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AND PLUTO EPIMACHOS. 425
Seems at first natural to suppose that, if the worship
of Demeter and Persephone at Cniclus was originally
called Triopian, the seat of that worship would have
been the llieron Triopion, which was dedicated, as we
know, to Apollo, Poseidon, and the Nymphs.k There
seems, however, to be no positive evidence to show
that such was the case ;' nor is there any difficulty
in assuming that the name of the founder of Cnidns
may have been given to two distinct temples. On
the other baud, if the Triopia sacra were established
in the first colonization of Cnidus by Triopas, it
seems difficult to believe that the original seat of
this worship would have been the temenos discovered
by me; for, in that case, some relic of archaic art
would have been found in the debris ; whereas I have
already pointed out that none of the inscriptions or
other remains were earlier than the time of Phidias.
Upon the whole, therefore, I am disposed to think
it probable that in the temenos dedicated by Chry-
sina the Triopia sacra formed the basis of the
mystic worship, but that the original seat of this
worship must be looked for in some other part of
Cnidus, perhaps in the Peninsula.™
k Schol. Theokr. Idyll, xvii. 69.
1 Preller, Demeter, p. 176, states, that the Triopia sacra were
originally a festival in honour of Demeter and Persephone, and
that the Triopian worship of Apollo prevailed at a later period.
Put the passages which he cites do not prove this.—K. O. Mueller,
Dorians, i. p. 290, Engl, transl., takes a similar view.
m While this sheet is passing through the press, I have seen
Professor Gerhard's short review of this work in the Archaolo-
giscber Auzeiger, 1862, No. 158, p. 270"::". He disapproves of the
name Hekate, which I have given to the terracotta from the
temenos, described ante, p. 401, and considers this figure to be
II. 2 p
Seems at first natural to suppose that, if the worship
of Demeter and Persephone at Cniclus was originally
called Triopian, the seat of that worship would have
been the llieron Triopion, which was dedicated, as we
know, to Apollo, Poseidon, and the Nymphs.k There
seems, however, to be no positive evidence to show
that such was the case ;' nor is there any difficulty
in assuming that the name of the founder of Cnidns
may have been given to two distinct temples. On
the other baud, if the Triopia sacra were established
in the first colonization of Cnidus by Triopas, it
seems difficult to believe that the original seat of
this worship would have been the temenos discovered
by me; for, in that case, some relic of archaic art
would have been found in the debris ; whereas I have
already pointed out that none of the inscriptions or
other remains were earlier than the time of Phidias.
Upon the whole, therefore, I am disposed to think
it probable that in the temenos dedicated by Chry-
sina the Triopia sacra formed the basis of the
mystic worship, but that the original seat of this
worship must be looked for in some other part of
Cnidus, perhaps in the Peninsula.™
k Schol. Theokr. Idyll, xvii. 69.
1 Preller, Demeter, p. 176, states, that the Triopia sacra were
originally a festival in honour of Demeter and Persephone, and
that the Triopian worship of Apollo prevailed at a later period.
Put the passages which he cites do not prove this.—K. O. Mueller,
Dorians, i. p. 290, Engl, transl., takes a similar view.
m While this sheet is passing through the press, I have seen
Professor Gerhard's short review of this work in the Archaolo-
giscber Auzeiger, 1862, No. 158, p. 270"::". He disapproves of the
name Hekate, which I have given to the terracotta from the
temenos, described ante, p. 401, and considers this figure to be
II. 2 p