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Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :</span><br> "[At Megalopolis in the enclosure of Demeter and Persephone:] The table also has a representation of Nymphai, Neda carrying the infant Zeus and another Arkadian Nymphe Anthrakia holding a torch, and Hagno with a water-jar in one hand and a drinking cup in the other; Ankhiroe and Myrtoessa are carrying water-jars and in fact water is pouring down from them."</p> <hr size="1"> <p class="src_hd"><a href="../Bibliography.html">Sources</a>:</p> <ul> <li class="src_lst"> Pausanias, Guide to Greece <span class="src_dt">- Greek Geography C2nd AD</span></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </TD> <TD width=6 align=right vAlign=top><IMG height=31 src="../image/space.gif" width=6> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD valign="top" bgcolor="#FEFCFA" class="main"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></TD> <TD align=right vAlign=top> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <div style="padding-right: 5px;"></div></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height="10" align="right" vAlign=top bgColor=#FAECD3><IMG height=10 src="../image/space.gif" width=145></TD> <TD width="623" height="10" vAlign=top bgColor=#FAECD3> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE width=774 border=0 align="center" cellPadding=0 cellSpacing=0> <TR align="right"> <TD width="100%" height=31 align=left><img src="../image/palmB4.jpg" width="774" height="31"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD height=29 class="copyright"> Theoi Project Copyright © 2000 - 2011, Aaron J. 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