II. We may next consider the personifications of =cities and countries=, which are, indeed, in some cases more than merely symbolical figures, being actual goddesses with a definite cult, such as the Nymph Kyrene, who often appears on works of art.[983] On the great Naples vase representing Dareios in a council of war, personifications of _Hellas_ and _Asia_ are placed among the spectator-deities,[984] and the former seems also to be indicated on a similar vase with a battle of Greeks and Persians.[985] On one of the late vases with the subject of Pelops and Oinomaos, a personification of the locality _Olympia_ appears to be similarly present,[986] just as on the Hieron kotyle the personification of Eleusis is included among the Eleusinian and other deities at the sending forth of Triptolemos.[987] The city of _Thebes_ is personified in several instances, especially as a spectator of Kadmos slaying the dragon[988]; also on a “Megarian” bowl with reliefs in the British Museum, the subjects on which are taken from the _Phoenissae_ of Euripides.[989] _Nemea_, the scene of Herakles’ victory over the lion, and of the death of Archermos, is similarly personified as a Nymph in the representations of both subjects,[990] and the town of _Krommyon_ as a Nymph protests against the slaying of the sow by Theseus.[991] The Nymph _Sparta_ occurs once, dismounting from her horse.[992] Two cups of the early B.F. class usually known (from their subjects) as Cyrenaic, bear representations of the Nymph _Kyrene_ (see above)—in one case with Apollo, in the other holding a branch of silphium (the local product) and surrounded by Boreads and Harpies (see above).[993] Among the Greek islands, _Aegina_ and _Salamis_ were supposed to have derived their names from Nymphs beloved of Zeus and Poseidon, who are represented pursuing these quasi-personified figures[994]; we may also regard Europa as coming under that category.[995] Zeus also pursues _Taygeta_, who is connected with the mountain in Laconia.[996] On one vase we find the names of the islands _Delos_, _Euboea_, and _Lemnos_,[997] given, presumably in pure fancy, to two Maenads and a Satyr in a Dionysiac scene where all the figures are named. A more genuine instance is that of the Nymph _Krete_ on the Talos vase, indicating the locality.[998] Turning to other geographical features, we have Mount _Olympos_ transformed into a lyre-playing companion of Satyrs[999]; or, again, river-gods such as _Acheloös_, who as a combination of man and bull, or with a fish-body like Triton, wrestles with Herakles.[1000] The river _Nile_ appears once, but not personified—only as an indication of landscape.[1001] In connection with the city of Thebes we find personifications of the local river _Ismenos_ and the local fountain-Nymphs _Dirke_ and _Krenaia_.[1002] * * * * *