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INSCRIPTIONS
at. The inscription on the tomb of Dermys and Citylus
(Fig. 55) records the name of the dedicator, ApQdXKrjs 'ivTaa
€7T£ KiTvXoL ijo €7Ti Akpp.Vl.
After the archaic age, the inscriptions are simpler, as 'A/xQotto
(PI. XVII), EvepwoXos (PL XVIII), Avhok\eiSVs Ar,/ir,rPto (Fig. 59),
Tvvvias Tvvvoovos TpiKopvcrios (PI. X), Kpa,Ti<TTa> 'OXvvQia "Aypavos
6vyaTrjp TXavKiov 8e yvvq, and so forth.
When the tomb belongs to one person these inscriptions are
simple, and there can be no ambiguity in their interpretation,
nor is there any doubt to which of the persons represented in
the relief the identifying inscription belongs. But when the
inscription contains several names the matter is not so simple.
Dr. Furtwangler lays down the rule that the names are the
names of the dead ; in that case, as the dead and the living
appear together in the reliefs, there would be no necessary
correspondence between relief and inscription. I find however,
in the great majority of cases, that not only do the inscriptions
agree with the reliefs, but that the names are placed over the
figures in order to identify them. The analogy of Greek vases
here helps us. On vases it is an ordinary custom to place over
each of the persons of the design his or her name, merely for
purposes of identification. It appears that the same custom
prevails in sepulchral reliefs. Confirmation of this view will
be found in abundance by any one who examines the Corpus
of Attic Reliefs. And further confirmation is afforded by the
epigrams of the A ntkology. One records 1 not only the name
of the person to whom the tomb belongs, and who appears in
its relief, but also the names of the dog, the horse, and the
slave who form his cortdge. Another reads2, 'This is Timocleia,
this Philo, this Aristo, and this Timaetho; all daughters of
Aristodicus.' In fact, to this general rule of the explicatory
character of the inscriptions only a few doubtful exceptions
1 VII. 304, by Peisander.
2 VII. 463, by Leonidas.
INSCRIPTIONS
at. The inscription on the tomb of Dermys and Citylus
(Fig. 55) records the name of the dedicator, ApQdXKrjs 'ivTaa
€7T£ KiTvXoL ijo €7Ti Akpp.Vl.
After the archaic age, the inscriptions are simpler, as 'A/xQotto
(PI. XVII), EvepwoXos (PL XVIII), Avhok\eiSVs Ar,/ir,rPto (Fig. 59),
Tvvvias Tvvvoovos TpiKopvcrios (PI. X), Kpa,Ti<TTa> 'OXvvQia "Aypavos
6vyaTrjp TXavKiov 8e yvvq, and so forth.
When the tomb belongs to one person these inscriptions are
simple, and there can be no ambiguity in their interpretation,
nor is there any doubt to which of the persons represented in
the relief the identifying inscription belongs. But when the
inscription contains several names the matter is not so simple.
Dr. Furtwangler lays down the rule that the names are the
names of the dead ; in that case, as the dead and the living
appear together in the reliefs, there would be no necessary
correspondence between relief and inscription. I find however,
in the great majority of cases, that not only do the inscriptions
agree with the reliefs, but that the names are placed over the
figures in order to identify them. The analogy of Greek vases
here helps us. On vases it is an ordinary custom to place over
each of the persons of the design his or her name, merely for
purposes of identification. It appears that the same custom
prevails in sepulchral reliefs. Confirmation of this view will
be found in abundance by any one who examines the Corpus
of Attic Reliefs. And further confirmation is afforded by the
epigrams of the A ntkology. One records 1 not only the name
of the person to whom the tomb belongs, and who appears in
its relief, but also the names of the dog, the horse, and the
slave who form his cortdge. Another reads2, 'This is Timocleia,
this Philo, this Aristo, and this Timaetho; all daughters of
Aristodicus.' In fact, to this general rule of the explicatory
character of the inscriptions only a few doubtful exceptions
1 VII. 304, by Peisander.
2 VII. 463, by Leonidas.