj MrjTpl rtov deCov. In Plout. de fluv. 13. 3 Aiyeadios 6 yevvridels eK rod
Awacpbpov, Koprjs "ISr/s epaadeis, avvr]X9ev ttj -wpoti.prjiJ.evr} Kal eyevvrjaev e£ avrrjs tovs eiprj-
p,£vovs 'Ibaiovs AaKrvXovs. yevopivr/s 5' avrrjs aeppovos ev tco rrjs'Peas adurip, Alyecrdios els
Tipijv rrjs ■wpoeiprip.evr)s to '6pos"15r)v p.eTicvbpaerev R. Unger acutely cj.' A.y beanos ("Aybeans ?
A.B.C.) 6 yevvr/Oels iK rod Aios enrbpov. The same divine name occurs in several inscrip-
tions : (1) Corp. inscr. Gr. iii Add. no. 3886, 1 ff. = P. Paris in the Bull. Corr. Hell. 1884
viii. 237 f. no. 7, 1 ff. (Eumeneia) 6 drjpos eTei[pr]o-ev] j Mbvipov 'ApiaTwv\_os,~\ \ rbv Xapirab-
dpxV; i[epe"a Atos] | liicrrjpos Kal ' AttoXX[lovos Kal] | Mi^os 'AffKar^vov [Kal M^rpos] | deu>v
'Avybiareoi^s Kal ' Ayadod] | Aaipovos Kal e{v)ae\_^eardTris 2e]|/3a<rr?)s Biprjvrjs, k.t.X. (2)
Corp. inscr. Gr. iii no. 3993, 1 ff. (Ikonion) [9]e(o)lis ucor^pas rr)v re "Ayy\burTiv Kal rr\v
M[rjre]pa Bori\dr)v7]v Kal 6ewv rr\v Mrj\repa k.t.X. (3) lb. iv no. 6837 (beneath a relief of
Kybele, with a pair of lions, seated in an aedicula (R. Pococke A Description of the East,
and So/tie other CountriesLondon 1745 ii. 2. 212 pi. 98)) M^-rpi OeCov 'Ayyicrrei. 'Ap.epLp.vos
oiKov6p.os tt)s wbXeus | ei>xw. (4) B. Latyschev Inscriptiones antiijuae Orae Septentrionalis
Ponli Eitxini Graecae et Latinae Petropoli 1890 ii. 32 no. 31 (of Roman date; beneath a
relief representing two draped female figures facing, with a girl standing on their right)
nXovaia inrep twv dvyarepwv Kara rrpbcrraypa \ 'Ayylo-(re)i (the^ stone has ATTICCd)
avidrjKe. On Agdistis see further K. Keil in Philologus 1852, yii. 198—201, W. W.
Baudissin Shidien zur semitischen Religionsgescliichte Leipzig 1878 ii. 204 f., 207 f., 216,
G. Knaack in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. i. 767 f., Gruppe Gr. Myth. Rel. pp. 1528 n. 1,
L547-
Another myth connected with Mt Agdos was that of Deukalion (Arnob. adv. nat. 5. 5
of the alliance with Agdistis and closed the town to prevent any untoward interruption of
the wedding. But the Mother of the gods, aware that the young man's safety depended
on his freedom from wedlock, entered the town, uplifting its walls on her head, which
has worn a mural crown ever since (Arnob.)]. While the bridal hymn was being sung,
Agdistis appeared and drove the whole company mad. [Attis cut off his genitals and so
did the father of his bride (Paus.). Gallos mutilated himself and the daughter of his
concubine cut off her breasts (Arnob. adv. nat. 5. 13: the text of 5. 7 is confused. A.
Kalkmann op. cit. p. 248 f. makes it probable that Gallos was king of Pessinous and
father of the bride: Midas has been imported from an extraneous source). Attis snatched
the pipe borne by Agdistis, and full of frenzy flung himself forth. Falling at length beneath
a pine-tree he shore off his genitals and cried : ' Take these, Agdistis,—'twas for their sake
thou didst stir up this storm of frenzied mischance.' Attis died from loss of blood. But
the Great Mother of the gods collected the severed parts, wrapped them in his garment,
and buried them in the ground. Violets sprang from his blood and wreathed the tree.
Hence the sacred pines are still covered with garlands. The maiden betrothed to him—
Valerius the priest calls her la—covered his bosom with soft wool, wept for his hard fate
(Arnob.)], as did Agdistis, [and then slew herself. Her blood became purple violets. The
Mother of the gods dug beneath la (text doubtful), and up came an almond, signifying
the bitterness of death. Then she carried the pine, under which Attis had mutilated him-
self, to her cave, and in company with Agdistis beat her breast about its trunk (text
doubtful) (Arnob.)]. Zeus, when asked by Agdistis to bring Attis to life, refused, but
consented that his body should remain incorruptible, [his hair always grow, and his little
finger be endowed with perpetual movement. Satisfied with this, Agdistis consecrated
Attis' body at Pessinous, and honoured it with yearly rites and a priesthood (Arnob.)].
Throughout this narrative (with which cp. Paus. 1. 4. 5) it is clear that Agdistis is only
a Pessinuntine appellation of the Great Mother. So Strab. 469 ot 5e BepeKvvres, &pvyun>
ti (pvXov, Kal airXws oi <3?pvyes teal tlov Tpiowv oi irepl tt\v "Idrjv KaroLKOvvres Pe'av pev /cat
avrol TLfxCoai Kal opyid^ovcri ravry, lA-qrepa KaXouvres deQiv Kal" AyStariv (so I. Casaubon for
ayeariv epit. Palat. aleariv codd. plerique) /ecu Qpvylav debv peyaXrjv, airb be r&v tottwv
'Ibaiav Kal AivSvprjvrjv Kal 1*nrvXr)vriv Kal WeaaLvovvriba Kal Kv/3iXr)v, 567 Heaaivovs 8' iarlv
eprrbpiov tujv ravrrj peyicrrov, iepbv 'ixov TV$ M??Tpos r&v 6eu)v ae(3aapov peyaXov rvyxdvov '
KaXovcn S' avT7]v"Ay8icrTLv (so I. Casaubon for dySiarrjv codd. r.o. ayyi§L<TT7)v (with t added
over the 77) cod. D. dyyibio-riv codd. relL Angidistam Guarino da Verona), Hesych. s.v.
" Ay biar is • i] aitTT) rrj MrjTpl rtov deCov. In Plout. de fluv. 13. 3 Aiyeadios 6 yevvridels eK rod
Awacpbpov, Koprjs "ISr/s epaadeis, avvr]X9ev ttj -wpoti.prjiJ.evr} Kal eyevvrjaev e£ avrrjs tovs eiprj-
p,£vovs 'Ibaiovs AaKrvXovs. yevopivr/s 5' avrrjs aeppovos ev tco rrjs'Peas adurip, Alyecrdios els
Tipijv rrjs ■wpoeiprip.evr)s to '6pos"15r)v p.eTicvbpaerev R. Unger acutely cj.' A.y beanos ("Aybeans ?
A.B.C.) 6 yevvr/Oels iK rod Aios enrbpov. The same divine name occurs in several inscrip-
tions : (1) Corp. inscr. Gr. iii Add. no. 3886, 1 ff. = P. Paris in the Bull. Corr. Hell. 1884
viii. 237 f. no. 7, 1 ff. (Eumeneia) 6 drjpos eTei[pr]o-ev] j Mbvipov 'ApiaTwv\_os,~\ \ rbv Xapirab-
dpxV; i[epe"a Atos] | liicrrjpos Kal ' AttoXX[lovos Kal] | Mi^os 'AffKar^vov [Kal M^rpos] | deu>v
'Avybiareoi^s Kal ' Ayadod] | Aaipovos Kal e{v)ae\_^eardTris 2e]|/3a<rr?)s Biprjvrjs, k.t.X. (2)
Corp. inscr. Gr. iii no. 3993, 1 ff. (Ikonion) [9]e(o)lis ucor^pas rr)v re "Ayy\burTiv Kal rr\v
M[rjre]pa Bori\dr)v7]v Kal 6ewv rr\v Mrj\repa k.t.X. (3) lb. iv no. 6837 (beneath a relief of
Kybele, with a pair of lions, seated in an aedicula (R. Pococke A Description of the East,
and So/tie other CountriesLondon 1745 ii. 2. 212 pi. 98)) M^-rpi OeCov 'Ayyicrrei. 'Ap.epLp.vos
oiKov6p.os tt)s wbXeus | ei>xw. (4) B. Latyschev Inscriptiones antiijuae Orae Septentrionalis
Ponli Eitxini Graecae et Latinae Petropoli 1890 ii. 32 no. 31 (of Roman date; beneath a
relief representing two draped female figures facing, with a girl standing on their right)
nXovaia inrep twv dvyarepwv Kara rrpbcrraypa \ 'Ayylo-(re)i (the^ stone has ATTICCd)
avidrjKe. On Agdistis see further K. Keil in Philologus 1852, yii. 198—201, W. W.
Baudissin Shidien zur semitischen Religionsgescliichte Leipzig 1878 ii. 204 f., 207 f., 216,
G. Knaack in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. i. 767 f., Gruppe Gr. Myth. Rel. pp. 1528 n. 1,
L547-
Another myth connected with Mt Agdos was that of Deukalion (Arnob. adv. nat. 5. 5