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masses of stone of extraordinary magnitude ; that 

 at PharoB, in Achaia, thirty of these blocks were 

 stationed, each of which was distinguished by the 

 name of some particular divinity ; and that the 

 inhabitants of Thespise in Bseotia, from the earliest 

 period, prostrated themselves before an idol 

 equally inartificial, as the visible representative 

 of the god, Epws. Other instances might be ad- 

 duced from the same author, to prove that Juno, 

 Diana, the graces, Hercules, and other deities 

 were worshipped under portraitures equally rude.* 



Besides these ruder monuments, squared blocks, 

 pillars, and pyramids were employed as images of 

 superior beings, before any attempt was made to 

 represent them in the human form. The most 

 ancient statues of Castor and Pollux, at Sparta, 

 were styled AoKwa, and consisted of two perpen- 

 dicular pieces of timber, placed parallel to each 

 other, and united at the extremities by two hori- 

 zontal beams. This seems to have been the origin 

 of our present symbol for the sign of Gemini in the 

 zodiac, as it corresponds with the symbol usually 

 employed to denote that constellation.f 



* Anach. VI. 184. 



t Holland's Plut. 17-4, 2 Callimach. Fragm. 105. 



