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Sterrett, John Robert Sitlington: Inscriptions of Assos
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INSCRIPTIONS OF ASSOS.
on to state that the document has been registered officially, and
deposited in the archives of the city, to ensure that transgressors
shall be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The penalty for
violation of the tomb is not mentioned in our inscription, but that it
existed in the archives is clear from the words irepi ov kcu Stara^t? h
rot? dp^eioi? aTroKetrat.*
* The Gods were called upon to wreak vengeance on tomb-violators in mani-
fold ways, of which the following (6'./. G., 3915) may serve as a specimen:
ts 8e av ivavTiov tl iron'iaei rots irpoyeypap,fxevois, earai /xev virevOuvos tois irpoo~Tel-
pLOts, Kal ,ur|Tf t4kvo>v p.T)Te (3'iov bvT)0~is e'lrj yU7)5e y?) /3aTv; /j.rjSi 8d\ao~aa itAcctt], aWa
&TSKVOS Kal djiios Kal irpodAr/s ffbv rq> crirepfxaTi iravrl airoBdvoi • Kal jxerd QdvaTov 5e
\df3oi robs virox^oviovs Beous Tijj.u>pobs Kal Kex<>kco,a(-VOvs.
The Christian curses yield but little in point of fierceness to the pagan. Usu-
ally, in Christian inscriptions, we find that the tomb-violator shall reckon it out
with God, eo-rat avrol irpbs rbu Beov ; but this formula is subject to a number of
variations, most of which have been collated by Mr. Ramsay in the Journal of
Hellenic Studies, 1883, p. 400. Thus we find earai avrw irpbs to fxeya uvofxa rod
Beov (6"./. G., 3902); eVrai avrco irpbs rbv i^oivTa Beov Kal vvv Kal ev tt\ Kpiai/xo)
f]fj.€pa(C. I. G\, 3902 r) ; K^erai irapd rod dBavdrov Beov fxacrreiya aldiviov (C.I. G.,
3891); e'ffTai avT(S irpbs t^v Xe'Pa T°5 Beov (C.I. G., 39^3); ecrou avTco irpbs rbv
Kpiri-jv Beov (Bull, de Corr. Hell., 1883, pp. 310, 312); evopKL&fieBa to fxeyeBos
tov Beov Kal tovs Karaxdoflous h~alfj.ovas /uriSeva d^iKriao.i to fxvrifxelov (Bull, de Corr.
Hell., 1882, p. 516: in the Journal of Hellenic Studies, as cited above, Mr.
Ramsay asks in regard to this, " Are the Zaifxovas devils, or is the inscription a
mixture of pagan and Christian phraesology ? ") ; earai eiriKardparos irapd dew els
■rbv aiwva (Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1883, pp. 400, 408); earai a\)T<2 irpbs
rbv Xpiar6v ( C. I. G., 3902 : Boeckh doubts this, but the stone is still in the ceme-
tery of Eumenia, and the reading is certain; see Journal of Hellenic Studies,
1SS3, pp. 433, 401); is av ravTij Trj aopw Kaicoepyea xe^Pa irpo&oiaret, Scoirei tcJ
Bey Xoyov t<j> fieWovn Kpeiveiv (uvras Ke veKpovs (Journal of Hellenic Studies,
1883, p. 435).
INSCRIPTIONS OF ASSOS.
on to state that the document has been registered officially, and
deposited in the archives of the city, to ensure that transgressors
shall be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The penalty for
violation of the tomb is not mentioned in our inscription, but that it
existed in the archives is clear from the words irepi ov kcu Stara^t? h
rot? dp^eioi? aTroKetrat.*
* The Gods were called upon to wreak vengeance on tomb-violators in mani-
fold ways, of which the following (6'./. G., 3915) may serve as a specimen:
ts 8e av ivavTiov tl iron'iaei rots irpoyeypap,fxevois, earai /xev virevOuvos tois irpoo~Tel-
pLOts, Kal ,ur|Tf t4kvo>v p.T)Te (3'iov bvT)0~is e'lrj yU7)5e y?) /3aTv; /j.rjSi 8d\ao~aa itAcctt], aWa
&TSKVOS Kal djiios Kal irpodAr/s ffbv rq> crirepfxaTi iravrl airoBdvoi • Kal jxerd QdvaTov 5e
\df3oi robs virox^oviovs Beous Tijj.u>pobs Kal Kex<>kco,a(-VOvs.
The Christian curses yield but little in point of fierceness to the pagan. Usu-
ally, in Christian inscriptions, we find that the tomb-violator shall reckon it out
with God, eo-rat avrol irpbs rbu Beov ; but this formula is subject to a number of
variations, most of which have been collated by Mr. Ramsay in the Journal of
Hellenic Studies, 1883, p. 400. Thus we find earai avrw irpbs to fxeya uvofxa rod
Beov (6"./. G., 3902); eVrai avrco irpbs rbv i^oivTa Beov Kal vvv Kal ev tt\ Kpiai/xo)
f]fj.€pa(C. I. G\, 3902 r) ; K^erai irapd rod dBavdrov Beov fxacrreiya aldiviov (C.I. G.,
3891); e'ffTai avT(S irpbs t^v Xe'Pa T°5 Beov (C.I. G., 39^3); ecrou avTco irpbs rbv
Kpiri-jv Beov (Bull, de Corr. Hell., 1883, pp. 310, 312); evopKL&fieBa to fxeyeBos
tov Beov Kal tovs Karaxdoflous h~alfj.ovas /uriSeva d^iKriao.i to fxvrifxelov (Bull, de Corr.
Hell., 1882, p. 516: in the Journal of Hellenic Studies, as cited above, Mr.
Ramsay asks in regard to this, " Are the Zaifxovas devils, or is the inscription a
mixture of pagan and Christian phraesology ? ") ; earai eiriKardparos irapd dew els
■rbv aiwva (Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1883, pp. 400, 408); earai a\)T<2 irpbs
rbv Xpiar6v ( C. I. G., 3902 : Boeckh doubts this, but the stone is still in the ceme-
tery of Eumenia, and the reading is certain; see Journal of Hellenic Studies,
1SS3, pp. 433, 401); is av ravTij Trj aopw Kaicoepyea xe^Pa irpo&oiaret, Scoirei tcJ
Bey Xoyov t<j> fieWovn Kpeiveiv (uvras Ke veKpovs (Journal of Hellenic Studies,
1883, p. 435).