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AlsT) PLUTO EPMACHOS. 391
animals must have been sacrificed to Demeter and
Persephone. The pig, as is well known, was sacred
both to Demeter and to Persephone.
The manner in which the glasses and more fra-
gile objects were packed in layers at the bottom of
the chamber reminded me of the discoveries in
the field of Chiaoux at Budrum. (See ante, p. 325.)
On that site, where it is probable that a temple
of Demeter once stood, layers of small terracotta
figures and of lamps were found lying in a clay bed
between lines of foundations. Above these layers of
fragile objects were masses of grouted masonry,
which appeared to be portions of Roman vaulting
fallen in, and several fragments of sculpture and
other antiquities.
I have already shown, ante, p. 331, that in the
ancient sacred inclosures were vaulted chambers,—
favissa', built for the reception of votive objects,
which, as it would appear from the discoveries at
Cnidus and Budrum, were there arranged in classes
and stored up.c
c In the case of temples of Demeter, the place where the mystic
objects of her worship were kept was called jiiyapov or uvaKropor.
^1. Hesych :—'A.yaKropov' ru rfjc Ali/ji/vpoc, o rat fxiyapov Kakovaiv,
07rov ra uvuKTopu -Werai. Photii Lexicon, ed. Hermann :—Maya-
pot', ov fieyapor, tig o ra fiva-tKa lepa. riOercu. Into these ptyapa,
according to Pausan. ix. § 1, were thrown the young of pigs.
&p<oai ciWa icai tnvuaa KaditrrrjKe afttri. rai ic ~a fieyapa KaXovfizva
"■fiamu lr -wv vtoyvmv. Cf. Clemens Alexandr. Cohort, ad Gen-
res, p, 14) as restored by Lobeck, Aglaophamus, ed. Potter, ii.
p. 828. Porphyr. Antr. Nymph, c. vi. : -^duvwir; kcu ijpuxrtv iava-
P«C, w7to^fiorio(C ct ftuBpovt; Kal fiiyaoa iSpvaavru, In these passages
peyapa and ayaKTopa seem to be spoken of as peculiar to Demeter
and other infernal deities : and it is, therefore, possible that the
animals must have been sacrificed to Demeter and
Persephone. The pig, as is well known, was sacred
both to Demeter and to Persephone.
The manner in which the glasses and more fra-
gile objects were packed in layers at the bottom of
the chamber reminded me of the discoveries in
the field of Chiaoux at Budrum. (See ante, p. 325.)
On that site, where it is probable that a temple
of Demeter once stood, layers of small terracotta
figures and of lamps were found lying in a clay bed
between lines of foundations. Above these layers of
fragile objects were masses of grouted masonry,
which appeared to be portions of Roman vaulting
fallen in, and several fragments of sculpture and
other antiquities.
I have already shown, ante, p. 331, that in the
ancient sacred inclosures were vaulted chambers,—
favissa', built for the reception of votive objects,
which, as it would appear from the discoveries at
Cnidus and Budrum, were there arranged in classes
and stored up.c
c In the case of temples of Demeter, the place where the mystic
objects of her worship were kept was called jiiyapov or uvaKropor.
^1. Hesych :—'A.yaKropov' ru rfjc Ali/ji/vpoc, o rat fxiyapov Kakovaiv,
07rov ra uvuKTopu -Werai. Photii Lexicon, ed. Hermann :—Maya-
pot', ov fieyapor, tig o ra fiva-tKa lepa. riOercu. Into these ptyapa,
according to Pausan. ix. § 1, were thrown the young of pigs.
&p<oai ciWa icai tnvuaa KaditrrrjKe afttri. rai ic ~a fieyapa KaXovfizva
"■fiamu lr -wv vtoyvmv. Cf. Clemens Alexandr. Cohort, ad Gen-
res, p, 14) as restored by Lobeck, Aglaophamus, ed. Potter, ii.
p. 828. Porphyr. Antr. Nymph, c. vi. : -^duvwir; kcu ijpuxrtv iava-
P«C, w7to^fiorio(C ct ftuBpovt; Kal fiiyaoa iSpvaavru, In these passages
peyapa and ayaKTopa seem to be spoken of as peculiar to Demeter
and other infernal deities : and it is, therefore, possible that the