Show The City of Silence I Tho city of Arnycbo has been distinguished in mythological lore as having perished on account of its silence It was a city of Italy in Latium in tho vicinity of Fundi and tho Coscubus Ager In Anthons Classical Clas-sical Dictionary wo have some fragmentary stories relating to it AmyclD was said to have been of Greek origin being colomz from tle town of Amyclcc in Laconia Concerning Con-cerning its destruction in Italy strange tales were related According to some accounts it was infested and finally rendered desolate I by serpents Another tradition represents tho fall of Amvclje l as having been the result of the silence enjoined by law on its inhabitants inhabi-tants in order to put a stop to false rumors of Hostile attacks which had been so frequently I < rculated Tho enemy at last however really appealed I ap-pealed and finding the place lu a defenseless i state it was destroyed The poets favor this story Another statement has it that Amy cla was one of the most ancient cities of Laconic La-conic a short distance to tho southwest of Sparta It was founded long before tho arrival ar-rival of the Dorians and Heraclidse who conquered con-quered and reduced it to tho condition of a small town It was however conspicuous oven in Pausanias time for the number of its temples and other edifices many of which were richly adorned with sculptures and other works of art Its most celebrated structure was tho temple of Amyclasan Apollo |