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AND PLUTO El'IJIACIIOS. 417
This statue had probably been removed to this
spot from the temenos, as no other traces of anti-
quities were discovered here.
A review of all the facts relating to this precinct
brought to light by excavation, leads me to the
following conclusions.
Eirst.—The temenos was private ground, conse-
crated by a particular family to the worship of the
Infernal Deities. This is to be inferred not only
from the inscription No. 15, in which the dedication
of an oTxog or temple by Chrysina is distinctly re-
corded, but also from the insignificance of the
architectural remains as compared with the sculp-
ture, and from the fact that the numerous dedica-
tions discovered in situ are all made by priestesses
or other private individuals, and none by the senate
or people of Cnidus.
Assuming that the temenos was private ground,
the olxog dedicated by Chrysina would be a kind
of chapel, like those mentioned in a well-known
inscription recording the will of Epicteta ; and from
the analogy of that and other ancient documents
of the same class,1' it is probable that the priestess
of the Infernal Deities was to be appointed for ever
from among the descendants of Chrysina ; and that
the cost of keeping in repair the sacred buildings
was charged on land held in trust for this purpose.
It is obvious that an edifice thus dedicated and
v For the will of Epicteta see Corpus Inscript. No. 2448.
Compare L. Eoss, Inscript. Ined. iii. Nos. 311, 309 ; Xenoph.
Anab. v. 3, 13 ; K. F. Hermann, Lehrbuch d. Gottesd. Alter-
tlitiuicr, § 20, 0 ; Corpus Inscript. 0280.
This statue had probably been removed to this
spot from the temenos, as no other traces of anti-
quities were discovered here.
A review of all the facts relating to this precinct
brought to light by excavation, leads me to the
following conclusions.
Eirst.—The temenos was private ground, conse-
crated by a particular family to the worship of the
Infernal Deities. This is to be inferred not only
from the inscription No. 15, in which the dedication
of an oTxog or temple by Chrysina is distinctly re-
corded, but also from the insignificance of the
architectural remains as compared with the sculp-
ture, and from the fact that the numerous dedica-
tions discovered in situ are all made by priestesses
or other private individuals, and none by the senate
or people of Cnidus.
Assuming that the temenos was private ground,
the olxog dedicated by Chrysina would be a kind
of chapel, like those mentioned in a well-known
inscription recording the will of Epicteta ; and from
the analogy of that and other ancient documents
of the same class,1' it is probable that the priestess
of the Infernal Deities was to be appointed for ever
from among the descendants of Chrysina ; and that
the cost of keeping in repair the sacred buildings
was charged on land held in trust for this purpose.
It is obvious that an edifice thus dedicated and
v For the will of Epicteta see Corpus Inscript. No. 2448.
Compare L. Eoss, Inscript. Ined. iii. Nos. 311, 309 ; Xenoph.
Anab. v. 3, 13 ; K. F. Hermann, Lehrbuch d. Gottesd. Alter-
tlitiuicr, § 20, 0 ; Corpus Inscript. 0280.