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are still to be seen, including walls of great basalt blocks, three Doric columns
of weather-worn marble only 6 ft (?) high, and huge stone slabs with reliefs of an
archer in a pointed cap, a lion's head, etc. (E. Curtius in the Arch. Zeit. 1853
xi. 152, von Olfers 'Uber die Lydischen Konigsgraber bei Sardes und den
Grabhiigel des Alyattes' in the Abh. d. berl. Akad. 1858 Phil.-hist. Classe p. 542
pi. 1 = Perrot—Chipiez Hist, de I'Art v. 267 fig. 157). Her cult involved a yearly
festival, at which a dance known as ol Kakadoi, 'the baskets,' took place. The
beating feet of the dancers communicated their vibration to the floating reed-mats
of the lake and set them in motion. The reeds eddying round appeared to share
in the dance. The tallest reed, called fiacrikevs by the countryfolk, would in time
be drifted inshore, decorated by the worshippers, and pushed off into the lake
again. The successful performance of this little ceremony was deemed a happy
omen. The crowd at the lake-side and the prospect of altar-scraps would be
quite enough to attract the carp. Naturally the fish were sacred to Artemis of
the lake (see e.g. the large Boeotian amphora, found near Thebes, which repre-
sents Artemis with a fish on her robe (Collignon—Couve Cat. Vases d'Athenes
p. 108 f. no. 462, figured by P. Wolters in the 'E</>. 'Apx- 1892 p. 219 ff. pi. 10, 1 -
Reinach Rep. Vases i. 517, 2, Perrot—Chipiez Hist, de I'Art x. 40 f. fig. 30,
R. Eisler Orpheus—the Fisher London 1921 p. 260 f. pi. 64, I (wrongly described),
F. J. Dolger IX0YC Munster in Westf. 1922 ii. 179 f., iii pi. 12, 2), and the facts
cited by Gruppe Gr. Myth. Rel. pp. 1295 n. 1, 1536 n. 2, 1585 n. 2) and the reed-
islands would be connected with her attendant Nymphs. The whole story is
consistent and credible. After all, Varro was no visionary and Strabon is a serious
authority.
A point of interest remains. The dance KaKaQos is mentioned elsewhere in
the diminutive form KaXadltrnos. Apollophanes, an early comedian, coupled it
with the pirouette (Apolloph. frag. 1 {Frag. com. Gr. ii. 879 Meineke) ap.
Athen. 467 F (oelvos) ecrri Kai yevos opxrjo-ecosy cos 'AiroWocpdvrjs ev AaXldt rrap-
i<TTr)<jiv ovraol- 'heivov ri de'ivos (so J. Schweighauser for Seizor Tt Seivos cod. A.
J. G. J. Hermann cj. blvds ye Seivds) /cal Ka\adlo-Kos ovrocri' (K. W. Dindorf would
write eari Kai yevos opxrja-ecos ri delvos, a)? 'ArraWocpdvTjs ev AaXlbt iraplcrrrjcriv
ouraxri 'Seizor Kai KaXaulo-Kos' regarding ovrocri as a repetition of olrcacrl), and
various later writers mention it in a tragic (satyric?) connexion (Poll. 4. 105 Kai
prjv rpaytKjjs dpxr}o-ea>s o~x^para crtprj ^etp, KaXaOlcrKos, xeLP Karairpavr]S, £v\ov
irapd\Tj^nst dnr\7], Beppavcrrpls, Kv^iorrjo-ts, irapal3rjvai rerrapa, Athen. 629 F
o-xripara 6° ecrriv opxrjcrews ^Kpicrpor, caXaoWpdj (K. W. Dindorf in Stephanus
Tiles. Gr. Ling. iv. 859 D cj. KaKadlcrKos), KaXXajilSes, o-kcox//, o-Kanrevpa, 630 A
6eppaarpls, eKarepl&es, ckottos^ X^lP Karair pr)vl-js, X€lP rrlPVj b*L7roc)io-p6s: £v\ov
napd\r}\jns, evayKavia-pds, Ka\aSlo-Kos (so codd. A. B. KaXadurpos cod. P. edd. Aid.
Casaub.), <7Tpd/3tXoy).
It should be carefully distinguished from the Ku\a8os or ritual basket used in
the cult of Demeter at Eleusis (Clem. Al. proir. 2. 21. 2 p. 16, 18 ff. Stahlin Kaon
to rrvv8r)pa 'EXevcrivlwv pvcrrrjplmv • 'ivrjcrrevcra, emov rov KVKeava, e'Xafiov eK
Kio-rrjs, e'pyacrdpevos drreBep-qv els KaXaSov Kai ex KaXddov els Kiarrjv,' on which
formula see A. Dieterich Eine Mithrasliturgie'1 Leipzig and Berlin 1910 p. 125 f.
and S. Angus The Mystery-Religions and Christianity London 1925 p. 115),
Athens, Alexandreia (Kallim. h. Dem. 1 ff. ™ KaXd8u> Kanavros eiri<p8ey^ao-6e,
yvvaiKes, \ 'Adparep, peya ^cupe, 7To\vrpdcjie ^^■ov\vpe^lpve., j rov Ka\a8ov Kariovra
Xapai 8ao-(io-6e, /3e'/3«Xoi, | k.t.X. with schol. ad loc. 6 'iiXctbeXepos ttro\epa~ios Kara
piprjcnv ro>v 'Adrjvcov eBr\ nvd Idpvaev iv 'AXe^avDpelq, ev ois Kai rrjv rov KaXddov
irpoobov. edos yap r)v ev 'Adrjvais, iv lopio-pevij rjuepa eirl i>xrjparos (pepecrdai Ka\d6iov
are still to be seen, including walls of great basalt blocks, three Doric columns
of weather-worn marble only 6 ft (?) high, and huge stone slabs with reliefs of an
archer in a pointed cap, a lion's head, etc. (E. Curtius in the Arch. Zeit. 1853
xi. 152, von Olfers 'Uber die Lydischen Konigsgraber bei Sardes und den
Grabhiigel des Alyattes' in the Abh. d. berl. Akad. 1858 Phil.-hist. Classe p. 542
pi. 1 = Perrot—Chipiez Hist, de I'Art v. 267 fig. 157). Her cult involved a yearly
festival, at which a dance known as ol Kakadoi, 'the baskets,' took place. The
beating feet of the dancers communicated their vibration to the floating reed-mats
of the lake and set them in motion. The reeds eddying round appeared to share
in the dance. The tallest reed, called fiacrikevs by the countryfolk, would in time
be drifted inshore, decorated by the worshippers, and pushed off into the lake
again. The successful performance of this little ceremony was deemed a happy
omen. The crowd at the lake-side and the prospect of altar-scraps would be
quite enough to attract the carp. Naturally the fish were sacred to Artemis of
the lake (see e.g. the large Boeotian amphora, found near Thebes, which repre-
sents Artemis with a fish on her robe (Collignon—Couve Cat. Vases d'Athenes
p. 108 f. no. 462, figured by P. Wolters in the 'E</>. 'Apx- 1892 p. 219 ff. pi. 10, 1 -
Reinach Rep. Vases i. 517, 2, Perrot—Chipiez Hist, de I'Art x. 40 f. fig. 30,
R. Eisler Orpheus—the Fisher London 1921 p. 260 f. pi. 64, I (wrongly described),
F. J. Dolger IX0YC Munster in Westf. 1922 ii. 179 f., iii pi. 12, 2), and the facts
cited by Gruppe Gr. Myth. Rel. pp. 1295 n. 1, 1536 n. 2, 1585 n. 2) and the reed-
islands would be connected with her attendant Nymphs. The whole story is
consistent and credible. After all, Varro was no visionary and Strabon is a serious
authority.
A point of interest remains. The dance KaKaQos is mentioned elsewhere in
the diminutive form KaXadltrnos. Apollophanes, an early comedian, coupled it
with the pirouette (Apolloph. frag. 1 {Frag. com. Gr. ii. 879 Meineke) ap.
Athen. 467 F (oelvos) ecrri Kai yevos opxrjo-ecosy cos 'AiroWocpdvrjs ev AaXldt rrap-
i<TTr)<jiv ovraol- 'heivov ri de'ivos (so J. Schweighauser for Seizor Tt Seivos cod. A.
J. G. J. Hermann cj. blvds ye Seivds) /cal Ka\adlo-Kos ovrocri' (K. W. Dindorf would
write eari Kai yevos opxrja-ecos ri delvos, a)? 'ArraWocpdvTjs ev AaXlbt iraplcrrrjcriv
ouraxri 'Seizor Kai KaXaulo-Kos' regarding ovrocri as a repetition of olrcacrl), and
various later writers mention it in a tragic (satyric?) connexion (Poll. 4. 105 Kai
prjv rpaytKjjs dpxr}o-ea>s o~x^para crtprj ^etp, KaXaOlcrKos, xeLP Karairpavr]S, £v\ov
irapd\Tj^nst dnr\7], Beppavcrrpls, Kv^iorrjo-ts, irapal3rjvai rerrapa, Athen. 629 F
o-xripara 6° ecrriv opxrjcrews ^Kpicrpor, caXaoWpdj (K. W. Dindorf in Stephanus
Tiles. Gr. Ling. iv. 859 D cj. KaKadlcrKos), KaXXajilSes, o-kcox//, o-Kanrevpa, 630 A
6eppaarpls, eKarepl&es, ckottos^ X^lP Karair pr)vl-js, X€lP rrlPVj b*L7roc)io-p6s: £v\ov
napd\r}\jns, evayKavia-pds, Ka\aSlo-Kos (so codd. A. B. KaXadurpos cod. P. edd. Aid.
Casaub.), <7Tpd/3tXoy).
It should be carefully distinguished from the Ku\a8os or ritual basket used in
the cult of Demeter at Eleusis (Clem. Al. proir. 2. 21. 2 p. 16, 18 ff. Stahlin Kaon
to rrvv8r)pa 'EXevcrivlwv pvcrrrjplmv • 'ivrjcrrevcra, emov rov KVKeava, e'Xafiov eK
Kio-rrjs, e'pyacrdpevos drreBep-qv els KaXaSov Kai ex KaXddov els Kiarrjv,' on which
formula see A. Dieterich Eine Mithrasliturgie'1 Leipzig and Berlin 1910 p. 125 f.
and S. Angus The Mystery-Religions and Christianity London 1925 p. 115),
Athens, Alexandreia (Kallim. h. Dem. 1 ff. ™ KaXd8u> Kanavros eiri<p8ey^ao-6e,
yvvaiKes, \ 'Adparep, peya ^cupe, 7To\vrpdcjie ^^■ov\vpe^lpve., j rov Ka\a8ov Kariovra
Xapai 8ao-(io-6e, /3e'/3«Xoi, | k.t.X. with schol. ad loc. 6 'iiXctbeXepos ttro\epa~ios Kara
piprjcnv ro>v 'Adrjvcov eBr\ nvd Idpvaev iv 'AXe^avDpelq, ev ois Kai rrjv rov KaXddov
irpoobov. edos yap r)v ev 'Adrjvais, iv lopio-pevij rjuepa eirl i>xrjparos (pepecrdai Ka\d6iov