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568 XII. CHRISTIAN INSCRIPTIONS OF S.W. PHRYGIA.
policy given by Eusebius and Lactantius. The phraseology vies with Chr.
expression: with r-qp&v ivro\ds cp. no. 380; ivroXai., the commandments
of God, is a characteristically Chr. and Jewish word, compare qbikev-
roAo? CIG 9904 (Jewish) and the sentiment of Kaibel Ep. e Tajyj. 727, 6
(Chr.) \ iXvrpao-aTo ttoWovs e/c kclkcov fiao-avav is a parody of the Chr.
zeal for conversion2: eyu fyxe 6 \a\av -navra is modelled on John iv. 26
eyco elp.L 6 kak&v ctol. l/ie, the modern form efy/.ai, see no. 394.
With the opening of B compare LW 805, CIG 3827 q, ~2u)Teipr)(s)
'EKaTy 'Ov/jaifj-os Ke "A(p(j>r] Ai]poo-6ivr] top eavr&v vlbi> reijir\6ivTa 11116
Swretprjy 'Excmjy Kareiip^aav (on which see Mordtmann's remarks Ath.
Mitth. 1885 p. 17), also CIG 3857 h : these inscriptions belong to Kotiaion
and Appia, but coins of Apameia show the goddess CQT£I PA in the form
of Hekate triformis, p. 348. The formula rip-rjOevra on a tombstone was
imitated by the Christians, see LW 828.
A Roman inscr., Kaibel 1449 (quoted above on no. 197), is a good
illustration of this quaint inscr. In it the term lepevs t&v 6eS>v is treated
grammatically as a personal secondary name (unless we should under-
stand that the engraver omitted a personal name after 6 /cat): compare
Theotecnus and Asklepios as the names of Roman governors, p. 507.
1 Some would rather take it as Jewish: 2 tv'a XvTpao-rjTai. f/pas cnrb irao-rjs ayor
I agree with Kaibel. pias Tit. II 14.
Note 1. No. 444 bis. Ushak, omitted on p. 558 and by M. Cumont. CIG- 8837
€Ka\TjovpyrjdTj \ to spyov tovto J dia <Tvvdpopr]S \ AtovTos 7rporo7rp[ecr/3]uTepou.
Note 2. yepaws as a Chr. presbyter may be supported by the names given to
the Jewish presbyters, yepovtria, yipovres, TraXawi (Th. Reinach, quoted on no. 561).
On Chr. and Jewish analogies in Asia Minor, see pp. 300, 545 f, 675.
policy given by Eusebius and Lactantius. The phraseology vies with Chr.
expression: with r-qp&v ivro\ds cp. no. 380; ivroXai., the commandments
of God, is a characteristically Chr. and Jewish word, compare qbikev-
roAo? CIG 9904 (Jewish) and the sentiment of Kaibel Ep. e Tajyj. 727, 6
(Chr.) \ iXvrpao-aTo ttoWovs e/c kclkcov fiao-avav is a parody of the Chr.
zeal for conversion2: eyu fyxe 6 \a\av -navra is modelled on John iv. 26
eyco elp.L 6 kak&v ctol. l/ie, the modern form efy/.ai, see no. 394.
With the opening of B compare LW 805, CIG 3827 q, ~2u)Teipr)(s)
'EKaTy 'Ov/jaifj-os Ke "A(p(j>r] Ai]poo-6ivr] top eavr&v vlbi> reijir\6ivTa 11116
Swretprjy 'Excmjy Kareiip^aav (on which see Mordtmann's remarks Ath.
Mitth. 1885 p. 17), also CIG 3857 h : these inscriptions belong to Kotiaion
and Appia, but coins of Apameia show the goddess CQT£I PA in the form
of Hekate triformis, p. 348. The formula rip-rjOevra on a tombstone was
imitated by the Christians, see LW 828.
A Roman inscr., Kaibel 1449 (quoted above on no. 197), is a good
illustration of this quaint inscr. In it the term lepevs t&v 6eS>v is treated
grammatically as a personal secondary name (unless we should under-
stand that the engraver omitted a personal name after 6 /cat): compare
Theotecnus and Asklepios as the names of Roman governors, p. 507.
1 Some would rather take it as Jewish: 2 tv'a XvTpao-rjTai. f/pas cnrb irao-rjs ayor
I agree with Kaibel. pias Tit. II 14.
Note 1. No. 444 bis. Ushak, omitted on p. 558 and by M. Cumont. CIG- 8837
€Ka\TjovpyrjdTj \ to spyov tovto J dia <Tvvdpopr]S \ AtovTos 7rporo7rp[ecr/3]uTepou.
Note 2. yepaws as a Chr. presbyter may be supported by the names given to
the Jewish presbyters, yepovtria, yipovres, TraXawi (Th. Reinach, quoted on no. 561).
On Chr. and Jewish analogies in Asia Minor, see pp. 300, 545 f, 675.