INVESTIGATIONS AT ASSOS, 1881. 141
IIoirAia) OvapLO) P. Vario
II<wrAi[o]u vlS 'Avcijvcns P. F. Aniensis
'AkvlX.0. Aquilae
If the copy is correct, we have the genitive UonXiav. 'Aviijvins repre-
sents the Latin genitive Aniensis.
V.
This inscription, of the Roman period, is the touching tribute of a
Lesbian youth, named Anaxeos, to the memory of his dog Parthenope.
Similar epitaphs of animals may be found in the Anthol. Palat. vii. 207,
208, 2ii, 212. A figure of the dog in bas-relief is cut upon the stone
above the inscription. The stone was found in Mytilene, in the autumn
of 1880, by workmen who were digging the cellar of a mill.
nAPeeNOnHNKTNAeA*eNANASeOCHCTNAeTPE2J
TATTHNTePIftyAHCANTIAIAOTCXAPITA
eCTA0AONCTOPrHCAPAKAIKrCINa)CNTKAIHAe
6TlSr0TC0TCATPO*eiCHM AAEAOJfXe TOAB
ecTOAOPwxxPHCTONnoioT*iAONoccenpoeTMwc
KAIZwNTACTePrOIEAIXEKPOXAMMeilOI
TlapQevoirrfv nvva 6dij/a> 'Ara£cos, rj cmvaBvpev,
lavrrjv repirmkrjs cbriSiSous ^apira.
"Ecrr* aBXov tTTopyrjs apa Kal Kvcrlv, ws vv Kal r)&e
Ewovs owra Tpo<f>ei arjfia \.e\ov)(£ ToSe.
Es too' bpwv, xpyjcrTov troiov <)>i\ov, os ere TrpoOvp-wn
Kai tjjivra. orepyoi Kal veicpbv ap.<f>UTroi.
Parthenope his dog, with whom in life
It was his wont to play, Anaxeos here
Hath buried ; for the pleasure that she gave
Bestowing this return. Affection, then,
Even in a dog, possesseth its reward,
IIoirAia) OvapLO) P. Vario
II<wrAi[o]u vlS 'Avcijvcns P. F. Aniensis
'AkvlX.0. Aquilae
If the copy is correct, we have the genitive UonXiav. 'Aviijvins repre-
sents the Latin genitive Aniensis.
V.
This inscription, of the Roman period, is the touching tribute of a
Lesbian youth, named Anaxeos, to the memory of his dog Parthenope.
Similar epitaphs of animals may be found in the Anthol. Palat. vii. 207,
208, 2ii, 212. A figure of the dog in bas-relief is cut upon the stone
above the inscription. The stone was found in Mytilene, in the autumn
of 1880, by workmen who were digging the cellar of a mill.
nAPeeNOnHNKTNAeA*eNANASeOCHCTNAeTPE2J
TATTHNTePIftyAHCANTIAIAOTCXAPITA
eCTA0AONCTOPrHCAPAKAIKrCINa)CNTKAIHAe
6TlSr0TC0TCATPO*eiCHM AAEAOJfXe TOAB
ecTOAOPwxxPHCTONnoioT*iAONoccenpoeTMwc
KAIZwNTACTePrOIEAIXEKPOXAMMeilOI
TlapQevoirrfv nvva 6dij/a> 'Ara£cos, rj cmvaBvpev,
lavrrjv repirmkrjs cbriSiSous ^apira.
"Ecrr* aBXov tTTopyrjs apa Kal Kvcrlv, ws vv Kal r)&e
Ewovs owra Tpo<f>ei arjfia \.e\ov)(£ ToSe.
Es too' bpwv, xpyjcrTov troiov <)>i\ov, os ere TrpoOvp-wn
Kai tjjivra. orepyoi Kal veicpbv ap.<f>UTroi.
Parthenope his dog, with whom in life
It was his wont to play, Anaxeos here
Hath buried ; for the pleasure that she gave
Bestowing this return. Affection, then,
Even in a dog, possesseth its reward,