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K NI D O S.
DCCCXI.
On a base of fine Parian marble, of exceedingly elegant proportions, with moulding at the foot of the front and the sides. Height in.;
length i ft. in.; thickness 4 in. ‘ On the top is an oblong sinking 16 in. long by i|th of an inch wide, and |th of an inch deep, at
either end of which is a small hole filled with lead. It is probable, therefore, that some metallic object stood on the base.’ Newton,
Discov. p. 714, No. 14, pl. Ixxxix ; compare p. 405 foil.
ΣΩΣΤΡAToΣΛΑΧΑΡΤοΥ
ΔΑΜΑΤΡΙΚοΥΡΑίπΛοΥΤΩΝΙΚΠΙΜΑΧηΐ
KPMAI
‘The letters are beautifully cut; in many of them
traces of red colour still remained on the first dis-
covery,’ and are still visible in lines 1 and 2. It has
been remarked in the preliminary notes, that this
seems to be the most recent of the dedications
found in the temenos ; it is also the only one by a
man.
The famous architect of the Pharos at Alexandria,
Sostratos, who lived in the third century b. c., was
a Knidian, see Bull, de Corr. Hell, iii, p. 369, and
vii, p. 6 ; Lucian, Quom. sit histor. conscrib. § 62.
Porticoes built by him at Knidos, and called after
him, are mentioned by Lucian, Amores, § 11. But
that Sostratos was a son of Dexiphanes ; compare
below, No. dcccxxxiii.
On the association of the deities see ante, p. 18.
The epithet επίμαχο?, applied to Pluto, is found also
Σάκττρατος Λαγάρτου
Δάματρι, Κουρά, Πλούτωυι ' Επιμάγω,
Ερ/ζα.
in the famous inscription from Erythrse referring to
the sale of priesthoods, see Dittenb. Sylloge, ii,
p. 538, 1. 61. Unfortunately there the name of the
god is missing. As applied to Pluto this epithet
has been most satisfactorily explained by Newton
(p. 406), who compares a passage of Pausanias(vi, 25),
‘ according to which the Eleians worshipped this
deity, viz. Hades, ... in acknowledgment of the aid
rendered by him in a certain war. When we con-
sider how greatly the escarp of the temenos must
have contributed to the defence of the Acropolis, it
seems not improbable that the Cnidians regarded the
inaccessibility of their citadel as due to Plutonic action
on this spot. Hence they may have worshipped him
as the tutelary deity of their Acropolis, as Athene
was called Promachos at Athens.’ Compare
O. Kern, Mittheil. des Inst. Athen. xvi, p. 7, note.
DCCCXII.
On a footstool of coarse white marble ; broken at the upper corners. Height 1 ft. 1 in.; breadth and width 1 ft. 3 in. On the top is a
sinking carefully worked, 1 ft. g in. square. Newton, Discov. p. 718, No. 23, pl. Ixxxix and pl. lviii, fig. 14; compare p. 392.
ΦΙΛΙΣΙΕΡΕΙΑ
KOYPAI
This is one of the two small marble footstools
discovered in the temenos, a little to the west of the
elliptical chamber. The other is not inscribed.
These objects, as offerings to the goddess, must
Φίλις Kpeia
Kovpa.
have had a special meaning, which, however, I am
unable to find out. The flat sinking on the top
does not appear to have been made for the attach-
ment of another object.
DCCCXIIL
On a block of blue marble: height 1 ft. 2f in.; length 2 ft. iof in.; thickness 2 ft. 3^ in. On the top is a sinking of elliptical form
1 ft. 7|in. by 1 ft. 2| in. and if in. deep. Newton, Discov p. 714, No. 15, pl. Ixxxix; compare p. 380; G. Kaibel, Epigr. No. 785.
ΚΟΥΡΑΙΚΑΙΔΑΜΑΤΡΙΟΙ^ΟΝΚΑΙΑΓΑΛΜΑΝΕΘΗΚΕΝΧΡΥΞΟΓΟΝΗ-.
ΜΗΤΗΡΙΠΠΟΚΡΑΤΟΥΞΔΕΑΛΟΧΟΧΧΡΥΞΙΝΑΕΝΝΥΧΙΑΝΟΫΙΝ
ΙΔΟΥΣΑΙΕΡΑΝΕΡΜΗΣΓΑΡΝΙΝΕΦΗΣΕΟΕΑΙΣΥΑΟΝΗΙΠΡΟΠΟΛΕΥΕΙΝ
Κουρά και Δάματρι οίκου και άγαλμ άνέθηκξυ
Xpvaoy0y?;|Y] I μητηρ, ' Ιππο κράτους άλογος
Χρύσιυα, έυνυγίαν οψιυ | ιδοΰσα Ιζράυ'
' Ερμης γάρ νιν ’έφησς θξαΐς Ταθνη προπολεύειυ.
This inscription refers, according to Newton, to
the founding of the sanctuary, and apparently it is
the oldest of the inscriptions found there. Kaibel’s
date, the second or first century, is quite inadmis-
sible. The two goddesses must therefore have been
worshipped at that place from the first. As regards
K NI D O S.
DCCCXI.
On a base of fine Parian marble, of exceedingly elegant proportions, with moulding at the foot of the front and the sides. Height in.;
length i ft. in.; thickness 4 in. ‘ On the top is an oblong sinking 16 in. long by i|th of an inch wide, and |th of an inch deep, at
either end of which is a small hole filled with lead. It is probable, therefore, that some metallic object stood on the base.’ Newton,
Discov. p. 714, No. 14, pl. Ixxxix ; compare p. 405 foil.
ΣΩΣΤΡAToΣΛΑΧΑΡΤοΥ
ΔΑΜΑΤΡΙΚοΥΡΑίπΛοΥΤΩΝΙΚΠΙΜΑΧηΐ
KPMAI
‘The letters are beautifully cut; in many of them
traces of red colour still remained on the first dis-
covery,’ and are still visible in lines 1 and 2. It has
been remarked in the preliminary notes, that this
seems to be the most recent of the dedications
found in the temenos ; it is also the only one by a
man.
The famous architect of the Pharos at Alexandria,
Sostratos, who lived in the third century b. c., was
a Knidian, see Bull, de Corr. Hell, iii, p. 369, and
vii, p. 6 ; Lucian, Quom. sit histor. conscrib. § 62.
Porticoes built by him at Knidos, and called after
him, are mentioned by Lucian, Amores, § 11. But
that Sostratos was a son of Dexiphanes ; compare
below, No. dcccxxxiii.
On the association of the deities see ante, p. 18.
The epithet επίμαχο?, applied to Pluto, is found also
Σάκττρατος Λαγάρτου
Δάματρι, Κουρά, Πλούτωυι ' Επιμάγω,
Ερ/ζα.
in the famous inscription from Erythrse referring to
the sale of priesthoods, see Dittenb. Sylloge, ii,
p. 538, 1. 61. Unfortunately there the name of the
god is missing. As applied to Pluto this epithet
has been most satisfactorily explained by Newton
(p. 406), who compares a passage of Pausanias(vi, 25),
‘ according to which the Eleians worshipped this
deity, viz. Hades, ... in acknowledgment of the aid
rendered by him in a certain war. When we con-
sider how greatly the escarp of the temenos must
have contributed to the defence of the Acropolis, it
seems not improbable that the Cnidians regarded the
inaccessibility of their citadel as due to Plutonic action
on this spot. Hence they may have worshipped him
as the tutelary deity of their Acropolis, as Athene
was called Promachos at Athens.’ Compare
O. Kern, Mittheil. des Inst. Athen. xvi, p. 7, note.
DCCCXII.
On a footstool of coarse white marble ; broken at the upper corners. Height 1 ft. 1 in.; breadth and width 1 ft. 3 in. On the top is a
sinking carefully worked, 1 ft. g in. square. Newton, Discov. p. 718, No. 23, pl. Ixxxix and pl. lviii, fig. 14; compare p. 392.
ΦΙΛΙΣΙΕΡΕΙΑ
KOYPAI
This is one of the two small marble footstools
discovered in the temenos, a little to the west of the
elliptical chamber. The other is not inscribed.
These objects, as offerings to the goddess, must
Φίλις Kpeia
Kovpa.
have had a special meaning, which, however, I am
unable to find out. The flat sinking on the top
does not appear to have been made for the attach-
ment of another object.
DCCCXIIL
On a block of blue marble: height 1 ft. 2f in.; length 2 ft. iof in.; thickness 2 ft. 3^ in. On the top is a sinking of elliptical form
1 ft. 7|in. by 1 ft. 2| in. and if in. deep. Newton, Discov p. 714, No. 15, pl. Ixxxix; compare p. 380; G. Kaibel, Epigr. No. 785.
ΚΟΥΡΑΙΚΑΙΔΑΜΑΤΡΙΟΙ^ΟΝΚΑΙΑΓΑΛΜΑΝΕΘΗΚΕΝΧΡΥΞΟΓΟΝΗ-.
ΜΗΤΗΡΙΠΠΟΚΡΑΤΟΥΞΔΕΑΛΟΧΟΧΧΡΥΞΙΝΑΕΝΝΥΧΙΑΝΟΫΙΝ
ΙΔΟΥΣΑΙΕΡΑΝΕΡΜΗΣΓΑΡΝΙΝΕΦΗΣΕΟΕΑΙΣΥΑΟΝΗΙΠΡΟΠΟΛΕΥΕΙΝ
Κουρά και Δάματρι οίκου και άγαλμ άνέθηκξυ
Xpvaoy0y?;|Y] I μητηρ, ' Ιππο κράτους άλογος
Χρύσιυα, έυνυγίαν οψιυ | ιδοΰσα Ιζράυ'
' Ερμης γάρ νιν ’έφησς θξαΐς Ταθνη προπολεύειυ.
This inscription refers, according to Newton, to
the founding of the sanctuary, and apparently it is
the oldest of the inscriptions found there. Kaibel’s
date, the second or first century, is quite inadmis-
sible. The two goddesses must therefore have been
worshipped at that place from the first. As regards