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{xaXadov cod. E) els riiifjv rijs Ai'jprjTpos. Variants in the text of Kallimachos are
attested by Elias in Aristotclis catcgorias 27 a 24 ff. {Commeniaria in Aristotelcm
Graeca xviii. 1. 125, 7 ff. Busse) xai to KaWipdxaov itt'ivo 'tov Ka\a8ov KariovTa
X'lfni difiKfo-dc, yvvaUts, | /Ji;S' diro tov Ttytos pi)8' v^rodev avydo-aadf (avydarcri]0-6(
Kallim.)' and by schol. Plat. symp. 218 b (960 b 47 f. ed. Turic.) f'vrevdev nap<aSr)o-e
KaXXi^a^or eV vpvm Aq/^rpos nakaBov to 'dvpat S' ciri8(0-8(, /3e'/3>7Xoi.' Ib. 121 ff.

ai tov KaXaSov XtvicorpiXfS ?7rjroi uyovrt j Tto-o-apcs, a>s dp\v peyd\a 8eos (ipv-
"vuo-aa I XfUKov tap XcvkoV Sc tff'pos Km xf'Ma <p<'/«»o-n | r;fei xai (ptfti'njrwpov, eVor 5
"'s 5XXo (pvXa^'t. Bronze coins of Alexandreia show a kdlathos containing corn-
ears and poppy-heads {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Alexandria p. 66 no. 551 pi. 3° -
Anson Num. Gr. i. 95 no. 931 pi. i6 = my fig. 792 Trajan), sometimes bound with
a wreath of flowers and flanked by two torches with snakes {Brit. Mus. Cat.
Coins Alexandria p. 4 no. 29 pi. 30 = Anson Num. Gr. i. 97 no. 939 pi. I7=my

Fig. 793. Fig. 794.

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fig- 793 Livia, Hunter Cat. Coins iii. 405 no. 21 Livia) or fillets {Brit. Mus. Cat.
Coins Alexandria p. 42 no. 345 pi. 30 = Anson Num. Gr. i. 97 no. 940 pi. I7 = my
fig- 794 Domitian, Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Alexandria p. 42 no. 346 Domitian,
P- 144 no. 1212 = Anson Num. Gr. i. 97 no. 942 Antoninus Pius) or ties of some
sort {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Alexandria p. 105 nos. 903, 904, 905 pi. 30 = Anson
Num. Gr. i. 97 no. 941 pi. 17 = my fig. 795 Hadrian, Hunter Cat. Coins iii. 457
nos. 392—394. Fig. 796 Hadrian is from a specimen of mine). Once the kdlathos
is adorned with the rape of Persephone {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Alexandria
P- 105 no. 906 pi. 30 = Anson Num. Gr. i. 96 no. 932 pi. 16= my fig. 797 Hadrian).
More often, on large billon pieces, it appears drawn in procession by a quadriga
of horses {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Alexandria p. 67 no. 552 pi. 30=Anson Num. Gr.
i. 96 no. 935 pi. 16= my fig. 798 Trajan) or a biga of humped oxen {Brit. Mus.
Cat. Coins Alexandria p. 67 no. 553 = Anson Num. Gr. i. 96 no. 934 pi. l6 = my
fig- 799 Trajan) or of winged snakes wearing the skhent {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins
Alexandria p. 67 no. 554 pi. 30 = Anson Num. Gr. i. 96 no. 933 pi. 16 = my fig. 800
Trajan, Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Alexandria p. 67 no. 555 f. Trajan, Hunter Cat.
Coins iii. 434 no ,45 Trajan). Exceptionally it rests on the top of a column
flanked by two winged snakes, one of which wears the skhent, the other a poppy-
head as crown {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Alexandria p. 67 no. 557 pi- 3°=my fiS- 801

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