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Pausanias, m his first book, lias the following description of this vocal statue:
*E<rr/ yxp sti xx8^/j.syoy uyaX^x 'W\hov, NLipvovx ovo^ac^ao-tv ci 710KK0I'
tUtov yxp tpoi<rtv e£ AlQiimiag op[x.riQyvxi tg " A tyv7nov, x-xl rqv x%pi Sstrwi'. AAAa
yxp a Msavoyx o't Q/i&xloi Asy&cr/, QxpsvwQx o; elvxt rw syy^wpiouv, a tUto uyx/\[/.x
vjJ %7ti4o-x 5= ^ jcai Xstrua-rpiv (f)xy.i'Juv uvxi txto to xyxXjj.x, o Kxjj.Qvo"/]g^i£KOilj£,
Kxl vvv C7roo-ov £K XcOxX^g c^ fjLs<rev o~cZ[ax v\y XTrsppi^ivov, to rs Koiirov kxQyitxi tst
xxl xvx ttxo-xv j[j.£pxv xvio-yjiVTo; v\h.iK /2oa, xxl Tn\y "\y,ov ^.o.Kio'tx sixxrei zl(
xiQxgxg y\ Xvi>xg yxyslo~/jv X,op^f.
The passage wherein Pliny (Nat. Hist. lib. xxxvi. c. 7.) speaks of this sta-
tue, unless we suppose that the name of Serapis is an interpolation of some
copyist, affords a strong proof that the temples at Thebes did not lose their
sacred character till long after the time of the Ptolemies, and that the tem-
ple built or dedicated in honour of the deity under that title was existing
during the Augustan age :
" Non absimilis illi narratur in Thebis delubro Serapis, ut putant, Mem-
nonis statua dicatus: quern quotidiano solis ortu contactum radiis crepare
dicunt."
The epitaph or epigramma of Asclepiodotus on the base of the statue of
Memnon, which is imperfectly given in the text, has been thus restored by
Toup in the second volume of his Emendations on Suidas, &c. page 182:
Memnon loquitur:
7.MSIV, eivxXtri Q-ti, Mijj.i'ovx, xxl psyx (puivstv
'MxvSavit ju.}jTpw)j Xxjj.7rxh BxX%o^.ivcv,
AiyuTTTii Kt'oV~'ir,0~'V U7T O^^VO'lV, SM X7rCTXjM'Sl
Kx\\i7tv\ov ©jjo/jv NaAcj sXavvopsvog
Toyds \J*xyj\g ccKOMTOV A%<AAs«, ujjt (yi Tgwuiv
<l>8eyyio-8xt ir&VlWy jJ!.yjT tvt Bscro-xKnj.
In the same sense Callistratus speaks of this statue, saying,
Nov y.;y yxp x>to-%a<rxy Ttfv fifti^uv 7rpocsp8syy£To, iTVlWIlMClVUV t;~ (pwvri Trjy
%x(>xv, xxl iiri TUig Trig MyTgog icocgdo-ixig (pui&^oyo^svog.
3 g 2 Another
Pausanias, m his first book, lias the following description of this vocal statue:
*E<rr/ yxp sti xx8^/j.syoy uyaX^x 'W\hov, NLipvovx ovo^ac^ao-tv ci 710KK0I'
tUtov yxp tpoi<rtv e£ AlQiimiag op[x.riQyvxi tg " A tyv7nov, x-xl rqv x%pi Sstrwi'. AAAa
yxp a Msavoyx o't Q/i&xloi Asy&cr/, QxpsvwQx o; elvxt rw syy^wpiouv, a tUto uyx/\[/.x
vjJ %7ti4o-x 5= ^ jcai Xstrua-rpiv (f)xy.i'Juv uvxi txto to xyxXjj.x, o Kxjj.Qvo"/]g^i£KOilj£,
Kxl vvv C7roo-ov £K XcOxX^g c^ fjLs<rev o~cZ[ax v\y XTrsppi^ivov, to rs Koiirov kxQyitxi tst
xxl xvx ttxo-xv j[j.£pxv xvio-yjiVTo; v\h.iK /2oa, xxl Tn\y "\y,ov ^.o.Kio'tx sixxrei zl(
xiQxgxg y\ Xvi>xg yxyslo~/jv X,op^f.
The passage wherein Pliny (Nat. Hist. lib. xxxvi. c. 7.) speaks of this sta-
tue, unless we suppose that the name of Serapis is an interpolation of some
copyist, affords a strong proof that the temples at Thebes did not lose their
sacred character till long after the time of the Ptolemies, and that the tem-
ple built or dedicated in honour of the deity under that title was existing
during the Augustan age :
" Non absimilis illi narratur in Thebis delubro Serapis, ut putant, Mem-
nonis statua dicatus: quern quotidiano solis ortu contactum radiis crepare
dicunt."
The epitaph or epigramma of Asclepiodotus on the base of the statue of
Memnon, which is imperfectly given in the text, has been thus restored by
Toup in the second volume of his Emendations on Suidas, &c. page 182:
Memnon loquitur:
7.MSIV, eivxXtri Q-ti, Mijj.i'ovx, xxl psyx (puivstv
'MxvSavit ju.}jTpw)j Xxjj.7rxh BxX%o^.ivcv,
AiyuTTTii Kt'oV~'ir,0~'V U7T O^^VO'lV, SM X7rCTXjM'Sl
Kx\\i7tv\ov ©jjo/jv NaAcj sXavvopsvog
Toyds \J*xyj\g ccKOMTOV A%<AAs«, ujjt (yi Tgwuiv
<l>8eyyio-8xt ir&VlWy jJ!.yjT tvt Bscro-xKnj.
In the same sense Callistratus speaks of this statue, saying,
Nov y.;y yxp x>to-%a<rxy Ttfv fifti^uv 7rpocsp8syy£To, iTVlWIlMClVUV t;~ (pwvri Trjy
%x(>xv, xxl iiri TUig Trig MyTgog icocgdo-ixig (pui&^oyo^svog.
3 g 2 Another