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Sterrett, John Robert Sitlington: Inscriptions of Assos
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INSCRIPTIONS OF ASSOS.
No. XXXIV.
Christian inscription above door of mosque; published in
C. I. G., No. 8804, and in facsimile on plate XIV. at end
of Vol. IV. See opposite plate.
" Anthimos, the president of Skamandros, earnestly praying for
the forgiveness of his many sins as his reward, has with zeal and labor
restored to beauty the unsound parts of the Church of the Herald
Cornelius. Let every one who looks upon the delightsomeness of the
church, its situation, its mosaic, its marvellous splendor, think of the
servant (of the Lord) Anthimos, the restorer of this, and pray for
the forgiveness of the sins of his life."
St. Cornelius, the Centurion (see Acts of the Apostles, chap. X.),
was the first of the Gentiles to be baptized by St. Peter. He became
a missionary to the Troad, says tradition, founded a church at Skepsis,
died and was buried there. According to Le Quien (Or/ens Chris-
tianas, I., p. 784), Skepsis afterwards changed its name to "Aytos
KopvrjXios, and Philippus Cyprius mentions Hagios Cornelios as a
bishopric.
Skamandros was a town of the Troad in later times. It is men-
tioned in the list of Hierokles {Synecdemus, 672, 10, ed. Parthey,
Berlin, 1866), and Pliny, 5, 124, says Scamctndria civitas Troadis.
karpi\v) vote, koli kvcriv erov (i.e., outov) meo-\xaTOiv tojv
iv /3ico.
INSCRIPTIONS OF ASSOS.
No. XXXIV.
Christian inscription above door of mosque; published in
C. I. G., No. 8804, and in facsimile on plate XIV. at end
of Vol. IV. See opposite plate.
" Anthimos, the president of Skamandros, earnestly praying for
the forgiveness of his many sins as his reward, has with zeal and labor
restored to beauty the unsound parts of the Church of the Herald
Cornelius. Let every one who looks upon the delightsomeness of the
church, its situation, its mosaic, its marvellous splendor, think of the
servant (of the Lord) Anthimos, the restorer of this, and pray for
the forgiveness of the sins of his life."
St. Cornelius, the Centurion (see Acts of the Apostles, chap. X.),
was the first of the Gentiles to be baptized by St. Peter. He became
a missionary to the Troad, says tradition, founded a church at Skepsis,
died and was buried there. According to Le Quien (Or/ens Chris-
tianas, I., p. 784), Skepsis afterwards changed its name to "Aytos
KopvrjXios, and Philippus Cyprius mentions Hagios Cornelios as a
bishopric.
Skamandros was a town of the Troad in later times. It is men-
tioned in the list of Hierokles {Synecdemus, 672, 10, ed. Parthey,
Berlin, 1866), and Pliny, 5, 124, says Scamctndria civitas Troadis.
karpi\v) vote, koli kvcriv erov (i.e., outov) meo-\xaTOiv tojv
iv /3ico.