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244 TROY AND ITS REMAINS. [Chap. XVI.
■u (ocrev dvrl pev rrj<; UeTplriSos \(opas TrapaSei^drjva^L)
avTO)i to. Zero. irXiOpa, crvy-^coprjdrjvaL Se Kal dXXa wXi-
Qpa Sicr^tXia irpocreveyKacrdcu npb<; r)v dp fiovkrjTai
TO)p TTokeoJv to>v iv rrji rjpeTepab avppa^iai, KaOd-
Trep Kal irporepov iypdxpapev. 'Opwvres oiiv avrov
evvovv ovra Kal trpodvpov eis rd yperepa irpaypa-
ra, /3ov\6pe0a iroXvcopeiv rdvdpcoTrov, Kal irepl
TovroiV <rvyKex<t)p,t)Kap.€v. fyqcrlv Se elvai tt}?
HerpiTtSos )(a>pas rd crvyyosp-qdivTa avrCn
irXedpa ^tXta irevra/cdcria. %vvTa£ov ovv Kara-
perprjcrai 'Apio-ToSi/aS-^i Kal irapaSei^ai yfjs
ipyacripov rd re Sicr^tXia Kal TrevTaKocna 77-Xe'-
Opa Kal dvrl rS>v irepl ttjv Hirpav aXA.a ipya-
cripov ^iXta irevTaKocria dwb Trjs fiacrikiKrjs ^co-
pas rrjs crvvopilpvcrqs rrji iv dp-^rjc 8o0€LO~r)L
auT<5i Trap' rjpcHv eacrat Se koX irpocreviyKacrBai
tj)v x&pav 'ApLO-ToSiKiSrjv Trpos fju dv fiovkrjTat,
ttoKiv twv iv rrji, rjperepaL crvppa^iai, KaOd-
irep Kal iv Trji irporepov iwLaToXrji. iypdxfja-
pev. ippcoo-o.
This inscription, the great historical value of which
cannot be denied, seems certainly to belong to the third
century B.C., judging from the subject as well as from the
form of the letters, for the king Antiochus repeatedly
mentioned must either be Antiochus I., surnamed Sorer
(281 to 260 b.c), or Antiochus III., the Great (222, to
186). Polybius, who was born in 210 or 200 b.c, and
died in 122 b.c, in his History (XXVIII. 1, and XXXI. 21)
speaks indeed of a Meleager who lived in his time, and
was an ambassador of Antiochus Epiphanes, who reigned
from 174 to 164, and it is quite possible that this Meleager
afterwards became satrap of the satrapy of the Hellespont,
and that, in this office, he wrote to the Ilians the first
letter of this inscription. But in the first letter of An-
tiochus to his satrap Meleager, he gives him the option
■u (ocrev dvrl pev rrj<; UeTplriSos \(opas TrapaSei^drjva^L)
avTO)i to. Zero. irXiOpa, crvy-^coprjdrjvaL Se Kal dXXa wXi-
Qpa Sicr^tXia irpocreveyKacrdcu npb<; r)v dp fiovkrjTai
TO)p TTokeoJv to>v iv rrji rjpeTepab avppa^iai, KaOd-
Trep Kal irporepov iypdxpapev. 'Opwvres oiiv avrov
evvovv ovra Kal trpodvpov eis rd yperepa irpaypa-
ra, /3ov\6pe0a iroXvcopeiv rdvdpcoTrov, Kal irepl
TovroiV <rvyKex<t)p,t)Kap.€v. fyqcrlv Se elvai tt}?
HerpiTtSos )(a>pas rd crvyyosp-qdivTa avrCn
irXedpa ^tXta irevra/cdcria. %vvTa£ov ovv Kara-
perprjcrai 'Apio-ToSi/aS-^i Kal irapaSei^ai yfjs
ipyacripov rd re Sicr^tXia Kal TrevTaKocna 77-Xe'-
Opa Kal dvrl rS>v irepl ttjv Hirpav aXA.a ipya-
cripov ^iXta irevTaKocria dwb Trjs fiacrikiKrjs ^co-
pas rrjs crvvopilpvcrqs rrji iv dp-^rjc 8o0€LO~r)L
auT<5i Trap' rjpcHv eacrat Se koX irpocreviyKacrBai
tj)v x&pav 'ApLO-ToSiKiSrjv Trpos fju dv fiovkrjTat,
ttoKiv twv iv rrji, rjperepaL crvppa^iai, KaOd-
irep Kal iv Trji irporepov iwLaToXrji. iypdxfja-
pev. ippcoo-o.
This inscription, the great historical value of which
cannot be denied, seems certainly to belong to the third
century B.C., judging from the subject as well as from the
form of the letters, for the king Antiochus repeatedly
mentioned must either be Antiochus I., surnamed Sorer
(281 to 260 b.c), or Antiochus III., the Great (222, to
186). Polybius, who was born in 210 or 200 b.c, and
died in 122 b.c, in his History (XXVIII. 1, and XXXI. 21)
speaks indeed of a Meleager who lived in his time, and
was an ambassador of Antiochus Epiphanes, who reigned
from 174 to 164, and it is quite possible that this Meleager
afterwards became satrap of the satrapy of the Hellespont,
and that, in this office, he wrote to the Ilians the first
letter of this inscription. But in the first letter of An-
tiochus to his satrap Meleager, he gives him the option