VI. CHAP. Roman Emperors; and seems to refer to a dispute between the people of Anticyra and Delphi. The allusion to the people of Anticyra will not be read without interest, considering that the city was destroyed in the war with Philip the son of Demetrius; but it might have been rebuilt, as it probably was, in the time of Hadrian. The antiquities of Anticyra are described by Pausanias'. It was famous for its Hellebore. We found the same plant upon Mount Helicon. A more antient name of Anticyra was Cyparissus: it was so denominated by Homer. Below this house we found what we conceived to be the remains of the TEMPLE OF APOLLO, from the number and nature of the inscriptions. Some of them were in a wood-house; but so covered, that we could not copy them. Upon three or four we read the names of ARCHONS, and upon one the word HPAKAEIOY. But the last, and by far the most important, in its evident allusion to the Temple, mentions a family who had consigned their son to the care of the priests. This being discovered upon the spot, will be considered as more interesting than any thing else which we found at DELPHI. It states, that (1) Pausania Phocica, cap. 36. p. 891. ed. Kuhnii. 66 THE FATHER AND MOTHER OF AMARIUS СНАР. ΑΜΑΡΙΟΝΝ ΕΠΩΤΑΑΙΓΙΑΛΕΙΝΟΝΤΕ ΒΟΥΛΗΣΤΕΙΑΙΣΒΟΥΛΕΥΤΙΚΑΙΣΚΑΙ ΑΓΟΡΑΝΟΜΙΚΑΙΣ. ΑΜΑΡΙΟΣΝΕΠΩΣ ΠΑΤΗΡΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΣΚΑΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΑΙΓΙΑΛΗ In consequence of some dispute between the agents of Ali Pasha and the inhabitants of Castri, the Pasha has laid the village under contribution, to pay him the sum of thirty purses; equal to fifteen thousand piastres. This they are unable to do; and of course every thing they had has been taken from them; which may serve to explain the present ruined state of the place. In its present condition, there is not in all Lapland a more wretched village than Castri. The other villages upon Parnassus, especially Arracovia, are comparatively wealthy; Cause of the wretch ed state of Castri. VI. CHAP. the soil being extremely fertile, and the natural industry of the inhabitants, many of whom are Albanians, being very great. The wine produced over all the south side of the mountain is excellent; and there is not a resident Turk to be found. Medals. Upon our return to the house where we had lodged, we examined a few medals which our host had collected among the inhabitants, during our absence; and we obtained one, in silver, of very great rarity. It was a small medal of Eta in THESSALY, in excellent preservation, and the die remarkably fine. In front it exhibits the head of the Nemean Lion, champing the arrow of Hercules between his jaws; and upon the obverse side, the naked figure of the hero, in the moment of his apotheosis upon Mount Eta, his head radiated, and holding his knotted club between his hands, with the legend OITAIN; thus written from right to left, NOIATIO. This exceedingly rare medal is not known to exist in any other collection than that of the Abbé Neumann, at present forming a part of the Imperial cabinet at Vienna; where, however, there is no example of it in such perfect preservation. It may be considered as one of VI. the finest specimens of the Grecian art'. Virgil, CHAP. who was not less an antiquary than a poet, borrowed much of his finest imagery from the gems and coins of Greece; and in the magnificent description given by Ovid of the apotheosis of Hercules', he seems to have had in contemplation this medal of ETA. ་་ (1) The original is now in the possession of R. P. Knight, Esq. See also an Engraving of this Medal in a work published at Vienna, in two Parts, by the Abbé Neumann; entitled Populorum et Regum Numi Veteres inediti.” Pars Prima, Tab. V. No. 7. Vindobona, 1779. The Second Part appeared in 1783. Speaking of this silver medal of Eta, the author says, Hæc atque alia diversa Musei Pelleriniani, utraque ærea, Etæorum solæ sunt monetæ, quæ ad nostra tempora in apricum protulit atas. Iis tertiam nunc addo, spectato metallo unicam, artificio, cujus veneres nec verbis, nec scalpro digne exprimas, nitore atque elegantiá insignem." Ibid. p. 160. (2) Utque novus serpens, positâ cum pelle senectâ, Luxuriare solet, squamâque nitere recenti : Ovidii Metamorph. lib. ix. 266. Primary Form of Carbonated Lime developed by the Fracture of Limestone, upon the Summit of Parnassus. CHAP. VII. DELPHI, TO THE SUMMIT OF PARNASSUS, AND TITHOREA. Arracovia-Vineyards of Parnassus-Prospect-Condition of the inhabitants-Alteration of temperature-Traditions-Journey to the summit-Kallidia-Disappearance of the vegetation-Crater of Parnassus-Nature of the Peak-State of the thermometer upon the heights-Objects visible from the top of the mountainBearings by the compass-Adventure with the horses -Geological features-Singular effect of spontaneous decomposition in Limestone-Inference deduced from such phænomena-Plants of Parnassus-Lugari, or |