There was a temple of
Persephone, which guarded much gold from all ages[1] [and] kept it sacred.[2] In this temple there was a certain pit of gold, unseen by the many [because] hidden[3] under ground.
For this headword see already
alpha 104.
The
pi 3232 entry on Pyrrhus (the C4/3 BCE king of Epirus: see generally OCD(3) p.1283) comprises a lengthy anecdotal extract on him from the
Roman Antiquities of
Dionysius of Halicarnassus (20.8-9); the present entry paraphrases part of it (20.9.2). The date is 276-275, when Pyrrhus was campaigning for a second time in southern Italy and
Sicily.
[1] Literally, "of all time".
[2] Or "untouched".
[3] Or simply "situated" (
pi 3232).
David Whitehead (augmented notes; cosmetics) on 9 February 2001@08:44:13.
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