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Dfos and Dtos Nysos
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eastern side of Lake Askania in Pisidia1, and with Zeus Bdkchos of
Pergamon in Mysia2. The plain fact is that to the Phrygians Zeus
cornu copiae, and behind him an inverted vase from w hich flows his river. AA6 A N A POC
in exergue. All within border of dots (Eckhel Doctr. num. vet!1 iii. 150 f., Overbeck Gr.
Kimstmyth. Zeus p. 223, Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Phrygia pp. lv, 183 pi. 23, 4, Head Hist.
num.2]). 671, O. Hofer in Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. 2902 f.). Fig. 187 is from a cast of the
specimen in the British Museum. R. Rochette in the Journal des savants 1842 p. 10 n. 1
held that Hottjos was a local epithet. Gerhard Gr. Myth. i. 169 took ttotsos (sic) to denote
a rain-god. Sir W. M. Ramsay The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia Oxford 1895 i.
126 n. 2 suggests ' a rude attempt at the Greek Hvtlos (for YUdLOS...)! Lenormant—de
Witte El. mon. cer. i. 29 were the first to detect ' un caractere bachique,' which is
rendered practically certain by the inscription from Burdur (infra n. 1).
1 A stile mentioning Zeus Ylorevs (?) or floras (?) or Ilorts (?), found at Bon/dour or
Burdur in Pisidia, was published by M. Collignon in theBull. Cor. Hell. 1879 iii. 335 no. 3
Meweas'Ap\repL8d>pov \ ie pevs \ Ad | lIor|et j tov \/3]u:pbv j dvearrjaev. The stone (o'65,n
high, o*33m broad, o-2om thick) is adorned with reliefs—a bunch of grapes on its right side,
a wreath on its left, and a bucraniuni adjoining the inscription in front. This interesting
record of a Dionysiac Zeus was re-published by Sir W. M. Ramsay The Cities and
Bishoprics of Phrygia Oxford 1895 i. 337 f. no. 178, cp. ib. i. [2611. 2. See also O. Hofer
in Roscher Lex. Myth, iii- 2902 f.
- Corp. inscr. Gr. ii no. 3538, 30 ff. =M. Frankel in Pergamon viii, 1 no. 324, 30 ff.
= Kaibel Epigr. Gr. no. 1035. 20 ff. = Cougny Anth. Pal. Append. 6. 172. 20 ff. (directions
to avert the plague of 166 A.D.) eirra yepaLpbvrw eh ijpara /if/pa eiri (3wpL(<2)v, | llaXXdoi
p.ev p.6axov Sier'/jpouos a^vyos dyvov \ daiovres, rpievov be /3oos All, kcl'l All Kclkx^l \ Loaavrws
Kai iraiLdl KopwviSos -qdaXeoLo (E. Cougny cj. AidaXeoLo cp. Pind. Pyth. 3. 75 If.). | ravpov
pL-qpia pe^uvres irporLrvaKere dalra, | rjideoi, xXa/xiloeucrt dpcpeppevoL ottttoool e[o~re] | pii]
a^erepuv vba<pLv irarepuv ■ k.t.X. See further infra Append. B Mysia.
Zeus B(zkx°s is presumably to be equated with the important Pergamene god Zeus
2,a(3&i'Los (M. Frankel in Pergamon viii, 1 no. 248, 31 ff. Attalos iii Philometor (138—
133 b.C.), nephew and successor of Attalos ii Philadelphos (159—138 b.C.), says of
Sosandros, avvrpocpos of Eumenes ii (197—159 b.C.) and priest of Dionysos Kadrjyepwv at
Pergamon : tovtov eyewijaev, lol Kai yevopLevioi cl^lul tov olkov rjp.Qv to | p-ep. irpurov
' ArraXos 6 6e1bs /j.ov o~i)y Kai ttjl epLrjL yvwp.r)l favros \ 'Itl tov Y.waavb'pov ibwKe 5lcl yevovs
iepewavvr]v rrjv tov Alos \ tov 2a/3aftoi> tlplllotclttjv odaap. Trap' rjp.Lv, varepov be p,eraX-
Xd^avros I tov Xuadvbpov 5td rrjp. irepi avrbv ova ay KaXoKayadiay Kai irepi to 9e\l]\ov
evaefieLay Kai rr\v jrpbs r/pLas evvoiay Kai iriaTLy Kai tt/s tov Kadi}ye\p.bvos Aiovvaov iepewavv-qs
Tj^LiJoffatxev avrbv, Kpivavres avrby Kai \ Tavrrjs elvaL a^Lov ttjs TLprjs Kai irpeirovrLos irpo-
o-t7)o-(e)cfdaL pvaT[-qpi]\uu TrjXLKOVTuy Kayto Kai" ArraXos 6 6e?bs p.ov, k.t.X., ib. 45 ff. Attalos iii
says of Stratonike, wife of Eumenes ii : e7rei /3acr[i]JXicrcra ^.rparovLK-q r) priTVP (*ov
fSeardrT] p.ey yevopevr] iranLov, <pLX[o]\o~TOpyordrri de biacpepovrus vpbs re rbp. iraripa pov /ecu
wpbs ep.e', \ vpbs 'diravras p.ev robs deovs evaefiws irpoaTjiiexOrj, pLaXLcrra de \ npbs tov Aia tov
~2.ai3d'(L0v, rrarpoirapaboTov (see infra) airby KOpLiaaaa eis | rrjpL warpida ijpuiv, 87 Kai ep.
iroXXals irpdi,eaL Kai ep. ttoXXols klv5v\vols TrapaaraT-qy Kai (Sorjdbv r]p.1y yevbpevov eKpLvap.ev
5td ras e£ avrov | yevopLevas 4irL<paveLas o~vyKadLep<2o~aL ttjl NiKTj^dpaji 'AOrjvaL (sc. in the
Fig. 187.
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eastern side of Lake Askania in Pisidia1, and with Zeus Bdkchos of
Pergamon in Mysia2. The plain fact is that to the Phrygians Zeus
cornu copiae, and behind him an inverted vase from w hich flows his river. AA6 A N A POC
in exergue. All within border of dots (Eckhel Doctr. num. vet!1 iii. 150 f., Overbeck Gr.
Kimstmyth. Zeus p. 223, Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Phrygia pp. lv, 183 pi. 23, 4, Head Hist.
num.2]). 671, O. Hofer in Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. 2902 f.). Fig. 187 is from a cast of the
specimen in the British Museum. R. Rochette in the Journal des savants 1842 p. 10 n. 1
held that Hottjos was a local epithet. Gerhard Gr. Myth. i. 169 took ttotsos (sic) to denote
a rain-god. Sir W. M. Ramsay The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia Oxford 1895 i.
126 n. 2 suggests ' a rude attempt at the Greek Hvtlos (for YUdLOS...)! Lenormant—de
Witte El. mon. cer. i. 29 were the first to detect ' un caractere bachique,' which is
rendered practically certain by the inscription from Burdur (infra n. 1).
1 A stile mentioning Zeus Ylorevs (?) or floras (?) or Ilorts (?), found at Bon/dour or
Burdur in Pisidia, was published by M. Collignon in theBull. Cor. Hell. 1879 iii. 335 no. 3
Meweas'Ap\repL8d>pov \ ie pevs \ Ad | lIor|et j tov \/3]u:pbv j dvearrjaev. The stone (o'65,n
high, o*33m broad, o-2om thick) is adorned with reliefs—a bunch of grapes on its right side,
a wreath on its left, and a bucraniuni adjoining the inscription in front. This interesting
record of a Dionysiac Zeus was re-published by Sir W. M. Ramsay The Cities and
Bishoprics of Phrygia Oxford 1895 i. 337 f. no. 178, cp. ib. i. [2611. 2. See also O. Hofer
in Roscher Lex. Myth, iii- 2902 f.
- Corp. inscr. Gr. ii no. 3538, 30 ff. =M. Frankel in Pergamon viii, 1 no. 324, 30 ff.
= Kaibel Epigr. Gr. no. 1035. 20 ff. = Cougny Anth. Pal. Append. 6. 172. 20 ff. (directions
to avert the plague of 166 A.D.) eirra yepaLpbvrw eh ijpara /if/pa eiri (3wpL(<2)v, | llaXXdoi
p.ev p.6axov Sier'/jpouos a^vyos dyvov \ daiovres, rpievov be /3oos All, kcl'l All Kclkx^l \ Loaavrws
Kai iraiLdl KopwviSos -qdaXeoLo (E. Cougny cj. AidaXeoLo cp. Pind. Pyth. 3. 75 If.). | ravpov
pL-qpia pe^uvres irporLrvaKere dalra, | rjideoi, xXa/xiloeucrt dpcpeppevoL ottttoool e[o~re] | pii]
a^erepuv vba<pLv irarepuv ■ k.t.X. See further infra Append. B Mysia.
Zeus B(zkx°s is presumably to be equated with the important Pergamene god Zeus
2,a(3&i'Los (M. Frankel in Pergamon viii, 1 no. 248, 31 ff. Attalos iii Philometor (138—
133 b.C.), nephew and successor of Attalos ii Philadelphos (159—138 b.C.), says of
Sosandros, avvrpocpos of Eumenes ii (197—159 b.C.) and priest of Dionysos Kadrjyepwv at
Pergamon : tovtov eyewijaev, lol Kai yevopLevioi cl^lul tov olkov rjp.Qv to | p-ep. irpurov
' ArraXos 6 6e1bs /j.ov o~i)y Kai ttjl epLrjL yvwp.r)l favros \ 'Itl tov Y.waavb'pov ibwKe 5lcl yevovs
iepewavvr]v rrjv tov Alos \ tov 2a/3aftoi> tlplllotclttjv odaap. Trap' rjp.Lv, varepov be p,eraX-
Xd^avros I tov Xuadvbpov 5td rrjp. irepi avrbv ova ay KaXoKayadiay Kai irepi to 9e\l]\ov
evaefieLay Kai rr\v jrpbs r/pLas evvoiay Kai iriaTLy Kai tt/s tov Kadi}ye\p.bvos Aiovvaov iepewavv-qs
Tj^LiJoffatxev avrbv, Kpivavres avrby Kai \ Tavrrjs elvaL a^Lov ttjs TLprjs Kai irpeirovrLos irpo-
o-t7)o-(e)cfdaL pvaT[-qpi]\uu TrjXLKOVTuy Kayto Kai" ArraXos 6 6e?bs p.ov, k.t.X., ib. 45 ff. Attalos iii
says of Stratonike, wife of Eumenes ii : e7rei /3acr[i]JXicrcra ^.rparovLK-q r) priTVP (*ov
fSeardrT] p.ey yevopevr] iranLov, <pLX[o]\o~TOpyordrri de biacpepovrus vpbs re rbp. iraripa pov /ecu
wpbs ep.e', \ vpbs 'diravras p.ev robs deovs evaefiws irpoaTjiiexOrj, pLaXLcrra de \ npbs tov Aia tov
~2.ai3d'(L0v, rrarpoirapaboTov (see infra) airby KOpLiaaaa eis | rrjpL warpida ijpuiv, 87 Kai ep.
iroXXals irpdi,eaL Kai ep. ttoXXols klv5v\vols TrapaaraT-qy Kai (Sorjdbv r]p.1y yevbpevov eKpLvap.ev
5td ras e£ avrov | yevopLevas 4irL<paveLas o~vyKadLep<2o~aL ttjl NiKTj^dpaji 'AOrjvaL (sc. in the
Fig. 187.