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lower drums aright, we must view them from the front, bearing in

ap. Euseb. citron, i. 22. 6 (p. 120 ed. A. Mai—J. Zohrab), cp. Loukian. de calumn. 16,
supra i. 709 n. 1), M. Antonius the triumvir (Veil. Pat. 2. 82. 4, cp. Sokrates of
Rhodes frag. 1 {Frag. hist. Gr. iii. 326 M tiller) ap. Athen. 148 c, Eustath. in II. p. 776,
30f.), Caligula (Philon de legat. ad Cat. 12, Athen. 148 D, Eustath. in II. p. 776, 29f.)r
and probably Hadrian (E. L. Hicks The Collection of Ancient Greek Inscriptions in the
British Museum Oxford 1890 iii. 2. 161 no. 600, 46). Demetrios Poliorketes too had
posed as Dionysos (Plout. v. Demetr. 2), as had Antiochos vi, son of Alexandras i Palas
(Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Seleucid Kings of Syria p. 63 ff. pi. 19, 1—3, 5—14, Hunter Cat.
Coins iii. 72 ff. pi. 68, 2—10, Mead Hist, num.- p. 766 f. fig. 337) ; and in later times
Antinoos (supra i. 714 n. 6, cp. Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Lycaonia, etc. pp. lxxxix, 189
N6.QIAKX.fl on a copper of Tarsos) and various scions of the imperial house (supra i.
714 f.) were represented as Dionysos incarnate'. That Nero claimed to be Dionysos is not,
I think, recorded by any ancient authority : but his worship, like that of other emperors,
(see W. Quandt De Baccho ab Alexandri act ate in Asia Minore culto Halis Saxonum
1913 p. 275), might be associated with the worship of Dionysos (e.g. Corp. inscr.
Att. iii. 1 no. 158 [Atovvcrip 'EX]ev6epiei
Kai [~Sepuvi~\ KXauSttp Katcrapt ~e[(3ao-Tip
VepfxauLKi^ k.t.X.]), and he takes on occasion
the role of Zeus Eleuthe'rios (fig. 55 is a
copper of Sikyon (this attribution was first
made by F. Imhoof-Blumer in the Revue
Suisse de numismatique 1896 vi. 240,
1897 vii. 40, cp. R. Mlinsterberg in the
Num. Zeitschr. 1911 iv. 122) from my col-
lection: obv. NE KAISE YC • 6AEY0EPIOC • head of Nero to right; rev.
ETTI r(atov) ■ IOY(\ioi>) TTOAYAI NOY • AA (for dvav8piKov?) C\{kvui>Iw) emperor
on horseback to left. So luscr. Gr. sept, i no. 2713, 41, 49, 51 f. = Dittenberger Syll.
inscr. Gr." no. 376, 41 Akraiphia [Xepwe] Zeus 'EXevdeptos, 49 Att 'EXeuc?epup [Nepwi'Jt,
si f. [~Sepwvos] Atos | 'EXevdepiov, cp. Corp. inscr. Att. iii. 1 no. 1085, 3 f« Similarly
Theophanes, the friend of Cn. Pompeius Magnus, in Inscr. Gr. ins. ii no. 163/', 1 ff.
Mytilene [d]ew A[tt 'EXeu0e][pto; <i>tXo7rdTpt5t [ Qeocpdvrj rcD cru> rr)pi /cat evepyi'ja /cat KTicra
dev Tepu ras 7raTpt5os = C. T. Newton The Collection of Ancient Greek Inscriptions in the
British Museum Oxford 1883 ii. 47 f. no. 2ir=Collitz—Bechtel Gr. Dial.-Iuschr. i. 373
no. 1720b = Dittenberger Syll. inscr. Gr.- no. 339. Augustus in Corp. inscr. Gr. iii
no. 4715, 1 Denderah inrep avroKparopos Kaiaapos, deov viov, At6s 'WKev$eplov 2e/iacrro0
k.t.\. = Dittenberger Orient. Gr. inscr. sel. no. 659, 1, S. de Ricci in the Archiv fiir
Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 1903 ii. 431 no. 8 Katuapa avrokpa.ropa. deov
viov Ala ''E\\ev]d4piov ISe/Sacr-roe, Corp. inscr. Gr. iii no. 4923, 1 fit. Philai Kaiaapc ttovto-
p,eooi>tl Kai aiveipuv KpareovTi j Zaft, twl e'/c Za^os warpos, EXevdepiw, j deairdraL Et'pu>7ras
re Kai 'AaiSos, aarpui dirdaas | 'EXXdoos, (8s) o-wt(t})p Zeu(s) dv(e)t(ei)X[e] /xeyas, k.t.X.
= Cougny Anth. Pal. Append, r. 159. iff., Inscr. Gr. ins. ii no. 156 Mytilene avro-
Kparopi I Katcrapt 3ao-Tu> | 'EXe[i>j0ept'w], G. Cousin and G. Deschamps in the Bull.
Corr. Hell. 1887 xi. 306 ff. no. r, 5 ff. Kys in Karia 'EpaToepdvr\% Xapeivov 'Pootos 6 ivecrrCos
o-retpa vr)(pbpos Kai iepevs rod deov ~ZefiacrTov Kai apxr/yerov | tt}s 7r6Xews Atos 'EXevdepiov,
cp. Corp. inscr. Gr, ii Add. no. 2903/" Alabanda 'A.7r6XXcoeos | 'EXevdeptov 2,ef3aaTov
= Dittenberger Orient. Gr. inscr. sel. no. 457. Domitian in Corp. inscr. Att. iii. 1
no. 1091, 1 ff. e'7r[i] avroKparopos Kaia[a]pos, deov | Oi>e<T7ra[cr]tai'oO viov, Aop.eTiavo[v
Z]e/3aurol} ] YepfxaviKov Aids 'EXevdeptov [apxo]vros, \ k.t.X., Fouilles de Delphes iii. 2
no. 65, 1 ff. ['E]7r£ a[u]ro/cp<xTopo[s] Katcrapo[s 2e/3]acrro0 A\o\ix\ltio.vov YepfxaviKov Aios
'EXev8e[p]iov apxovTo[s | e]f 'AOrjvaLS k.t.X. Hadrian in Inscr. Gr. ins. ii nos. 183, 185,
191—198, 214 a series of votive inscriptions from Mytilene, of which one will serve—
iSs avTOKpaTopL j Katcrapt Tpata^tD 'A8piavu> Se'/3acrr<ii 'EXeu^jeptco 'OXvp-TrLu | awTrjpi. /cat
KTio-\TTj xa-pwT-qpLov, G. (}. Tocilescu 'Neue Inschriften aus Rumanien' in the Arch.-ep.

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