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side the ancient building, but close to it, are other similar inscrip-
tions naming a variety of gods—Apollon1,
Artamis2, Athanaiaz, Bzris4, Ermj/es5, Gae,
Hermdsn, Koiira*, Khdrites1*, and perhaps
T/ie'ro10. In this miscellaneous company
Zeus or some epithet of Zeus is of fre-
quent occurrence. We find Zeus in letters
of the seventh century together with lines
of uncertain meaning (fig. 107)11, Hikesios
i.e. Zeus Hikesios in sixth-century script12,
Zetis again from the beginning of the fifth
century onwards13, perhaps Zeus Polieils
or Zeus Patroios14, and certainly Stoichaios
i.e. Zeus Stoichaios in the fifth century15,

1 Inscr. Gr. ins. iii no. 372 :'Air6\W\cj^o\s Ma\e\&Ta
XaipLir\ 7rt5a> = Collitz-Bechtel ib. no. 4737.

2 Inscr. Gr. ins. iii no. 373 'Apra/xi [ tos = Collitz-
Bechtel ib. no. 4738.

3 Inscr. Gr. ins. iii no. 364 'A6avaias = Collitz-Bechtel ib. no. 4721.

4 Inscr. Gr. ins. iii no. 365 Bt/)[i]s - - = Collitz-Bechtel ib. no. 4722. For Biris cp.
Paus. 3. 19. 3 and see Pauly-Wissowa Real-Enc. iii. 490.

5 Inscr. Gr. ins. iii no. 367 'Epi[vb~]es (so Kern, cp. Hdt. 4. 149) = Collitz-Bechtel ib.
no. 4725.

6 Inscr. Gr. ins. iii no. 374 Tas \ iapbv — Collitz-Bechtel ib. no. 4739.

7 Inscr. Gr. ins. iii no. 370 Hep/ids = Collitz-Bechtel ib. no. 4727.

8 Inscr. Gr. ins. iii no. 371 and Suppl. no. 1311 $bpas or Qo6pas = Collitz-Bechtel ib.
no. 4728.

9 Inscr. Gr. ins. iii Suppl. no. 1312 KdpiTes = Collitz-Bechtel ib. no. 4728.

10 Inscr. Gr. ins. iii no. 369 Qeperifias and Qepos (so Wilamowitz) = Collitz-Bechtel ib.
no. 4726. Qrjpbs, gen. of Qrjp, would refer to the ' Beast' Chiron {supra p. 142 n. 13). But
F. Hiller von Gaertringen ad loc. notes that in the reign of Pheretime a tribe of QyjpaioL
was established at Kyrene (Hdt. 4. 161). This suggests that Qepos may be Qypovs, gen.
of Qrjpdo, an eponymous nymph (cp. Paus. 3. 19. 8, 9. 40. 5 f., and see L. Malten Kyrene
Berlin 1911 p. 76).

11 Inscr. Gr. ins. iii Suppl. no. 1313, F. Hiller von Gaertringen Die Insel Thera iii.
63 f- % 45-

12 Inscr. Gr. ins. iii nos. 402 [Hjt/cecrtos, 403 Hi/ce[<7tos], 404 Ht/cecr[tos] = Collitz-Bechtel
ib. nos. 4731—4733.

13 Inscr. Gr. ins. iii nos. 401 [Z]eus Tvx^vos and later 399 Zeus | ['AlyaaacXevs, 400
Suppl. nos. 1315 'Exe/cpar(e)i;[s] | Ze[tf]s, 1317 Ze(i>)s | t[G)]v 7rep[t A]&kiov, 1318 Zeus \ t&v
irepl 'OA[u/tt] |irLodcopou — Collitz-Bechtel ib. nos. 4730, 4753. Cp. Inscr. Gr. ins. iii no. 425
ZeV6[s] = Collitz-Bechtel ib. no. 4734.

14 Inscr. Gr. ins. iii no. 375 Zt]v6[s] | !I[oXteos] or YL[arpu)tov] (the initial n alone was
engraved and possibly represents the name of a dedicant) = Collitz- Bechtel ib. no. 4740 a.

15 Inscr. Gr. ins. iii no. 376 STot%atou= Collitz-Bechtel ib. no. 4740 b. Cp. Bekker
anecd. ii. 790, 26 ff. ~2,Te<pdvov. ^roixelov ei'p?7Tat, tl>s jxev Uivdapos 6 ypa/nfiaTLKos, dirb
^tolxov twos, eubs t&v avToxObvwv ' Ad-qvaiwv <bs 5e eVtot, airb rod Si avrwu tovs dpid/nous
Tvirovadai' gtoixos yap irapd rots iraXacois 6 apid/Aos. rocyapovv ^ikvuiplol Kara (pv\ds
eavrovs rd^avres /cat ap<.9[xr]<ravTes, Atos 2rot%ews lepbv idp6crai>To; Cramer anecd. Oxon. iv.
320, 28 reads Atos 'Zroixade'ws and Villoison anecd. ii. 187, ir Atos UroLxeiov.

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