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73S APPENDIX NO. III.
1. 9. AivTToiva. This, according to Pausanias
(viii. 37, 5, 6), was the name of a goddess specially
worshipped by the Arcadians, whom he states to
have been the daughter of Demeter by Poseidon,
distinguishing her from Kore or Persephone, whom
he makes the offspring of Zeus by the same mother.
He intimates that this goddess had another name,
only known to the initiated,—rr,g Se Aeo-iroiv^g to
ovo[j.a sosttra e\g rovg dreXsarro'jg ypatysiv. (See viii.
25, 5 ; 42, 2 ; v. 15, 3.)j
This distinction, however, does not seem to be
recognized by other ancient writers ; and the name
Ascrivoiva occurs as a title of Persephone, and also
of Hekate and other goddesses. (See Preller, De-
meter, p. 384 ; Welcker, Griechische Gotterlehre,
Gotting. 1860, ii. p. 490; Gerhard, Mythologie,
§ 418, 2.) Aso~7roiva is in like manner addressed,
infra, No. 91.
1. 11. "With this line commences another dedica-
tion, very difficult to decipher, from the carelessness
of the writing. Thus, 1. 12, 7rotoura is written for
7roiouvTa ; and several syllables and letters are written
above the lines to which they belong.
1. 11,12. tov T7].....7rotovvra. I can make nothing
of this, though nearly all the letters are legible.
1. 13. xa[l] vuv. The I has been omitted.
xai ra ^[ysjvv). r and E have been in like manner
omitted in this word; so the N in 7roiovvTa. The
last word in the inscription I read in like manner,
Tra\y]rtog, though the letters are I1ATWC.
3 I take this opportunity of rectifying an error into which I
have fallen, ante, p. 420, where I state that it was the name
Aiinroiva, and not the mystic name of this goddess, which Pausa-
nias feared to make known.
1. 9. AivTToiva. This, according to Pausanias
(viii. 37, 5, 6), was the name of a goddess specially
worshipped by the Arcadians, whom he states to
have been the daughter of Demeter by Poseidon,
distinguishing her from Kore or Persephone, whom
he makes the offspring of Zeus by the same mother.
He intimates that this goddess had another name,
only known to the initiated,—rr,g Se Aeo-iroiv^g to
ovo[j.a sosttra e\g rovg dreXsarro'jg ypatysiv. (See viii.
25, 5 ; 42, 2 ; v. 15, 3.)j
This distinction, however, does not seem to be
recognized by other ancient writers ; and the name
Ascrivoiva occurs as a title of Persephone, and also
of Hekate and other goddesses. (See Preller, De-
meter, p. 384 ; Welcker, Griechische Gotterlehre,
Gotting. 1860, ii. p. 490; Gerhard, Mythologie,
§ 418, 2.) Aso~7roiva is in like manner addressed,
infra, No. 91.
1. 11. "With this line commences another dedica-
tion, very difficult to decipher, from the carelessness
of the writing. Thus, 1. 12, 7rotoura is written for
7roiouvTa ; and several syllables and letters are written
above the lines to which they belong.
1. 11,12. tov T7].....7rotovvra. I can make nothing
of this, though nearly all the letters are legible.
1. 13. xa[l] vuv. The I has been omitted.
xai ra ^[ysjvv). r and E have been in like manner
omitted in this word; so the N in 7roiovvTa. The
last word in the inscription I read in like manner,
Tra\y]rtog, though the letters are I1ATWC.
3 I take this opportunity of rectifying an error into which I
have fallen, ante, p. 420, where I state that it was the name
Aiinroiva, and not the mystic name of this goddess, which Pausa-
nias feared to make known.