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Appendix P
tl6t'p'T}) I e'[*: yeverjs B]f;[pou] eKTpotpbs eVrt Yldrvos, | i'?]c(o-)os d[ya\v^o]Tarr] ArfToaidbs
ijs irpo(3e(3t]Ke | [fijevOeaiv [eii* aAt'^y] eftpava pvopeurj- | [a? ore /zip 2KU$]i'[7;]#ey aprjtos
el(t€v 'Opeo-TTjs | [puo-a/ze'i'T;!' oruyep]^? pt]Tpo(p6vov pavl-qs' \ [k<xv~\ heK.d\rr] Kovprj
6vy]drj]p (To<pov IrjTr/pos | rAnuKi[ea> 'v a]iXals 'ApripiSos 2k.v61t]s, \ Alyalov TrXevo-ao-a
poov Sva-xeipepov oiSpn, | opyia nc[ai 6(ihir)v, a)]? Bepis, rfyXaio-ev. evrv)(S>s. I give the
passage with all, or almost all, faults ; but a fresh inspection of the stone is much
to be desired). Artemis in Patmos was worshipped as TlapBevos (I. Sakkelion in the
'Ecp. 'Apx-1863 p. 260 f. no. 229, 6 ff. to \ffr)(f)io-pa \ ToSe avaypafyai els o-Trj\r]v \i8lvrfv,
Kai I avaBelvai els to Upbv tt\s Xlapdevov ■ k.t. X.) and as UaTpla (I. Sakkelion loc.
cit. p. 261 f. no. 230=Dittenberger Syll. inscr. Gr.2 no. 785, ib.z no. 1152
['A]pT('pi&i U.aTp[la] I [ajvidrjice Zco[if] | ko.8' vnvo[v]s), cp. the month 'ApTtpio-iitv
(Dittenberger op. cit.2 no. 681, 1, ib.3 no. 1068, 1). St Christodoulos (Hagiographi
Y>o\\?a\dA7imBibliotliecaHagiographicaGraeca Bruxellis 1895 p. 23 {., U. Chevalier
Repertoire des sources historiques du moyen age Bio-bibliographie Paris 1905 i.
916), a native of Nikaia in Bithynia (born 1020 A.D.), is said to have founded the
monastery of St John the Evangelist in Patmos (1088 A.D.) on the site of a temple
of Artemis, whose statue he demolished (L. Ross Reisen auf de?i griecJiischen
Inselti des dgdischen Mecres Stuttgart—Tubingen 1843 ii. 137 n. 12 '®ic gcgeubc
be« % SI)tiftobulog (in Butgdrem ©riedjifdj) fagt fytcviiber: UpS>rov io-vvTpityev Z'va
e'ISioXov ottov e'lxao-L eKei pe Texv1" iro\\i)v els to ovopa Trjs 'ApTepi&os').
(8) Rhodes was another island that had risen from the sea-bottom. A tale
already ancient in 464 B.C. said that, when Zeus and the immortals were dividing
the earth among them, Rhodes lay hidden in the briny depths. Helios, who was
absent from the division, complained that he was left without a portion. So Zeus
was about to order a new casting of the lot. The sun-god, however, would not
suffer it; for, as he declared, he could see a plot of land rising from the bottom
of the sea and destined to prove fruitful for man and beast. He bade Lachesis
and Zeus swear that it should be his. Thereupon from the sea sprang the island,
where Helios wedded Rhodos and begat seven sons, one of whom became the
father of Ialysos, Kameiros, and Lindos (Pind. 01. 7. 54 ff. with scholl. ad loc).
Rhodes was thus included in the canonical list of islands that had emerged from
the sea (Plin. nat. hist. 2. 202, Amm. Marc. 17. 7. 13), and C. Torr Rhodes in
Ancient Times Cambridge 1885 p. 152 justifies its inclusion: 'Rhodes certainly
rose from the sea. The great limestone mass of Mount Atabyros and the lesser
limestone hills, Akramytis, Elias, Archangelo and Lindos, must once have formed
a group of islands : and as these were gradually elevated, the lower hills were
being formed round them by volcanic action. These facts were no doubt beyond
the Rhodians of the mythopceic age: but the elevated beds of sea shells at the
base of the hills would readily have suggested the legend.' Perhaps in the
Hellenistic age Isis, whose temple stood near the city-wall beside the sea
(Appian. Mithr. 27), was believed to have raised the island from the watery
abyss. That at least would square with the claim made on behalf of the goddess
in an Isiac hymn of J. i B.C. found in Andros (Lebas—Foucart Pe'loponnese ii
no. 1796. 4, 23 ff. = Kaibel Epigr. Gr.no. 1028, 70 ff. = E. Abel Orphica Lipsiae—
Pragae 1885 p. 301 h. in lsim 158 ff. = Cougny Anth. Pal. Append. 4. 32. 7off.-
Inscr. Gr. ins. v. I no. 739, l6off. vivas Se fiadwopevas airb pi£av | es (pdos eie
fivBlas TroTavdyayov Vkvos avru | apea Kai Tre[8la>]v ariropipuv fiao-iv opyddaT dtcpcus |
o-TT]f)iKTal[s e'£di]pnv vTrepTeivoio-a, fioavkois \ /jaAoKo/iOt[s 6' dSeijav). A. H. Krappe
in Anglia Beiblatt 1932 xliii. 256 ff. draws an interesting comparison between
Pindar's description of Rhodes and James Thomson's Rule, Britannia (1740). In
the former the emergent island becomes the personified Rhodos. In the latter
Appendix P
tl6t'p'T}) I e'[*: yeverjs B]f;[pou] eKTpotpbs eVrt Yldrvos, | i'?]c(o-)os d[ya\v^o]Tarr] ArfToaidbs
ijs irpo(3e(3t]Ke | [fijevOeaiv [eii* aAt'^y] eftpava pvopeurj- | [a? ore /zip 2KU$]i'[7;]#ey aprjtos
el(t€v 'Opeo-TTjs | [puo-a/ze'i'T;!' oruyep]^? pt]Tpo(p6vov pavl-qs' \ [k<xv~\ heK.d\rr] Kovprj
6vy]drj]p (To<pov IrjTr/pos | rAnuKi[ea> 'v a]iXals 'ApripiSos 2k.v61t]s, \ Alyalov TrXevo-ao-a
poov Sva-xeipepov oiSpn, | opyia nc[ai 6(ihir)v, a)]? Bepis, rfyXaio-ev. evrv)(S>s. I give the
passage with all, or almost all, faults ; but a fresh inspection of the stone is much
to be desired). Artemis in Patmos was worshipped as TlapBevos (I. Sakkelion in the
'Ecp. 'Apx-1863 p. 260 f. no. 229, 6 ff. to \ffr)(f)io-pa \ ToSe avaypafyai els o-Trj\r]v \i8lvrfv,
Kai I avaBelvai els to Upbv tt\s Xlapdevov ■ k.t. X.) and as UaTpla (I. Sakkelion loc.
cit. p. 261 f. no. 230=Dittenberger Syll. inscr. Gr.2 no. 785, ib.z no. 1152
['A]pT('pi&i U.aTp[la] I [ajvidrjice Zco[if] | ko.8' vnvo[v]s), cp. the month 'ApTtpio-iitv
(Dittenberger op. cit.2 no. 681, 1, ib.3 no. 1068, 1). St Christodoulos (Hagiographi
Y>o\\?a\dA7imBibliotliecaHagiographicaGraeca Bruxellis 1895 p. 23 {., U. Chevalier
Repertoire des sources historiques du moyen age Bio-bibliographie Paris 1905 i.
916), a native of Nikaia in Bithynia (born 1020 A.D.), is said to have founded the
monastery of St John the Evangelist in Patmos (1088 A.D.) on the site of a temple
of Artemis, whose statue he demolished (L. Ross Reisen auf de?i griecJiischen
Inselti des dgdischen Mecres Stuttgart—Tubingen 1843 ii. 137 n. 12 '®ic gcgeubc
be« % SI)tiftobulog (in Butgdrem ©riedjifdj) fagt fytcviiber: UpS>rov io-vvTpityev Z'va
e'ISioXov ottov e'lxao-L eKei pe Texv1" iro\\i)v els to ovopa Trjs 'ApTepi&os').
(8) Rhodes was another island that had risen from the sea-bottom. A tale
already ancient in 464 B.C. said that, when Zeus and the immortals were dividing
the earth among them, Rhodes lay hidden in the briny depths. Helios, who was
absent from the division, complained that he was left without a portion. So Zeus
was about to order a new casting of the lot. The sun-god, however, would not
suffer it; for, as he declared, he could see a plot of land rising from the bottom
of the sea and destined to prove fruitful for man and beast. He bade Lachesis
and Zeus swear that it should be his. Thereupon from the sea sprang the island,
where Helios wedded Rhodos and begat seven sons, one of whom became the
father of Ialysos, Kameiros, and Lindos (Pind. 01. 7. 54 ff. with scholl. ad loc).
Rhodes was thus included in the canonical list of islands that had emerged from
the sea (Plin. nat. hist. 2. 202, Amm. Marc. 17. 7. 13), and C. Torr Rhodes in
Ancient Times Cambridge 1885 p. 152 justifies its inclusion: 'Rhodes certainly
rose from the sea. The great limestone mass of Mount Atabyros and the lesser
limestone hills, Akramytis, Elias, Archangelo and Lindos, must once have formed
a group of islands : and as these were gradually elevated, the lower hills were
being formed round them by volcanic action. These facts were no doubt beyond
the Rhodians of the mythopceic age: but the elevated beds of sea shells at the
base of the hills would readily have suggested the legend.' Perhaps in the
Hellenistic age Isis, whose temple stood near the city-wall beside the sea
(Appian. Mithr. 27), was believed to have raised the island from the watery
abyss. That at least would square with the claim made on behalf of the goddess
in an Isiac hymn of J. i B.C. found in Andros (Lebas—Foucart Pe'loponnese ii
no. 1796. 4, 23 ff. = Kaibel Epigr. Gr.no. 1028, 70 ff. = E. Abel Orphica Lipsiae—
Pragae 1885 p. 301 h. in lsim 158 ff. = Cougny Anth. Pal. Append. 4. 32. 7off.-
Inscr. Gr. ins. v. I no. 739, l6off. vivas Se fiadwopevas airb pi£av | es (pdos eie
fivBlas TroTavdyayov Vkvos avru | apea Kai Tre[8la>]v ariropipuv fiao-iv opyddaT dtcpcus |
o-TT]f)iKTal[s e'£di]pnv vTrepTeivoio-a, fioavkois \ /jaAoKo/iOt[s 6' dSeijav). A. H. Krappe
in Anglia Beiblatt 1932 xliii. 256 ff. draws an interesting comparison between
Pindar's description of Rhodes and James Thomson's Rule, Britannia (1740). In
the former the emergent island becomes the personified Rhodos. In the latter