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[pg<br />

xv]<br />

Chandler, 12 "the most curious remain is<br />

that which has been named, without reason,<br />

the School <strong>of</strong> <strong>Homer</strong>. It is on the<br />

coast, at some distance from the city,<br />

northward, and appears to have been an<br />

open temple <strong>of</strong> Cybele, formed on the top<br />

<strong>of</strong> a rock. <strong>The</strong> shape is oval, and in the<br />

centre is the image <strong>of</strong> the goddess, the<br />

head and an arm wanting. She is represented,<br />

as usual, sitting. <strong>The</strong> chair has a lion<br />

carved on each side, and on the back.<br />

<strong>The</strong> area is bounded by a low rim, or seat,<br />

and about five yards over. <strong>The</strong> whole is<br />

hewn out <strong>of</strong> the mountain, is rude, indistinct,<br />

and probably <strong>of</strong> the most remote<br />

antiquity."<br />

So successful was this school, that<br />

<strong>Homer</strong> realised a considerable fortune.<br />

He married, and had two daughters, one<br />

<strong>of</strong> whom died single, the other married a<br />

Chian.

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