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II.—Excavations at Sparta, 1906: § 7.—The Cult of Orthia as Illustrated by the Finds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2013

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The resemblance of certain of the ivories to some in the Ephesus deposit makes it clear that they came from Asia. Close relations and exchange of gifts between Sparta and Lydia are recorded for the sixth century, and have been claimed for the seventh, the age of Alcman. Long ago Curtius pointed out certain affinities between the Lydian goddess of the Lake, Artemis Gygaea, and the Spartan Orthia. Now that Mr. Hogarth has vindicated the Hellenic character of the early worship of Artemis at Ephesus, it becomes probable that the great Ionian sanctuary may have made its influence felt at Sparta as well as at Koloene. The road to Sardis was by Ephesus, and the road to Ephesus by Samos, and with Samos too we have links. The legend of the xoanon found in a thicket of agnus castus is common to the cult of Hera at Samos and of Orthia at Sparta. Again the best parallels for the Spartan masks have been found, as Mr. Dawkins has pointed out, in Samian tombs.

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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1906

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References

page 331 note 1 Arch. Zeit. 1853, pp. 150 ff.

page 331 note 2 Besides the winged goddess, the figure holding two water-birds (Fig. 3 b, p. 323 above) may be an Artemis. Cf. Arch. Zeit. 1866, Taf. A.

page 332 note 1 Dioscorides, i. 134, Galen, xi. 807, Pliny, xxiv. 59–63, Aelian, , Nat. An. ix. 26.Google Scholar Cf. Nilsson, , Gr. Feste, p. 47.Google Scholar

page 332 note 2 Cavvadias, , Fouilles d'Épidaure, 38, 147, 155.Google Scholar

page 332 note 3 See Roscher, p. 1212, s.v. Orthia (Höfer) for a collection of the ancient explanations. Schol. vet. Pind. Ol. iii. 54 ᾿Ορθωσίᾳ . . .τῇ ὀρθούσῃ τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ εἰς σωτηρίαν ἐκ τῶν τοκετῶν ἀγούσῃ . . . ὀρθοῖ τοὺς γεννωμένους In a general sense Schol. ad Plat. Leg. p. 450 τῆς τὴν πολιτείαν ἀνορθούσης etc. But the reference to women and children is more frequent.

page 333 note 1 Bergk, , Poetae Lyrici, iii. pp. 2344Google Scholar; Diels, , Hertnes xxxi. pp. 339374.Google Scholar

page 333 note 2 Athen. xiv. 646 A κπιβάνας πλακοῦντάς τινας ὀνομαστικῶς ᾿Απολλόδωρος παρ᾿ ᾿Αλκμᾶνι ὀμοίως καὶ Σωσίβιος ἐν γ´ περὶ ᾿Αλκμᾶνος, τῷ σχήματι μαστοειδεῖς εἶναι φάδκων αὐτούς, χρῆσθαι δ᾿ αὐτοῖς Λάκωνας πρὸς τὰς τῶν γυναικῶν ἑστιάσεις, περιφέρειν τ᾿ αὐτούς, ὄταν μέλλωσιν ᾀδειν τὸ παρεσκεὐασμένον ἐγκώμιον τῆς Παρθένου αἰ ἐν τῷ χορῷ ἀκόλουθοι

page 333 note 3 Xen. Cyneg. vi. 13; Hell. iv. 2. 20, etc.

page 333 note 4 A procession of Ephebi ἐν ὄολοις in honour of Artemis Agrotera, , C.I.A. ii. 471.Google Scholar

page 333 note 5 Lolling, , Athen. Mitt. viii. 202.Google Scholar

page 333 note 6 Bergk, , Poetae Lyrici iii. 644Google Scholar, from Ath. 694 c.

page 333 note 7 Several unfinished carvings in the same material were found at the same time, which makes it probable that they are all of local workmanship. Of finished figures, besides the one described in the text, the best is a crouching goblin with grotesque features and hunched back.

page 334 note 1 An inscription found this year suggests ϝορθα[ίαι as a possible reading, cf. p. 353.

page 334 note 2 C.I.A. ii. 758 and Robert, , Archäol Märchen, pp. 150 ff.Google Scholar Paus. x. 38. 5 saw at Amphissa ᾿Αθηνᾶς ἄγαλμα ὀρθόν said to have been brought from Troy, ἀρχαιότερον καὶ ἀργότερον τὴν τέχνην

page 334 note 3 The title of Dionysus ᾿Ορθός at Athens was explained in this way; Amphictyon learned from Dionysos how to mix wine with water, διὸ καὶ ὀρθοὺς γενέσθαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους οὔτω πίνοντας πρότερον ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀκράτου καμπτομένους (Philochorus ap. Ath. 38 C). But in its origin the epithet was no doubt simply descriptive of an image.

page 334 note 4 See the Scholia quoted on p. 332, note 3 above. The punishment of those who incur the wrath of Artemis is described in Callimachus' Hymn to her, 126

αἱ δὲ γυναῖκες

page 335 note 1 Cults of the Greek States, ii. p. 453.

page 335 note 2 Archäologische Märchen, p. 148. On the significance of the title παρθένος see Farnell, op. cit. pp. 442–9.

page 336 note 1 Arist. Gen. An. v. 2, Xen. Cyneg. iv. cf. x. 1 and 4. Two hounds of this type, in terracotta and bronze, were among the dedications to Artemis at Lusoi, , Jahresh. iv. pp. 44, 48.Google Scholar

page 336 note 2 Aristotle speaks of the Molossian as an established breed, Hist. An. ix. 14. On the other hand Xenophon recommends Indian hounds for boar-hunting (Cyneg. x. 1).

page 336 note 3 The outline of the right arm is seen under the mantle, extended down the right side. The figure is only a three-quarter length, being cut short a little below the knees; its cylindrical lower portion may be compared with the shaft of a herm.

page 336 note 4 I am indebted to Dr. Kourouniotes for an opportunity of examining these interesting unpublished figures. Their numbers in the Athens Museum are 13057, 13059, 13060; 13078 is the upper part of a terracotta statuette of similar type. See Πρακτικά 1902, p. 74, and B.C.H. xxvii. (1903) Pls. VII.–IX. p. 300, where M. Perdrizet publishes three statuettes found on this site before Dr. Kourouniotes' excavation.

page 337 note 1 The head of the pin on our statuette was (as on the bronzes) to the spectator's right, but has been broken or worn away.

page 337 note 2 Athen. Mitt. xxx. Pl. IV. p. 65, with inscription Φαυλέας ὰνέθυσα τῷ Πανί

page 338 note 1 Strabo, viii. p. 363. Compare p. 308 above, note 1.

page 338 note 2 The text is uncertain; cf. van Herwerden, Lex. Suppletorium, and the glosses in Hesychius on βρυαλίκται, βυλλίχαι etc. Nilsson, , Gr. Feste, pp. 184 ff.Google Scholar discusses these dances at length.

page 339 note 1 See the passages quoted by Diels, , Hermes xxx. p. 362Google Scholar, Meineke, , Fr. Com. Gr. i. 270Google Scholar, and Arist. Clouds, 598.

page 339 note 2 Paus. vi. 22. 5.

page 340 note 1 Paus. viii. 15. I, and Frazer's note. The name Kidaria is no doubt derived from the dance κίδαριδAthen. xiv. 631 D.

page 340 note 2 Height ·155 m. Thickness ·01 to ·016. Breadth inside ·07, consequently too small for actual use except by a child. Crisp reddish micaceous clay, pale yellow slip, deep brown glaze-paint; purple added on alternate labels of diadem, line round lips, and tongue. Incisions made before laying on slip or paint–between labels, above and below eyebrows, round the eyes to indicate lashes, and in beard. The dot-and-circle ornaments on the brow were first impressed with a round tipped instrument, then painted; similar impressions on the cheeks were left without colour. Six string-holes, in top of diadem, tip of beard, and two on either side. A central tooth which rested on the tongue has been broken away.

page 341 note 1 See instances in Roscher, s.v. Gorgonen, pp. 1707, 1718 (Furtwängler).

page 342 note 1 Schol Nubes, 343 αὖται δὲ ῥῖνας ἔχουσιν. Εἰσεληλύθασι γὰρ οἱ τοῦ χοροῦ προσωπεῖα περικεί μενοι μεγάλας ἔχοντα ῥῖνας καὶ ἄλλως γελοῖα καὶ ἀσχήμονα

page 343 note 1 Sosibius ap. Athen. 621 D παρὰ δὲ Λακεδαιμονἴοις κωμικῆς παιδιᾶς ἦν τις τρόπος παλαιός ὤς φησι Σωσιβιος οὐκ ἄγαν σπουδαῖος, ἄτε δὴ κἀν τούτοις τὸ λιτὸν τῆς Σπάρτης μεταδιωκούσης. ἐμιμειτο γάρ τις ἐν εὐτελεῖ τῇ λέξει κλέπτοντάς τινας ὀπώραν ἤ ξενικὸν ἰατρὸν τοιαυτὶ λέγοντα κ.τ.λ.

page 343 note 2 Sosibius ap. Plut. Lycurg. 25.