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 ^EGIS AEOLIAN HARP 141 ing were rewarded by the discovery of 16 statues of an early type of Greek sculpture. These statues are now in the Glyptothek of Munich, and have been restored by Thor- waldsen. The subject is supposed to be the expedition of the JEacidse or ^Eginetan heroes against Troy, under the guidance of Minerva. The present population of the island is about 6,000, and that of its chief town, of the same name, on the "W. side, near the ruins of the ancient town, 3,000. The products are wine, oil, fruits, and grain. The JEgina almonds are the best in Greece. The water works on the neighboring Mount Elias, famous for its mag- nificent views, save the island from drought. A bishop resides on the island, and schools and churches abound. Since the decay of the By- zantine empire, ^Egina has been successively in the hands of the Venetians, Turks, and Greeks. IJnder Capodistria it was from 1828 to 1831 the seat of the government. Edmond About has published rile cTfigine (1854). jEGIS (Gr. alt, she goat), the appellation of the shield of Jupiter, which was covered with the skin of the goat Amalthea, by which that god was nourished in infancy. Minerva also bore an segis, which, at least according to post- Homeric mythology, was of different origin. J3GISTHUS, king of Mycense, son of Thyes- tes and cousin to Agamemnon. He formed an adulterous connection with Agamemnon's wife Clytemnestra during his absence at Troy, and contrived his murder on his return. Eight years later he was slain by Orestes, the son of Agamemnon. Writers later than Homer tell a frightful story of incest and crime about ^Egisthus and his family. (See ATRETJS.) J2LIA CAPITOLINA, a name given to Jerusa- lem by the emperor Hadrian (vElius Hadri- anus), who, after a rebellion of the Jews in his reign, drove them from the destroyed city and its environs, and repeopled it with Roman colonists. It went by this title until the tune of the Christian emperors. JELIAWS, Claudius, a writer of the early part of the 3d century, born at Praeneste in Italy. His compilation, generally known under the Latin title Varia Historia, is still extant, as well as an original treatise De Animalium Natura. These works are written in Greek, of which the author, though an Italian by birth, was a perfect master. AKLST, or Aalst, a town of Belgium. See ALOST. AKLST, or Aalst. I. Evert Tan, a Dutch paint- er, born in Delft in 1602, died in 1658. He was distinguished for painting flowers, dead birds, and game, and other inanimate objects. Few of his works are to be found in picture galleries. II. Willem van, nephew and pupil of the preceding, born in Delft in 1620, died in Amsterdam in 1679. His works in the same line were more admired than those of his uncle, and are to be found in the galleries of Berlin, Munich, and Dresden, as well as in France and Italy, in which countries he spent many years, particularly in Florence. In the coloring, fin- ish, delicacy, and naturalness of his flowers and fruits painted on vases, he had no superior. KMIMI s PAIILUS. I. See PAULUS, L. ^Eni- LIUS. II. (PAOLO EMILIO), an Italian historian, born in Verona, died in Paris, May 5, 1529. In consequence of his celebrity as a writer in Italy, Louis XII. made him a canon of the cathedral of Paris, and employed him to write a history of the kings of France in Latin. JENEAS, son of Anchises and Venus, a Tro- jan prince, with whom tradition connects the origin of the Roman empire. Having fought for Troy till it fell, he quitted the burning city with his followers, accompanied by his father and son. After visiting various countries, they landed on the shores of Latium, where they met with a friendly reception from King Lati- nus. They settled there, and soon became in- volved in hostilities with the people of the country, in the course of which Latinus was slain. ^Eneas was finally victorious. He mar- ried Lavinia, the daughter of Latinus. His son by Creusa, Ascanius or lulus, founded Alba Longa, one of the last kings of which, Numitor, was the grandfather of Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. ^Eneas is the hero of Virgil's ^Eneid. .ENEAS SYLVIUS. See Pius II. (pope). jENEID. See VIRGIL. JENIANES, an ancient tribe of upper Greece, of remote and uncertain origin, whose fre- quent migrations" in early times are spoken of by many writers of antiquity, especially by Plutarch, in his "Greek Questions." Accord- ing to this author, they occupied in the first instance the Dotian plains, on the confines of Thessaly and Macedonia, moved thence into Epirus, and in their last migration went from Crissa, on the gulf of the same name, to the valley of the northern Inachus, on which they finally settled. Their chief town was Hypata, at the foot of Mt. (Eta, of which considerable remains exist at the village of Neopatra. The antiquity and early importance of this people are attested by the fact of their belonging to the Amphictyonic council. At a later period they joined the confederation of the other Hel- lenic states against Macedonia, which gave rise to the Lamian war ; but according to Strabo, in his tune they had no longer a national ex- istence, having been nearly exterminated by the ^Etolians and Athamanians. KOLIA.N HARP, a musical instrument, the tones of which are produced by the sweeping of the wind over its strings. Its invention is ascribed to Athanasius Kircher. . It is com- posed of a rectangular box made of very thin boards, about 5 inches deep and 6 inches wide, and long enough to fit across the window in which it is to be placed. At the top of each end of the box is glued a strip of wood about half an inch in height; these strips serve as a bridge for the strings, which are stretched lengthwise across the top of the box, and are made of catgut or wire. These strings should