Orpheus alludes to a Pharos of this sort, and to the paintings and furniture of it, in his description of the robes with which Apollo, or Dionusus, is invested. He speaks of them as the same Deity. [228]Ταυτα δε παντα τελειν ἱερᾳ σκευῃ πυκασαντα, Σωμα θεου πλαττειν περιαυγους Ηελιοιο. Πρωτα μεν αργυφεαις εναλιγκιον ακτινεσσι Πεπλον φοινικεον, πυρι εικελον, αμφιβαλεσθαι. Αυταρ ὑπερθε νεβροιο παναιολου ἑυρυ καθαψαι Δερμα πολυστικτον θηρος κατα δεξιον ωμον, Αστρων δαιδαλεων μιμημ', ἱερου τε πολοιο. Ειτα δ' ὑπερθε νεβρης χρυσεον ζωστηρα βαλεσθαι, Παμφανοωντα, περιξ στερνων φορεειν, μεγα σημα. Ευθυς, ὁτ' εκ περατων γαιης Φαεθων ανορουσων Χρυσειαις ακτισι βαλῃ ῥοον Ωκεανοιο, Αυγη δ' ασπετος ῃ, ανα δε δροσῳ αμφιμιγεισα, Μαρμαιρῃ δινῃσιν ἑλισσομενη κατα κυκλον Προσθε θεου, ζωνε δ' αρ' ὑπο στερνων αμετρητων Φαινετ' αρ' ωκεανου κυκλος, μεγα θαυμ' εσιδεσθαι. When the poet has thus adorned the Deity, we find, towards the conclusion, that these imaginary robes never shew to such advantage as in the morning. _When the sun_, says he, _rises from the extremities of the earth, and enlightens the ocean with his horizontal rays; then they appear in great splendour, which is increased by the morning dew._ All this investiture of the Deity relates to the earth and the heavens, which were delineated upon a [229]skin, δερμα πολυστικτον θηρος, styled πεπλον. This is described, Αστρων δαιδαλεων μιμημ', ἱερου τε πολοιο: _as a copy and imitation of all the celestial appearances_. The whole was deposited in a Pharos upon the sea shore, upon which the sun, at his rising, darted his early rays; and whose turrets glittered with the dew: Ὑπο στερνων αμετρητων φαινετ' αρ' ωκεανου κυκλος: from the upper story of the tower, which was of an unmeasurable height, there was an unlimited view of the ocean. This vast element surrounded the edifice like a zone; and afforded a wonderful phænomenon. Such, I imagine, is the solution of the enigma. * * * * * TAR, TOR, TARIT.