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790 NOTES ON PART II.
(6) How did the Christians of the district come to regard the grave of
the leader of a pagan sect as that of one of the apostles of Christianity
in the district ? The subsequent history of the Aberkios-legend, with its
growth in the popular mind and its elaboration, are a riddle on Dietrich's
theory, but natural on our view.
I may add that Dietrich on p. \ i makes much of Robert's remark
{Hermes 1894 pp. 424 ff) that lines 1-6 occupied one side, 7-19 a second
side, 20-22 a third 1. I pointed out years ago (Expositor April 1889 p. 263)
the inference that naturally follows from the size &c. of the stone as to
the distribution, viz. 1-6, 7-17, and 18-22, on three successive sides.
Wilpert Fraclio Panis p. 123 seems (I can judge only from Dietrich's
vague words) to come to the same conclusion as I. Robert's distribution
is entirely improbable; and Dietrich's reasons in its favour have no
weight to those who have seen many such Phrygian stones. Dietrich
on p. 11 rightly rejects Robert's idea that the lines of the second side
were later than the rest; but on p. 18 n he introduces it as a subsidiary
argument.
3. P. 566. No. 467-469. Epitynchanos the elder is known also from
an epigram, which I copied at Doghan-Arslan in the country of the
Praipenisseis in 1881, and which is recalled to my memory since
Mr. A. Souter has prepared it for publication in the Classical Review,
1897. We see Epitynchanos in this document as an astrologer, astro-
nomer, and diviner, widely respected, honoured with the citizenship of
manjr cities (including Akmonia, no. 467), and leaving sons who were
equally skilled in his arts. The date is evidently late third century (to
judge from style and lettering); and no. 467 may be a little later, being
dated 315.
10 ttjs 2 he y.aOrjp.ocrvvrj's 'R-niTvvxa-vov Ihpiv eoVra,
irvoLrjs a[Ti]kavKT0vs eiSo'ra pavrcxrvvas,
decrcpaTa. t av9p(oTTOL<ri.v dA.i;#e'a (prjpi^ovTa
Svrwv fxeWovTiov itraojxivccv TTpoTepo[v.
14 acTTeai 8' in iroWolcriv Wayevimv Adxe Tup.A's,
ke(\j/as K€ Kovpovs ovbev cwpavportpovs.
This inscr. gives us a clearer conception of the character of Epityn-
chanos and his successors, confirming and completing the remarks on
pp. 506 f, 567 f. Epitynchanos must have flourished about 260 to 310,
1 The middle part was much the analogy of many honorary inscriptions,
longest; cp. no. 232, where the dis- In 14 the construction changes, and E.
tribution is 1-8, 9-22, 23-30. is nominative. Again in 16 the con-
2 Viz., astrology, described in lines struction changes, and E. speaks in the
1-9. The name E. is in accusative, first person (see p. 729, line n f).
without proper government, on the
(6) How did the Christians of the district come to regard the grave of
the leader of a pagan sect as that of one of the apostles of Christianity
in the district ? The subsequent history of the Aberkios-legend, with its
growth in the popular mind and its elaboration, are a riddle on Dietrich's
theory, but natural on our view.
I may add that Dietrich on p. \ i makes much of Robert's remark
{Hermes 1894 pp. 424 ff) that lines 1-6 occupied one side, 7-19 a second
side, 20-22 a third 1. I pointed out years ago (Expositor April 1889 p. 263)
the inference that naturally follows from the size &c. of the stone as to
the distribution, viz. 1-6, 7-17, and 18-22, on three successive sides.
Wilpert Fraclio Panis p. 123 seems (I can judge only from Dietrich's
vague words) to come to the same conclusion as I. Robert's distribution
is entirely improbable; and Dietrich's reasons in its favour have no
weight to those who have seen many such Phrygian stones. Dietrich
on p. 11 rightly rejects Robert's idea that the lines of the second side
were later than the rest; but on p. 18 n he introduces it as a subsidiary
argument.
3. P. 566. No. 467-469. Epitynchanos the elder is known also from
an epigram, which I copied at Doghan-Arslan in the country of the
Praipenisseis in 1881, and which is recalled to my memory since
Mr. A. Souter has prepared it for publication in the Classical Review,
1897. We see Epitynchanos in this document as an astrologer, astro-
nomer, and diviner, widely respected, honoured with the citizenship of
manjr cities (including Akmonia, no. 467), and leaving sons who were
equally skilled in his arts. The date is evidently late third century (to
judge from style and lettering); and no. 467 may be a little later, being
dated 315.
10 ttjs 2 he y.aOrjp.ocrvvrj's 'R-niTvvxa-vov Ihpiv eoVra,
irvoLrjs a[Ti]kavKT0vs eiSo'ra pavrcxrvvas,
decrcpaTa. t av9p(oTTOL<ri.v dA.i;#e'a (prjpi^ovTa
Svrwv fxeWovTiov itraojxivccv TTpoTepo[v.
14 acTTeai 8' in iroWolcriv Wayevimv Adxe Tup.A's,
ke(\j/as K€ Kovpovs ovbev cwpavportpovs.
This inscr. gives us a clearer conception of the character of Epityn-
chanos and his successors, confirming and completing the remarks on
pp. 506 f, 567 f. Epitynchanos must have flourished about 260 to 310,
1 The middle part was much the analogy of many honorary inscriptions,
longest; cp. no. 232, where the dis- In 14 the construction changes, and E.
tribution is 1-8, 9-22, 23-30. is nominative. Again in 16 the con-
2 Viz., astrology, described in lines struction changes, and E. speaks in the
1-9. The name E. is in accusative, first person (see p. 729, line n f).
without proper government, on the