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TEMPLE OF JUPITER PANHELLENIOS
IN THE ISLAND OF >EGINA.
" DURING a long drought. With which Greece was afflicted, the mercy of Jupiter was
invoked by the supplications of £aous, in obedience to a Delphic oracle. Sacrifices were
offered to Jupiter I'unhellenios, after which the soil was drenched with copious showers.
Mount Panhcllenion has nothing worthy of observation except the Temple of* Jupiter'."
This venerable edifice appears to have owed its origin to the feeling of gratitude
which was excited by the above-mentioned beneficent intcqwsition. It is prolwbly one
of the most ancient temples in Greece, and if credit can l>c given to Pausaniasa, it was
founded by JEacus, son of Jupiter. In its pristine integrity it displayed thirty-six
columns, besides those within the eella. There were six at each end and twelve on each
side, including those of the four nngles. Twenty-five columns are still standing, with the
lower parts of some of those which were within the eella. Great part of the architrave
is entire, but the cornice, metopa*. and triglyphs have fallen to the ground. The temple
is composed of a soft porous stone, anciently coated with a fine stucco, that gave it the
semblance of marble. The extraordinary archaic statues, which had fallen from the
tympana of the temple, were discovered in the year 1811, and at present form the most
conspicuous ornament of the magnificent collection of antiquities at Munich.
Mount Panhellenion, on which the temple stands, although not of great height,
commands a view that can seldom be equalled in beauty and in interest
This mouldering temple, far sequestered from the precincts of any human habitation,
is surrounded by a forest of small trees and odoriferous shrubs, particularly the round
pine, the juniper, and the lentiscus.
The distant part of the view comprises the Saronic Gulf towards the island of Salainis,
with Mount Fames.
The figures portray the country people of /Egina who supplied us with provisions
during our stay at the temple.
IN THE ISLAND OF >EGINA.
" DURING a long drought. With which Greece was afflicted, the mercy of Jupiter was
invoked by the supplications of £aous, in obedience to a Delphic oracle. Sacrifices were
offered to Jupiter I'unhellenios, after which the soil was drenched with copious showers.
Mount Panhcllenion has nothing worthy of observation except the Temple of* Jupiter'."
This venerable edifice appears to have owed its origin to the feeling of gratitude
which was excited by the above-mentioned beneficent intcqwsition. It is prolwbly one
of the most ancient temples in Greece, and if credit can l>c given to Pausaniasa, it was
founded by JEacus, son of Jupiter. In its pristine integrity it displayed thirty-six
columns, besides those within the eella. There were six at each end and twelve on each
side, including those of the four nngles. Twenty-five columns are still standing, with the
lower parts of some of those which were within the eella. Great part of the architrave
is entire, but the cornice, metopa*. and triglyphs have fallen to the ground. The temple
is composed of a soft porous stone, anciently coated with a fine stucco, that gave it the
semblance of marble. The extraordinary archaic statues, which had fallen from the
tympana of the temple, were discovered in the year 1811, and at present form the most
conspicuous ornament of the magnificent collection of antiquities at Munich.
Mount Panhellenion, on which the temple stands, although not of great height,
commands a view that can seldom be equalled in beauty and in interest
This mouldering temple, far sequestered from the precincts of any human habitation,
is surrounded by a forest of small trees and odoriferous shrubs, particularly the round
pine, the juniper, and the lentiscus.
The distant part of the view comprises the Saronic Gulf towards the island of Salainis,
with Mount Fames.
The figures portray the country people of /Egina who supplied us with provisions
during our stay at the temple.