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246 • TROY AND ITS REMAINS. [Chap. XVI.
for him, but there is an account of the reception which
was arranged for him in Sigeum. The Sigeans lavished
servile flattery upon him, and not only did they send
ambassadors to congratulate him, but the Senate also
passed a decree, in which they praised the king's actions
to the skies, and proclaimed that public prayers should be
offered up to the Uian Athena, to Apollo (who was regarded
as his ancestor), to the goddess of Victory and to other
deities, for his and his consort's welfare ; that the priestesses
and priests, the senators and all the magistrates of the
town should carry wreaths, and that all the citizens and all
the strangers settled or temporarily residing in Sigeum
should publicly extol the virtues and the bravery of the great
king; further, that a gold equestrian statue of the king,
standing on a pedestal of white marble, should be erected in
the temple of Athena in Sigeum, and that it should bear the
inscription : " The Sigeans have erected this statue to King
Antiochus, the son of Seleucus,for the devotion he has shown
to the temple, and because he is the benefactor and the saviour
of the people ; this mark of honour is to be proclaimed in
the popular assemblies and at the public games." However,
in this wilderness it is impossible for me to find out from
which ancient classic writer this episode has been taken.
It is very probable that a similar reception awaited
Antiochus I. in Ilium, so that he kept the city in good
remembrance. That he cherished kindly feelings towards
the Ilians is proved also by the inscription No. 3595 'n
the ' Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum.' But whether it
is he or Antiochus the Great that is referred to in the
inscription I do not venture to decide.
Aristodicides, of Assos, who is frequently mentioned in
the inscription, is utterly unknown, and this name occurs
here for the first time; the name of the place Petra also,
which is mentioned several times- in the inscription, is quite
unknown; it must have been situated in this neighbour-
hood, but all mv endeavours to discover it in the modern
for him, but there is an account of the reception which
was arranged for him in Sigeum. The Sigeans lavished
servile flattery upon him, and not only did they send
ambassadors to congratulate him, but the Senate also
passed a decree, in which they praised the king's actions
to the skies, and proclaimed that public prayers should be
offered up to the Uian Athena, to Apollo (who was regarded
as his ancestor), to the goddess of Victory and to other
deities, for his and his consort's welfare ; that the priestesses
and priests, the senators and all the magistrates of the
town should carry wreaths, and that all the citizens and all
the strangers settled or temporarily residing in Sigeum
should publicly extol the virtues and the bravery of the great
king; further, that a gold equestrian statue of the king,
standing on a pedestal of white marble, should be erected in
the temple of Athena in Sigeum, and that it should bear the
inscription : " The Sigeans have erected this statue to King
Antiochus, the son of Seleucus,for the devotion he has shown
to the temple, and because he is the benefactor and the saviour
of the people ; this mark of honour is to be proclaimed in
the popular assemblies and at the public games." However,
in this wilderness it is impossible for me to find out from
which ancient classic writer this episode has been taken.
It is very probable that a similar reception awaited
Antiochus I. in Ilium, so that he kept the city in good
remembrance. That he cherished kindly feelings towards
the Ilians is proved also by the inscription No. 3595 'n
the ' Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum.' But whether it
is he or Antiochus the Great that is referred to in the
inscription I do not venture to decide.
Aristodicides, of Assos, who is frequently mentioned in
the inscription, is utterly unknown, and this name occurs
here for the first time; the name of the place Petra also,
which is mentioned several times- in the inscription, is quite
unknown; it must have been situated in this neighbour-
hood, but all mv endeavours to discover it in the modern