Her xoanon of Phigaleia shows how the local cult interpreted her, as goddess of nature. |
With an entrance of six elegant and ornate Ionic columns and its cella, which housed the xoanon of Athena, it appears to be united to the cella of the west chamber. |
The image borne in procession was clearly the xoanon which was brought by Pegasus from Eleutherae. |
Other rich furniture is described, and a mode of divination by movements of a xoanon of Apollo. |