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CHAPTER XXV.
Nyrapharum Domus.
Vikoil.
Dec. 27.
This evening we spent some time in a grotto
on Mount Hymettus. It is about twelve miles from
Athens, on the way to Sunium, and near the village
of Bari, the ancient Anagyrus.
It is a natural subterranean cave, entered by a
descent of a few stone steps, from which access the
interior is dimly lighted: it is vaulted with fretted
stone, and the rocky roof is gracefully hung with
stalactites.
There are some ancient inscriptions engraved on
the rock near the entrance. From one of these we
learn that the grotto was sacred to the nymphs.
Another similar inscription admits the sylvan Pan,
and the rural Graces, to a share in the same resi-
dence. The pastoral Apollo is likewise united with
them in another sentence of the same kind.
The Attic shepherd to whose labour the cave was
indebted for its simple furniture, is also mentioned
in other inscriptions here. His figure too, dressed
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Nyrapharum Domus.
Vikoil.
Dec. 27.
This evening we spent some time in a grotto
on Mount Hymettus. It is about twelve miles from
Athens, on the way to Sunium, and near the village
of Bari, the ancient Anagyrus.
It is a natural subterranean cave, entered by a
descent of a few stone steps, from which access the
interior is dimly lighted: it is vaulted with fretted
stone, and the rocky roof is gracefully hung with
stalactites.
There are some ancient inscriptions engraved on
the rock near the entrance. From one of these we
learn that the grotto was sacred to the nymphs.
Another similar inscription admits the sylvan Pan,
and the rural Graces, to a share in the same resi-
dence. The pastoral Apollo is likewise united with
them in another sentence of the same kind.
The Attic shepherd to whose labour the cave was
indebted for its simple furniture, is also mentioned
in other inscriptions here. His figure too, dressed
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