Wordsworth, Christopher: Athens and Attica: journal of a residence (London, 1837)

270 DEITY OF EASTERN TEMPLE. [CHAP. XXXVF.

of Jupiter Panhellenius; but there is also another
and distant site, which can be clearly proved to coin-
cide with that of the Panhellenium.

To whom then was this Temple dedicated ? In
order to answer this question, let us examine the
groups of sculpture which once stood against the azure
ground of its two pediments. They had no doubt
an immediate reference to the object of that worship
which was paid in the Temple itself. In both these
groups one figure, that of Minerva, is more pro-
minent than the rest. I should therefore argue that
the Temple was dedicated to that goddess.

The following circumstance leads to the same
conclusion. In our return to the town of iEgina
from the Temple, we pass a small Greek church, at
the distance of a quarter of an hour to the west
of the Temple. The spot is called Bilikada; the
church is dedicated to S. Athanasius. The door of
the church is surmounted by a large marble slab, in*
scribed

HOPOi

TEMEVOi
AOENAIAI

that is, opos Tejuevot/s 'A8t)vdias, The limit of the
sacred precinct of Minerva; an inscription which pro-
bably once defined the boundary of the consecrated
enclosure around this very Temple.