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building, in Byzantine times, was constructed the monastery of St Nikolaos. That in turn
was left derelict in the middle ages, and is now succeeded by the church of the Taxiarchs.

ii. 895 n. 1 Zeus Aplu'sios. On the cults of Zeus at Megara—Zeus Olympios (Paus. I. 40.
4), Aphe'sios (1. 44. 9), Kbnios (1. 40. 6), with the Muses (1. 43. 6)—see now E. L. High-
barger The History and Civilization of ancient Megara Pt i (The Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity Studies in Archaeology No. 2) Baltimore 1927 pp. 41—43. K. Hanell Megarische
Studien Lund 1934 pp. 79—82 deals with Zeus Aphe'siosand his relations to Zeus Apesdntios
('Zeus Aphesios ist der alte Gott des argivischen Apesasberges, dessen Kultus die Argiver
nach Megara mitgebracht haben, wo der Kultus, wie die Funde zeigen,in der geometrischen

Zeit gegriindet wurde____ An den Kultus des Zeus Aphesios kniipft sich wie in Argos die

Flutsage. Stifter des Kultes ist ein aus der Flut geretteter Heros [supra ii. 897 n. 1],
in diesem Falle ein Sohn des Gottes selbst und Eponyme des Landes. Sein Rettung
geschieht iibrigens in einer sehr eigenartigen Weise, indem er dem Geschrei fliegender
Kraniche nachschwimmt. Hierdurch wild nocli eine schbne Etymologie gewonnen [Paus.

Fig. 907.

1. 40. 1 d\Xa—vrjX€<r6aL yap Terofifvoyv ycpavwv irpbs ripf f3orjf tQiv opvidwv aurov—Sia
tovto reparian to 6pot wo/iatr^cai], und eigentlich ist dieser Zug hinreichend, urn die
ganze Geschichte als spate dichterische Erfindung zu charakterisieren').

ii. 898. To the mountain-cults of Zeus in Boiotia add that of Zeus Keraibs at
Akraiphia and that of Zeus Karaibs at Thespiai (supra on ii. 874 n. 2).

ii. 899 n. 1 Merakles Chdrops. N. G. Pappadakis 'lle/ji tA XapoTrewv ttjs Kopove/as'
in the 'Apx. AeXr. 1916 ii. 217—272.

ii. 901 n. 2 Mt Parnassos. D. W. Freshfield Below the Snow Line London 1923
pp. 128—130 gives the height of Parnassos as 8064 ft. and says of his ascent: 'When
I got to the top a faint gleam was already visible in the eastern sky. It quickly deepened
and broadened until, without warning, a spot of light shone on the dark sea horizon,
grew to an arch, and in a few moments the sun's orb was floating on the sky. To the
sailors on the Aegean it had not yet risen, and it was some minutes before a path of light
flashed across the waters to Euboea. Then the long backbone of the great island stood
out with all its heights and hollows blue against the golden east, throwing a clear-cut
shadow on the strait that divides it from the mainland. The plains of Boeotia next took
the day; the mist rose from its lakes, and the rivers flashed out as silvei threads across its
broad fields. On the northern horizon, beyond the Gulf of Volo, Pelion, Olympus, and