Σ. See line 35. It is plain enough that the decree was made at Ilium, and not at Sigeum. The games and sacrifices, to which the neighbouring towns are invited, seem to be those instituted, or at least projected, by Alexander, (Strabo x111. p. 855. ed. Ox.) to which we may probably refer the Ilian Inscription in our Public Library ;' [^]. . . . . . [OIOAI] I 'If it be objected, that Professor Porson thought that inscription as old as the archonship of Euclid, (Clarke Camb. Marbles, p. 50.) it may be observed that Clarke here has dropped an important word; nearly as ancient, is the expression given in the Tomb of Alexander, p. 158. By this Porson probably meant no more than that it was of the third or fourth century before the Christian era. The first line is, as I have marked it, uncertain; but it cannot have been, what any one would guess, IAIEIZ ΚΑΙ ΑΙ ΠΟΛΕΙΣ, unless a word or two be supposed wanting after ΠΟΛΕΙΣ. To increase the difficulty, a mutilated inscription, beginning LAIEI KAI ΠΟΛΕΙ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΟΥΣΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΟΣΙΑΣ, is quoted by M. Boissonade (ad Inscr. Actiacam p. 439. or Class. Journal, No. xxxiv. p. 380.) from the Voyage de la Troade, tom. III. p. 30. Is this what Dr. Clarke means when he says that the Cambridge pillar has been inaccurately published from Akerblad's copy in the third volume of Chevalier's Account of Troy? If so, it would seem that Akerblad overlooked or neglected the first line, and afterwards supplied from conjecture ΙΑΙΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΛΕΙΣ, which has been misprinted. But in M. Boissonade's inscription, statim nominatur IПAPXO, of which there is not the slightest vestige on the pillar. Akerblad may have fancied he saw it after ПANHгYPENE, where there is a very faint and doubtful appearance of six or seven letters, as if a word had been effaced by design; but nothing in the least legible. The rest is sufficiently plain as printed by Dr. Clarke. Since writing the above, I have found in Mr. W. Turner's Tour in the Levant, Vol. I. p. 39. part of a similar inscription copied in 1812, from a pillar between Bounarbashi and Alexandria Troas: Read AHMHTPIOr in the third line. The rest is easily corrected from the Cambridge Marble; but the question respecting Akerblad still remains unanswered. V. Ἐπὶ θεοκόλου Λέωνος, γραμματέ Κόϊντος Φάβιος, Κοΐντου, Μάξιμος, ἀνθύπατος Ῥωμαίων, Δυμαί ων τοῖς ἄρχουσι καὶ συνέδροις καὶ τη πόλει χαίρειν. Τῶν περὶ 5 Κυλλάνιον συνέδρων ἐμφανισάντων μοι περὶ τῶν συντελε σθέντων παρ' ὑμῖν ἀδικημάτων, λέγω δὲ ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐμπρήσε ως καὶ φθορᾶς τῶν ἀρχείων καὶ τῶν δημοσίων γραμμάτων, ὧν ἐγεγόνει ἀρχηγὸς τῆς ὅλης συγχύσεως Σῶσος Ταυρομένεος, ὁ καὶ τοὺς νόμους γράψας υπεναντίους τηῖ ἀποδοθείσηι τοῖς 10 Αχαιοῖς ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων πολιτείαι, περὶ ὧν τὰ κατὰ μέρος διήλθο μεν ἐμ Πάτραις μετὰ τοῦ παρόντος συμβουλίου Ἐπεὶ οὖν οἱ διαπρα ξάμενοι ταῦτα ἐφαίνοντό μοι τῆς χειρίστης καταστάσεως καὶ ταραχῆς κατάπειραν ποιούμενοι, ἢ κολαστέα ἐστὶν, οὐ μόν νον ὡς τῆς πρὸς ἀλλήλους οὖσα συναλλαγῆς καὶ χρείας τῆς κατ' ἰ15 δίαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς ἀποδεδομένης κατὰ κοινὸν τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ἐλευθερίας ἀλλότρια, καὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας προαιρέσεως, εἰσπαρασχομένων τῶν κατηγόρων ἀληθινὰς ἀποδείξεις Σωσον μὲν τὸν γεγονότα ἀρχηγὸν τῶν πραχθέντων καὶ νομογραφήσαντα ἐπὶ καταλύσει τῆς ἀποδοθείσης πολιτεί 20 ας κρίνας ἔνοχον εἶναι θανάτωι παρεχώρησα Ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ · μισκον Εχεσθένεος τῶν δαμιοργῶν, τὸν συμπράξαντα ... τοῖς ἐμπρήσασι τὰ ἀρχεῖα καὶ τὰ δημόσια γράμματα, ἐπεὶ καὶ αὐτὸς ὡμολόγησεν Τιμόθεον δὲ Νικία, τὸμ μετὰ τοῦ Σώσου γεγονότα νομογράφον, ἐπεὶ ἔλασσον ἐφαίνετο ἠδικηκὼς, ἐ 25 κέλευσα προάγειν εἰς Ῥώμην, ὁρκίσας ἐφ' ωἱ τη νουμηνίαι τοῦ ένα εστῶτος ἔσται ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἐμφανίσας τωῖ ἐπὶ τῶν ξένων στρατη Nos. v. and VII. were presented by J. Hawkins, Esq. of Bignor Park, Sussex, who had received No. vii. as a present from Mr. Edward Lee, a Turkey Merchant. No. v. was found in 1797, “ precisely on the spot where the ruins of Dyme are to be sought for." Mr. Hawkins. In line 7. ΑΡΧΩΝ is put by mistake for ΑΡΧΕΙΩΝ, (see 22.) and line 18. ΠΑΡΕΧΩΡΙΣΑ for ΠΑΡΕΧΩΡΗΣΑ, which is a very ancient example of iotacism. As to line 14, I once thought that after ΠΡΟΣ there had been some proper name, especially as the lambdas had much the appearance of imperfect chis. But the letter is quite as small in ΟΛΗΣ line 3. The graver seems to have put ΑΛΛΗΣ for ΑΛΛΗΛΟΥΣ. In line 18. of a very long and very curious inscription copied by Mr. Hyde in the Oasis, and admirably made out by Doctor Young and M. Letronne, there is this phrase: (Class. Journal, No. xLv. p. 158.) ἵνα δὲ μηδαμόθεν βαρύνῃ τὰς πρὸς ἀλλήλους συναλλα γὰς τὸ τῶν δημοσίων ὄνομα, μηδὲ συνέχωσι τὴν κοινὴν πίστιν οἱκαταχρώμενοι. Read συνχέωσι. Τ. 21. ΔΑΜΙΟΡΓΩΝ. This form of the word occurs in the Petilian tablet' and perhaps in Cyriacus Anconitanus, No. 62. or Muratori, p. 590. ΕΠΙΔΑΜΙΟΡ. ΗΓΑΒΟΥΡΙΟΥΝΙΚΑΝΔΡΙΔΑ. Muratori puts a lacuna after ΔΑΜΙΟΡ. where in the Roman edition of Cyriacus the point merely denotes the division of words. As Cyriacus sometimes repeats a few letters, or mixes up two readings, I rather imagine that we should correct ΕΠΙΔΑ ΙΟΡΓΟΥ (or ΔΑΜΙΟΥΡΓΟΥ) ΝΙΚΑΝΔΡΙΔΑ. In the Hermionensian decree first published by Gori, Inscr. Donian. p. 136. we have ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΟΥΣ. In Monum. Kempiana, p. 45. No. 39. instead of ▲AMOYYIOY I am inclined to try ΔΑΜΙΟΥΡΓΟΥ. Dr. Fiott Lee presented to the University an inscription which is curious in several respects. It is on the convex side of a meniscus of marble, about a foot broad, and had been brought from Egypt, but evidently ' See pp. 83, &c. The will mentioned p. 89. is thus given in Montfaucon; pp. 422. et 430. ΘΕΟΣ ΤΥΧΑΝ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΔΑΜΟΣ ΔΕ ΚΑΤΑΣΜΑΧΧΙΔΑΝ ΔΙΔΩΤΊ . . . . ΠΟΛΥΤΙΜΩΝ . . . ΑΙΚΑΠΑΣΧΗ ΤΑΝ ΓΑΝ .. ΔΑΜΟΥΧΙΔΑΣ Ε ΚΛΕΙΔΑ ΠΟΛΥΤΙΜΩΝ ΦΙΛΩΝΙΔΑΣ ΑΣΧΥΛΟΥ · ΤΑΝ ΕΝ ΚΝΙΣΙ . We may perhaps read it something this way: Θεὸς τύχαν· ̓Αριστοδάμας, δεκάτας . . . χιδῶν, (of the tribe, district, &c. of the ... chida, possibly Bacchiada, Herodot. V. 92. p. 419.) δίδωτι [τῷ συγγενεῖ] Πολυτίμῳ father's name dropt] αἴ κα τι πάσχῃ, τὰν γᾶν τὴν ἐν Κνισι . . . Επακολουθεῖ (or Ἐπάκοος) ̓Αριστοδάμαντι Δαμουχίδας Εὐκλείδα, Πολυτίμῳ Φιλωνίδας Αἰσχύλου. It may be better to divide the words, Δεκάτα, Σ... χιδῶν. Both names are suspicious. Qu. Μαχάτα Σιμιχίδων? I may add that δίδωμι is the word used in the fa mous will of Epicteta, Gruter p. 216. or Maffei Mus. Veron. p. 14. (and ἐπιδέδωκε in line 113.) It occurs repeatedly in Isæus in the sense of bequeathing. 2 I hesitate on account of ΥΙΟΣ ΠΟΛΕΩΣ in Walpole's Turkey, pp. 128. 465. (470. 2d edition) and ΥΙΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΠΟΛΕΩΣ in Chandler, p. 29. No. Lxx. But in the latter instance the sense seems to require ΥΠΕΡ. belongs to some Peloponnesian or at least Dorian State, perhaps Corcyra. Compare Montfaucon's Diarium Italicum, p. 422. No. 2. where read ΠΡΥΤΑΝΕΥΣΑΣ, and p. 426. No. 18. See also p. 422. No. 5. and Maffei Mus. Veron. pp. 40—42. καὶ [ ̓Αθήναιον] Αθηναίου, τοῦ ̓Αθηναίου, τοῦ ̔Ιεροκλέους, στρατηγή σαντα τὴν δευτέραν ἑξάμηνον, [καὶ νῦν] δαμιουργοῦντα στεφανωθέντα χρυσέοις στεφάνοις πέντε, θεοῖς. VI. This seems to be part of a catalogue of sacred vessels. In line 4, we may read ΕΚΠΩΜΑΤΑ, and in line 5, [ΕΝ ΤΩΙ]...... ΤΕΘΗ (whether this be ἐτέθη or τεθῇ) ΘΗΣΑΥ ΡΩΙ. At the end, Γαῖος Κλαύδιος.] VII. Ἐπεὶ Λεύ 1 Εδοξεν τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ, πρυτάνεων γνώμῃ· 2 κιος Αὐφίδιος, Λευκίου υἱὸς, Βάσσος, διὰ παντὸς εὔνους ὢν 3 διατελεῖ καὶ κατὰ κοινὸν τῇ πόλει καὶ κατ ̓ ἰδίαν ἑκάστῳ τῶν 4 πολιτῶν, πατροπαράδοτον παρειληφὼς τὴν πρὸς τὸν δῆμον 5 ἡμῶν εὔνοιαν, καὶ πολλὰς καὶ μεγάλας τῇ πόλει παρέσχηται 6 χρείας, μεγαλοπρεπῶς τε καὶ φιλαγαθως πολλῶν χρημάτων ἄφεσ 7 σιν πεποίηται Ο τε πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, καθ ̓ ὃν καιρὸν ἐπιγενόμεvos ò 8 κοινὸς πόλεμος καὶ συνεχεῖς πειρατῶν ἔπιπλοι τὴν νῆσον οὐ 9 χ ὡς ἔτυχεν συνηνάγκασαν ὑπὸ τῶν δανείων ἐπιβαρηθῆ 10 ναι, μόνος καὶ πρῶτος τῶν συνηλλαχότων, πρὸ πλείονος ἡγη11 σάμενος τὴν τῆς πόλεως σωτηρίαν ἢ τὸ περὶ τὸν ἴδιον βίον 12 λυσιτελές, χρημάτων πλῆθος ὅσον προηρούμεθα προθυμό13 τατα ἔδωκεν ἐξ ἑτοίμου, τόκων πολὺ κουφοτέρων παρὰ τοὺς ὑ14 πάρχοντας τότε, τούτων τε συμπεριφορὰν ἐποιήσατο πάν15 τα τὸν τῆς ζωῆς χρόνον, διετέλει τε λέγων καὶ πράττων 16 διὰ παντὸς τὰ βέλτιστα καὶ συμφέροντα τῇ πόλει, ἐφ' οἷς ὁ δῆ 17 μος ἡμῶν, ἔργῳ λαβὼν πεῖραν τῶν ὑπ' αὐτοῦ γεγοννιῶν εὐερ18 γεσιῶν, παρὰ χρῆμα τὰς καθηκούσας ἐψηφίσατο τιμὰς αὐτῷ· 19 Διαδεξάμενός τ ̓ αὐτὸς ἐπηγωνίσατο τῇ πρὸς τὴν πόλιν εὐ20 νοίᾳ· καὶ δύο μὲν συγγραφὰς καταλελειμμένας ὑπὸ τοῦ πα21 τρὸς αὐτῷ κατὰ τῆς πόλεως ἐκ τῶν τόκων, τὴν μὲν μίαν δρα22 χμῶν Αττικῶν μυρίων χιλίων, τὴν δ ̓ ἑτέραν Αττικῶν μυρίων ἐ23 νακισχιλίων πεντακοσίων, ἐλοιπογράφησεν χωρὶς ἀργυρίου κομι24 δῆς παρακληθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου τοῖς δὲ ἄλλοις δανείοις ἄνωθεν 25 ἀπὸ τῶν συγγραφῶν δραχμαῖον τόκον ἐξ εὐθυτοκίας εἵλκυσεν ἐ(perhaps a mistake for ἵδρυσεν πέντ' ἐ-) 26 τῶν καὶ πλειόνων· καὶ συγχωρήσας πλῆθος χρημάτων ἱκανώτε 27 ρον, πάλιν αὐτὰ (or αὐτὸ, οι αὐτὸς ἐν τῇ πρὸς τὸν δῆμον ὑπερέθετ εὐεργεσίᾳ· τὸ 28 γὰρ συναχθὲν ἐκ τῆς ἐπιεικεστάτης ψήφου κεφάλαιον εἰς ἄλ29 λον πενταετῆ συνεγράψατο χρόνον τόκου τετρωβόλου Δια 30 ελθόντος δὲ καὶ τούτου, καὶ πλειόνων ἄλλων ἐτῶν ἐπιγενο31 μένων, καὶ μὴ δυνηθέντων ἡμῶν διὰ τὰς ὑφ' ἑτέρων γινο32 μένας ἐπιβαρήσεις ἀποδοῦναι τὰ ὀφειλόμενα αὐτῷ, καὶ διὰ 33 ταῦτα συναθροισθέντων διαφόρων πλειόνων, καὶ τῆς πόλε 34 ως ἐν τοῖς ἐσχάτοις ὑπαρχούσης κινδύνοις, πάλιν ἐν τοῖς πα35 ροῦσι καιροῖς ἡγησάμενος εὐσεβὲς καὶ μεγαλοπρεπὲς ὑπάρ 36 χειν ἑαυτῷ τὴν προσήκουσαν τῆς πατρίδος ἡμῶν ποιήσασθαι 37 φροντίδα, ἀρχαίας νήσου καὶ ἱερᾶς ὑπαρχούσης, εἶναί θ' ἑαυτῷ 38 πλούτου παντὸς κρείττονα πόλεως σωτηρίαν καὶ τὴν παρὰ 39 πᾶσιν ἀγαθὴν εὐφημίαν, πολλὰ πάλιν χρήματ' ἐπέδωκε τῷ 40 δήμῳ, οὐ μόνον ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφειλομένων αὐτῷ μεγάλα ἀφελών 41 κεφάλαια, ἀλλὰ καὶ χρόνον εἰς τὴν ἀπόδοσιν ὧν ἐπείσε 42 θη δοὺς ἑνδεκαετῆ, καὶ τοῦτον ἄτοκον, χάριν τοῦ κατὰ 43 τὸ δυνατὸν ὅσον ἐπ' αὐτῷ τὴν νῆσον καὶ πάντας ἡμᾶς 44 ἐν αὐτῇ συντηρηθῆναι, γενόμενος τῶν μεγίστων ἡμῖν 45 παραίτιος ἀγαθῶν· Ἐπιδημήσας τε ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει πλείς 46 ονα χρόνον, σώφρονα καὶ σεμνὴν καὶ πᾶσιν προσηνῆ τὴν 47 ἀναστροφὴν ποιεῖται, ἐφ' οἷς οὐχ ἧττον ὁ δῆμος ζηλοῖ αὐ 48 τὸν, καὶ διὰ ταῦτα θαυμάζει τε καὶ τιμᾷ, κατ' [ἰδίαν θ'] ὡς γνησί 49 αν ἔχοντι πρὸς πάντας φιλοστοργίαν εὐχαριστεῖ Εν τε 50 τοῖς ἄλλοις πᾶσιν ὢν δίκαιος καὶ εὐσεβῆ γνώμην ἔχων καὶ ἁρ 51 μολούσῃ παῤῥησίᾳ χρώμενος, εἰς . . . . [καθικόμενος ?] 8 52 σον ἐπ' αὐτῷ, τοὺς ἐπιβαροῦντας, καὶ τοῖς ἀδίκως ἐπὶ φόρῳ (or φόβῳ) δου |