CHAP. XXXVI.] MINEBVA. 271
That it was dedicated to the Goddess of Athens
not by iEginetans, but by the Athenians when in
possession of iEgina, may be inferred from the site
which it occupies, at a distance from the town of
iEgina, and looking directly upon Athens. It may
be inferred also from the language of the inscription
itself; in which, it will be observed, the name of
the goddess is expressed not in the Doric dialect of
iEgina, but, on the contrary, according to the Attic
form.
Oct. 22.
We visit to-day the site of the Panhellenium1.
It was placed on the summit of the conical mount-
ain at the southern angle of the island, which has
been noticed as so prominent a feature in the scenery
of JSgina. This hill is now called to opos, The
mountain. The name is derived from the ancient
language of Greece; it denotes at the same time
that the mountain which bears it, is the highest in
-rfEgina.
This mountain was an object of great interest to
the ancient inhabitants of the island. On its sum-
mit JEacus the king of iEgina was believed to have
prayed to Jupiter in the name of the whole 2 Hel-
lenic nation for a supply of rain, which was then
1 Cp. A. Mustoxydi in Aiyivala. No. 1. July 15,1831.
3 Pausan i. 44. and n. 29. and 30.
That it was dedicated to the Goddess of Athens
not by iEginetans, but by the Athenians when in
possession of iEgina, may be inferred from the site
which it occupies, at a distance from the town of
iEgina, and looking directly upon Athens. It may
be inferred also from the language of the inscription
itself; in which, it will be observed, the name of
the goddess is expressed not in the Doric dialect of
iEgina, but, on the contrary, according to the Attic
form.
Oct. 22.
We visit to-day the site of the Panhellenium1.
It was placed on the summit of the conical mount-
ain at the southern angle of the island, which has
been noticed as so prominent a feature in the scenery
of JSgina. This hill is now called to opos, The
mountain. The name is derived from the ancient
language of Greece; it denotes at the same time
that the mountain which bears it, is the highest in
-rfEgina.
This mountain was an object of great interest to
the ancient inhabitants of the island. On its sum-
mit JEacus the king of iEgina was believed to have
prayed to Jupiter in the name of the whole 2 Hel-
lenic nation for a supply of rain, which was then
1 Cp. A. Mustoxydi in Aiyivala. No. 1. July 15,1831.
3 Pausan i. 44. and n. 29. and 30.