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CHAP. VII.]
INSCRIPTIONS OF MEGALOPOLIS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.
123
The repetition of this inscription shows that it is intended to refer to all the ‘ thrones/
as is expressly stated in the first instance. The letters are larger in (a), except in its second line.
It might be even held that the words καί τον οχςτόν were added as an afterthought; but they
are in the same style, and the size of the letters is very variable. The inscription spreads over
three slabs of the back of the seat, and the upper line is 5" from the top and 14" from the bottom
of these slabs, running horizontally over the surface. The letters vary from 1^" to 2" in height.
They are by no means in a straight line, and vary in size. The omicron and theta are markedly
smaller than the other letters. The forms of v and σ, and particularly the use of o for the
diphthong ov suggest the early part of the fourth century; according to Schutz the use of o for the
diphthong does not survive long after Euclid in Attic inscriptions, and it is therefore interesting
to see it in an Arcadian inscription, which, though it may be and probably is earlier than 350 b.c.,
cannot be brought back beyond 370 b.c.
At A^EoHKE
H Z
(3)
(*)
ΦΥΔΗΓΠΑ PPACJON
V
A ΠΟΛ AO
i
. Γ
" I
4
ΦΛ Y RAE ίΤ ΛΝ
k E o H K £·
P
ω
A NTI°^°C λγη^ΐοο E ΤΗ^ΤΑΝΓοηΚετο £ cpdYamta\
''k-AlTnNOXiFT<nM * '
The interval between two letters is usually about 2", but the spacing is as irregular as
the line. The total length of seat (a) is 21' 8", and the total space occupied by the inscription in
the first line is 12' 6^", in the second 2' 7".
This Antiochos is no doubt the delegate from the Arcadian League, who went up to
Susa in 367 b.c. with Pelopidas and envoys from Athens and Elis, to discuss the basis of a
peace, and on his return spoke so contemptuously to his fellow-countrymen of the golden
plane-tree and the military strength of the Persian Empire (Xen. Hell. vii. 1. 33-38). He was
pankratiast and victor at Olympia, and a very prominent man in Arcadia at the time. The
INSCRIPTIONS OF MEGALOPOLIS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.
123
The repetition of this inscription shows that it is intended to refer to all the ‘ thrones/
as is expressly stated in the first instance. The letters are larger in (a), except in its second line.
It might be even held that the words καί τον οχςτόν were added as an afterthought; but they
are in the same style, and the size of the letters is very variable. The inscription spreads over
three slabs of the back of the seat, and the upper line is 5" from the top and 14" from the bottom
of these slabs, running horizontally over the surface. The letters vary from 1^" to 2" in height.
They are by no means in a straight line, and vary in size. The omicron and theta are markedly
smaller than the other letters. The forms of v and σ, and particularly the use of o for the
diphthong ov suggest the early part of the fourth century; according to Schutz the use of o for the
diphthong does not survive long after Euclid in Attic inscriptions, and it is therefore interesting
to see it in an Arcadian inscription, which, though it may be and probably is earlier than 350 b.c.,
cannot be brought back beyond 370 b.c.
At A^EoHKE
H Z
(3)
(*)
ΦΥΔΗΓΠΑ PPACJON
V
A ΠΟΛ AO
i
. Γ
" I
4
ΦΛ Y RAE ίΤ ΛΝ
k E o H K £·
P
ω
A NTI°^°C λγη^ΐοο E ΤΗ^ΤΑΝΓοηΚετο £ cpdYamta\
''k-AlTnNOXiFT<nM * '
The interval between two letters is usually about 2", but the spacing is as irregular as
the line. The total length of seat (a) is 21' 8", and the total space occupied by the inscription in
the first line is 12' 6^", in the second 2' 7".
This Antiochos is no doubt the delegate from the Arcadian League, who went up to
Susa in 367 b.c. with Pelopidas and envoys from Athens and Elis, to discuss the basis of a
peace, and on his return spoke so contemptuously to his fellow-countrymen of the golden
plane-tree and the military strength of the Persian Empire (Xen. Hell. vii. 1. 33-38). He was
pankratiast and victor at Olympia, and a very prominent man in Arcadia at the time. The