. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. ,.pyl^ Fig. 82.—Plan of the ruins of Fessinus. From C. Fig. 83.—Com of Pessinus, capital of Tolistohogii. From IIcMd of emperor ToA. ;r. ne<rTi(ui (of the Pesslnuntians of the ToUstobogii o( Gal»ti«). 182 [ 50] ST. PAULS SECOND CIRCUIT. [Chap. X. Cybele Dindymene. Indeed, the city itself is said to have derived the name of Pessinus,or Fallingdon, from the legend that the statue of the goddess had here fallen fromthe skies. Such was the celebrity of this idol over the whole world that in 204the Eomans,
. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. ,.pyl^ Fig. 82.—Plan of the ruins of Fessinus. From C. Fig. 83.—Com of Pessinus, capital of Tolistohogii. From IIcMd of emperor ToA. ;r. ne<rTi(ui (of the Pesslnuntians of the ToUstobogii o( Gal»ti«). 182 [ 50] ST. PAULS SECOND CIRCUIT. [Chap. X. Cybele Dindymene. Indeed, the city itself is said to have derived the name of Pessinus,or Fallingdon, from the legend that the statue of the goddess had here fallen fromthe skies. Such was the celebrity of this idol over the whole world that in 204the Eomans, in obedience to a Sibylline oracle, carried it away from Pessinus, andjjlanted it in Eome as the only palladium of their safety. The loss of the image,however, did not impair the veneration for the goddess at Pessinus, but ratherincreased her fame, and the kings of Pergamus erected a magnificent temple, withporticoes of white marble, in her honour, and surrounded it with a spacious , like the rest of Galatia, must have contained a Jewish element, though notperhap
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