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PLA TE CXXX. CONTINUED.
respectively. The stone was originally covered over with red color, which still leaves certain
characters quite legible where the surrounding surface is almost entirely worn away. Characters
3/s to y% inch high.
i. ka. i. re. te. ka. ra. si. ti. wa. na. xe. ka. po. ti. we. po. me. ka. me. po. te. we. i. se. se.
2. te. o. i. se. po. ro. a. fa. na. to. i. se. e. re. ra. me. na. pa. ta. ko. ra. i. to se.
3. 0. wo. ka. re. ti. e. pi. si. ta. i. se. a. to. ro. po. te. o. i. a. le. tn. ka. ke. re.
4. te. 0. i. kn. me. re. na. i. pa. ta. ta. a. to. ro. po. i. po. ro. ne. 0. i. ka. i. re. te.
The interpretation of this inscription has proved to be one of the most difficult problems in
the whole subject. Various writers have contributed portions; but the best result thus far, on the
whole, seems to be that reached by Dr. Otto Hoffmann, in his Griechische Dialekte, Band I, pp.
76-78, whose commentary adds considerable to the previous stock of knowledge. His translitera-
tion modifies previous ones just enough to show that former conjectures (by Schmidt, Deecke,
and others) respecting the metrical structure of the inscription are correct. The first word and the
last word of the inscription do not belong to the versification. The rest forms four hexameters.
The following is the Greek transliteration:
Xaipere.
TpdcrOi,, pava^7 ko.(it) ttcjOc, fziroiji) /xeya- fj.iJ7rore /rearms
©eot? iropoi aOavarois ipepap.eva 7ra(i>)r' aKopairms.
Ov yap Ti eVi'crrat? a{y)9pamw dtuii, a\(X) ei^X a XVP
®ea)t Kvp,eprji>ai Trd(v)ra, rd cL[y)6panroi <f>poveoil.
Xcupere.
"Hail!
Eat, O prince, and drink. [It is] a great saying: Never apart from the immortal gods long for all
desired things insatiably. For not at all of man is rule over the divinity, but the hand is allotted
to the divinity to control all things which men imagine.
Hail! "
Published from the original by Hall, itbi supra, X, pp. 209-211, Plate IV, No. 13; XI,
pp. 219-220; Cesnola, Cyprus, Plate 1, No. 1.
PLA TE CXXX. CONTINUED.
respectively. The stone was originally covered over with red color, which still leaves certain
characters quite legible where the surrounding surface is almost entirely worn away. Characters
3/s to y% inch high.
i. ka. i. re. te. ka. ra. si. ti. wa. na. xe. ka. po. ti. we. po. me. ka. me. po. te. we. i. se. se.
2. te. o. i. se. po. ro. a. fa. na. to. i. se. e. re. ra. me. na. pa. ta. ko. ra. i. to se.
3. 0. wo. ka. re. ti. e. pi. si. ta. i. se. a. to. ro. po. te. o. i. a. le. tn. ka. ke. re.
4. te. 0. i. kn. me. re. na. i. pa. ta. ta. a. to. ro. po. i. po. ro. ne. 0. i. ka. i. re. te.
The interpretation of this inscription has proved to be one of the most difficult problems in
the whole subject. Various writers have contributed portions; but the best result thus far, on the
whole, seems to be that reached by Dr. Otto Hoffmann, in his Griechische Dialekte, Band I, pp.
76-78, whose commentary adds considerable to the previous stock of knowledge. His translitera-
tion modifies previous ones just enough to show that former conjectures (by Schmidt, Deecke,
and others) respecting the metrical structure of the inscription are correct. The first word and the
last word of the inscription do not belong to the versification. The rest forms four hexameters.
The following is the Greek transliteration:
Xaipere.
TpdcrOi,, pava^7 ko.(it) ttcjOc, fziroiji) /xeya- fj.iJ7rore /rearms
©eot? iropoi aOavarois ipepap.eva 7ra(i>)r' aKopairms.
Ov yap Ti eVi'crrat? a{y)9pamw dtuii, a\(X) ei^X a XVP
®ea)t Kvp,eprji>ai Trd(v)ra, rd cL[y)6panroi <f>poveoil.
Xcupere.
"Hail!
Eat, O prince, and drink. [It is] a great saying: Never apart from the immortal gods long for all
desired things insatiably. For not at all of man is rule over the divinity, but the hand is allotted
to the divinity to control all things which men imagine.
Hail! "
Published from the original by Hall, itbi supra, X, pp. 209-211, Plate IV, No. 13; XI,
pp. 219-220; Cesnola, Cyprus, Plate 1, No. 1.