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VOURA (Ancient city) DIAKOPTO
On descending from Bura towards the sea you come to a river
called Buraicus, and to a small Heracles in a cave. He too is surnamed Buraicus,
and here one can divine by means of a tablet and dice. He who inquires of the
god offers up a prayer in front of the image, and after the prayer he takes four
dice, a plentiful supply of which are placed by Heracles, and throws them upon
the table. For every figure made by the dice there is an explanation expressly
written on the tablet.
EGHION (Ancient city) ACHAIA
At Aegium is an ancient sanctuary of Eileithyia, and her image
is covered from head to foot with finely-woven drapery; it is of wood except the
face, hands and feet, which are made of Pentelic marble. One hand is stretched
out straight; the other holds up a torch. One might conjecture that torches are
an attribute of Eileithyia because the pangs of women are just like fire. The
torches might also be explained by the fact that it is Eileithyia who brings children
to the light. The image is a work of Damophon the Messenian.
Near the theater they have a sanctuary of Dionysus with an image of the god as a beardless youth.
In the market-place there is a sanctuary of Artemis, who is represented in the act of shooting an arrow.
By the sea at Aegium is a sanctuary of Aphrodite.
By the sea at Aegium is a sanctuary of Aphrodite, and after it one of Poseidon.
By the sea at Aegium is a sanctuary of Aphrodite, and after it one of Poseidon; there is also one of the Maiden, daughter of Demeter.
By the sea at Aegium is a sanctuary of Aphrodite, and after
it one of Poseidon; there is also one of the Maiden, daughter of Demeter, and
one to Zeus Homagyrius ( Assembler). Here are images of Zeus, of Aphrodite and
of Athena. The surname Assembler was given to Zeus because in this place Agamemnon
assembled the most eminent men in Greece, in order that they might consult together
how to make war on the empire of Priam.
Adjoining Zeus the Assembler is a sanctuary of Demeter Panachaean.
They have also a sanctuary of Safety. Her image may be seen by none but the priests, and the following ritual is performed. They take cakes of the district from the goddess and throw them into the sea, saying that they send them to Arethusa at Syracuse.
EGIRA (Ancient city) ACHAIA
The Hyperesians gave their city its present name of Aegeira from the goats ( aiges), and where the most beautiful goat, which led the others, crouched, they built a sanctuary of Artemis the Huntress, believing that the trick against the Sicyonians was an inspiration of Artemis.
The sights of Aegeira worth recording include a sanctuary of Zeus with a sitting image of Pentelic marble, the work of Eucleides the Athenian. In this sanctuary there also stands an image of Athena. The face, hands and feet are of ivory, the rest is of wood, with ornamentation of gilt work and of colors
There is also a sanctuary of Apollo; the sanctuary itself, with
the sculptures on the pediments, are very old; the wooden image of the god also
is old, the figure being nude and of colossal size. None of the inhabitants could
give the name of the artist, but anyone who has already seen the Heracles at Sicyon
would be led to conjecture that the Apollo in Aegeira was also a work of the same
artist, Laphaes the Phliasian.
From the grave it is a journey of about thirty stades to what
is called the Gaeus, a sanctuary of Earth surnamed Broad-bosomed, whose wooden
image is one of the very oldest. The woman who from time to time is priestess
henceforth remains chaste, and before her election must not have had intercourse
with more than one man. The test applied is drinking bull's blood. Any woman who
may chance not to speak the truth is immediately punished as a result of this
test. If several women compete for the priesthood, lots are cast for the honor.
They worship most devoutly the Heavenly Goddess, but human beings must not enter her sanctuary.
But into the sanctuary of the goddess they surname Syrian they enter on stated days, but they must submit beforehand to certain customary purifications, especially in the matter of diet.
ELIKI (Ancient city) EGIALIA
Here used to be situated a city Helice, where the Ionians had
a very holy sanctuary of Heliconian Poseidon. Their worship of Heliconian Poseidon
has remained, even after their expulsion by the Achaeans to Athens, and subsequently
from Athens to the coasts of Asia. There are also passages in Homer referring
to Helice and the Heliconian Poseidon. But later on the Achaeans of the place
removed some suppliants from the sanctuary and killed them.
KERYNIA (Ancient city) ACHAIA
In Ceryneia is a sanctuary of the Eumenides, which they say
was established by Orestes. Whosoever enters with the desire to see the sights,
if he be guilty of bloodshed, defilement or impiety, is said at once to become
insane with fright, and for this reason the right to enter is not given to all
and sundry. The images made of wood . . . they are not very large in size, and
at the entrance to the sanctuary are statues of women, made of stone and of artistic
workmanship. The natives said that the women are portraits of the former priestesses
of the Eumenides.
VOURA (Ancient city) DIAKOPTO
Isis too has a sanctuary.
ZAROUCHLA (Village) KALAVRYTA
On Mount Crathis is a sanctuary of Artemis Pyronia (Fire-goddess), and in more ancient days the Argives used to bring from this goddess fire for their Lernaean ceremonies.
EGHION (Ancient city) ACHAIA
In a building right in front of the entrance are images, of
bronze like the others, representing Poseidon, Heracles, Zeus and Athena. They
are called gods from Argos. The Argives say it is because they were made in Argos;
the people of Aegium themselves say that the images were deposited by the Argives
with them on trust. They say further that they were ordered to sacrifice each
day to the images. But bethinking themselves of a trick they sacrificed a vast
number of animals, but the victims they ate up at public feasts, so that they
were not put to any expense. At last the Argives asked for the images to be returned,
whereupon the people of Aegium asked for the cost of the sacrifices. As the Argives
had not the means to pay, they left the images at Aegium.
There are at Aegium other images made of bronze, Zeus as a boy
and Heracles as a beardless youth, the work of Ageladas of Argos. Priests are
elected for them every year, and each of the two images remains at the house of
the priest. In a more remote age there was chosen to be priest for Zeus from the
boys he who won the prize for beauty. When his beard began to grow the honor for
beauty passed to another boy. Such were the customs.
EGIRA (Ancient city) ACHAIA
There are in a temple standing images of Asclepius, and elsewhere images of Serapis and of Isis, these too being of Pentelic marble.
I remember observing at Aegeira a building in which was an image of Fortune carrying the horn of Amaltheia. By her side is a winged Love, the moral of which is that even success in love depends for mankind on fortune rather than on beauty.
EGHION (Ancient city) ACHAIA
At Aegium you find a temple of Athena and a grove of Hera. Of Athena there are two images of white marble.
At Aegium you find a temple of Athena and a grove of Hera. The image of Hera may be seen by nobody except the woman who happens to hold the office of priestess to the goddess.
By the market-place at Aegium is a temple shared by Apollo and Artemis in common.
EGIRA (Ancient city) ACHAIA
There is also a temple of Artemis, with an image of the modern style of workmanship. The priestess is a maiden, who holds office until she reaches the age to marry. There stands here too an ancient image, which the folk of Aegeira say is Iphigeneia, the daughter of Agamemnon. If they are correct, it is plain that the temple must have been built originally for Iphigeneia.
VOURA (Ancient city) DIAKOPTO
There is a temple here of Demeter, one of Aphrodite and Dionysus, and a third of Eileithyia. The images are of Pentelic marble, and were made by Eucleides of Athens. There is drapery for Demeter.
There is a temple here of Demeter, one of Aphrodite and Dionysus, and a third of Eileithyia. The images are of Pentelic marble, and were made by Eucleides of Athens.
There is a temple here of Demeter, one of Aphrodite and Dionysus, and a third of Eileithyia. The images are of Pentelic marble, and were made by Eucleides of Athens.
KRATHIS (River) ACHAIA
At no great distance from the Crathis you will find a tomb on the right of the road, and on the tombstone a man standing by the side of a horse; the colors of the painting have faded.
EGIRA (Ancient city) ACHAIA
In this building at Aegeira is also an old man in the attitude
of a mourner, three women taking off their bracelets, and likewise three lads,
with a man wearing a breastplate. They say that in a war of the Achaeans this
last man fought more bravely than any other soldier of Aegeira, but was killed.
His surviving brothers carried home the news of his death, and therefore in mourning
for him his sisters are discarding their ornaments, and the natives call the father
Sympathes, because even in the statue he is a piteous figure.
EGHION (Ancient city) ACHAIA
Not far from Eileithyia is a precinct of Asclepius, with images of him and of Health. An iambic line on the pedestal says that the artist was Damophon the Messenian.
There is also in the market-place a precinct of Zeus surnamed Saviour, with two images, both of bronze, on the left as you go in; the one without a beard seemed to me the more ancient.
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