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App. INSCRIPTIONS. 759
It is therefore clear that about a. d. 250, Alexander Tieiou was a leading
citizen in Metropolis. If he were then aged 48, his victory in the Pan-
kration at the first Themis took place about 225. But the style of
lettering of no. 695 ff would rather point to a later date; and the most
suitable dates for Alexander are, birth c. 220, victory c. 240. It is quite
possible that no. 694 was erected later, when Alexander was a distin-
guished citizen, and his townsmen were heaping honours on him. The
fact that an inscription or a statue in honour of a victor may be erected
long after the event, and that it is unsafe to assume without proof that
the erection follows immediately on the victory, is very clearly attested
by an inscription of Attoudda, where a statue of M. Aurelius Apellas is
erected in honour of his victory in a boys' stadion by his grandson ac-
cording to a public promise1. In the present instance the occurrence of
irpcorrjs perhaps (but not necessarily) points to the later date, after other
Themides Menneanai had been held.
696. Tatarli. MM. Legrand and Chamonard BCH 1893 p. 252.
f] /3. Kal 6 8. ereip.r]<rev Aip. 'A\££avhpov [—]ov Tpiov [— /cameos tcl hoOevra]
avTif \xapr\vpii \jrrj](p[o-p:aTa.
The editors remark that Tidov should perhaps be read for Tpiov: the
stone is much worn. If so, the restoration ['A\e£dvhp}ov [Ttejtcm would
be needed, as they recognize in the victor a son of Alexander Tieiou.
697. (R. 1881). Tatarli. Avp. 'Ak<=£av[opov 'A\e£avhp}ov his Avp.
[A]Ae£av[h]pos Mevveov tov kavrov eyyovov.
The lettering is late, marking the date as 260-290 a.d.
Alexander, son of Menneas, had a grandson Alexander: the grandson's
father had the epithet his, and must therefore have been called Alexander
also (if the inscr. is regular). Avp. 'A\e£avhpov rpls would have the same
sense. Probably Menneas, the father of the first Alexander here, was
the founder of the Themis Menneane ; and the first Alexander was brother
of Karikos no. 694. The stemma, in that case, is
Menneas the Founder, 2^q A.D.
_________________________I
Karikos Alexander
I . . I
Alexander Tieiou, Alexander
born c. A. n. 220. honoured c. 370.
1 BCH 1890, p. 239 M. Avp. 'Att(\- 'AwcXKa Evr[v])(lai>os dv&pos d£ioXo'-you
X5f, 'A&pdo-Tov Ao<p[iov] v'wu, ei/8d£o>r (3ou\euro0 Ka\ ypapparias tov iyyovov Kaff
[djyojyto'd^epoi' naihw tFTaoio\yy ttjv ova- a viricr^To rfj naTpihi.
crjaaw rtvijcrapivuv tov dvSpidi/ro[s] M. Avp.
It is therefore clear that about a. d. 250, Alexander Tieiou was a leading
citizen in Metropolis. If he were then aged 48, his victory in the Pan-
kration at the first Themis took place about 225. But the style of
lettering of no. 695 ff would rather point to a later date; and the most
suitable dates for Alexander are, birth c. 220, victory c. 240. It is quite
possible that no. 694 was erected later, when Alexander was a distin-
guished citizen, and his townsmen were heaping honours on him. The
fact that an inscription or a statue in honour of a victor may be erected
long after the event, and that it is unsafe to assume without proof that
the erection follows immediately on the victory, is very clearly attested
by an inscription of Attoudda, where a statue of M. Aurelius Apellas is
erected in honour of his victory in a boys' stadion by his grandson ac-
cording to a public promise1. In the present instance the occurrence of
irpcorrjs perhaps (but not necessarily) points to the later date, after other
Themides Menneanai had been held.
696. Tatarli. MM. Legrand and Chamonard BCH 1893 p. 252.
f] /3. Kal 6 8. ereip.r]<rev Aip. 'A\££avhpov [—]ov Tpiov [— /cameos tcl hoOevra]
avTif \xapr\vpii \jrrj](p[o-p:aTa.
The editors remark that Tidov should perhaps be read for Tpiov: the
stone is much worn. If so, the restoration ['A\e£dvhp}ov [Ttejtcm would
be needed, as they recognize in the victor a son of Alexander Tieiou.
697. (R. 1881). Tatarli. Avp. 'Ak<=£av[opov 'A\e£avhp}ov his Avp.
[A]Ae£av[h]pos Mevveov tov kavrov eyyovov.
The lettering is late, marking the date as 260-290 a.d.
Alexander, son of Menneas, had a grandson Alexander: the grandson's
father had the epithet his, and must therefore have been called Alexander
also (if the inscr. is regular). Avp. 'A\e£avhpov rpls would have the same
sense. Probably Menneas, the father of the first Alexander here, was
the founder of the Themis Menneane ; and the first Alexander was brother
of Karikos no. 694. The stemma, in that case, is
Menneas the Founder, 2^q A.D.
_________________________I
Karikos Alexander
I . . I
Alexander Tieiou, Alexander
born c. A. n. 220. honoured c. 370.
1 BCH 1890, p. 239 M. Avp. 'Att(\- 'AwcXKa Evr[v])(lai>os dv&pos d£ioXo'-you
X5f, 'A&pdo-Tov Ao<p[iov] v'wu, ei/8d£o>r (3ou\euro0 Ka\ ypapparias tov iyyovov Kaff
[djyojyto'd^epoi' naihw tFTaoio\yy ttjv ova- a viricr^To rfj naTpihi.
crjaaw rtvijcrapivuv tov dvSpidi/ro[s] M. Avp.