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CHAPTER V.
OF THE MONUMENT OF PHILOFAPPUS.
This building is called by the present Athenians " To Seggio." Pausanias barely mentions it; for,
after telling us, that "there is a hilla opposite to the Acropolis called the Museum, from Museus, a
poet, who used to recite his verses there, and who, dying of extreme old age, was there buried," he
0n'y adds, " here afterwards was erected the monument of a certain Syrian"; nor does he so far
mdulge our curiosity as to give us his name. On the authority of the inscriptions still remaining, the
travellers, who have visited Athens, have however generally called it the Monument of Philopappus.
The view, the plans, and the elevation " and section," of this building, at Plate XXIX. and XXX.
°* this chapter, render a minute verbal description of it unnecessary. It is evident, there have
keen three niches in it, although only two remain; in each of these is a sitting figure; under that
facing the left hand of the spectator, who approaches it, is this inscription, BA2IAET2 ANTIOX02
BA2IAEH2 ANTIOXOT, that is " King Antiochus, Son of King Antiochus." Under the figure
sitting in what has been the middle niche, is this inscription, OIAOnAIHIOS EIIIOANOY2
fiH2AIET2, that is, « Philopappus the Son of Epiphanes of Besa ", or a Besaian. Between these
niches is a pilaster, on which is the following inscription:—OIVLIVS C- F- FAB- ANTIOCHVS
^HILOPAPPVS- COS- FRATER ARVALIS ALLECTVSbINTER PRAETORIOS AB IMP-
CAESARE NERVA TRAIANO OPTVMO AVGVSTO GERMANICO DACICO. In English
thus : « Caius Julius, son of Caius, of the tribe of Fabia, Antiochus Philoppappus, Frater Arvalis,
elected among the Praetorians by the most excellent and august emperor Caesar Nerva Trajanus, who
triumphed over the Germans and the Dacians."c By this inscription we learn, that Caius Julius
Antiochus Philopappus arrived at distinguished honours at Rome. It likewise settles the date of the
"Uilding; for Trajan was saluted with the title OPTVMVS, or most excellent, in the year " a. d."
lOQ d; and with DACICVS at the conclusion of the Dacian war, which happened before that time.
In his second expedition to the east, after he had expelled Cosroes from the kingdom of Parthia, in
the year 111, he was saluted with the title PARTHICVS, a title not given him in this inscription,
which we may therefore fairly conclude was made before the last of these acclamationse.
a This hill was fortified by Demetrius, the son of Antigonus,
Who put a garrison of Macedonians into it: they were afterwards
driven out by the Athenians. See Paus. Attic. C. XXV. p. 61,
«dit. Khunii.
It is within the circuit of the ancient walls of the city, which
may be here clearly traced.
b It is Aillectus in the marble; it ought to be ELECTVS '.
c Spon has imagined this inscription to be imperfect, and that
half of it was continued on the other pilaster, which is at present
Wanting. On this I must observe, that the inscription does not
occupy half the space on the pilaster. Had it been twice as long
as it is, there was ample room for it. See Voyage de Spon, T. II.
p. 206.
1 Chandler, Syl. Ins. p. xxx., gives this word with great appearance of precision
as above, Allectus. Visconti has observed, that " adlectus or allectus inter Prae-
tores, inter Tribunos," &c. is a legitimate expression often found in inscriptions.
The younger Pliny speaks of a Munitius Macrinus " allectus a Divo Vespasiano
inter Praetorios." Adlectus however is the most usual term on such occasions.
Plin. Epist. Lib. I. XIV. Marini, Fratelli Arvali. [ed.]
• " Sono piu che certo che tal cosa (" La Descrizione del Monumento di
Philopappo") siccome moltissime altre, et quelle sopra tutte della Grecia, che nel
VOL. III.
d Fabretti, with more apparent correctness, represents the date
of this event a.d. 114, and Trajan's acquisition of the title of
Parthicus, in concurrence witli the generality of historians, in
the year following. Fab. Col. Trai. p. 292. [kd.]
e Two other Inscriptions, which were seen in the fifteenth cen-
tury on the front of this monument when more perfect, have been
brought to light, which greatly increase the historical interest of
the structure. They are preserved in a manuscript at the Bar-
berini library at Rome, which, accompanied with drawings and
attempted restorations of the Athenian edifices, was executed in
the year 1465, by an architect named Juliano Giamberti di San
Gallo, but it appears that the information contained in it was de-
rived from the sketches and observations of Ciriaco dAncona,
a learned Italian, who travelled in Greece in 1436 * The
suo codice racchiuse il S. Gallo, ci vengano dalla raccolta fattane non molti anni
prima da Ciriaco d' Ancona, il quale andando attorno per lo mondo non solo si
copiava a quel modo che poteva e sapeva, le Iscrizioni, ma ritraeva ancora in
disegni goffi ed informi gli avanzi di ogni genere di antiehita, intanto che di tutto
pote formare tre grandi volumi, i quali passati per le mani di molti arrichirorro
le raccolte di coloro, che attesero allora e dopo a tali studj." Marini, Gli Atti
e Monumenti de' Fratelli Arvali, T. II. p. 721. Roma, 1795. See also, Kyriaci
Anconitani Itinerarium, ed. Flo. 1742. [En.]
B B
OF THE MONUMENT OF PHILOFAPPUS.
This building is called by the present Athenians " To Seggio." Pausanias barely mentions it; for,
after telling us, that "there is a hilla opposite to the Acropolis called the Museum, from Museus, a
poet, who used to recite his verses there, and who, dying of extreme old age, was there buried," he
0n'y adds, " here afterwards was erected the monument of a certain Syrian"; nor does he so far
mdulge our curiosity as to give us his name. On the authority of the inscriptions still remaining, the
travellers, who have visited Athens, have however generally called it the Monument of Philopappus.
The view, the plans, and the elevation " and section," of this building, at Plate XXIX. and XXX.
°* this chapter, render a minute verbal description of it unnecessary. It is evident, there have
keen three niches in it, although only two remain; in each of these is a sitting figure; under that
facing the left hand of the spectator, who approaches it, is this inscription, BA2IAET2 ANTIOX02
BA2IAEH2 ANTIOXOT, that is " King Antiochus, Son of King Antiochus." Under the figure
sitting in what has been the middle niche, is this inscription, OIAOnAIHIOS EIIIOANOY2
fiH2AIET2, that is, « Philopappus the Son of Epiphanes of Besa ", or a Besaian. Between these
niches is a pilaster, on which is the following inscription:—OIVLIVS C- F- FAB- ANTIOCHVS
^HILOPAPPVS- COS- FRATER ARVALIS ALLECTVSbINTER PRAETORIOS AB IMP-
CAESARE NERVA TRAIANO OPTVMO AVGVSTO GERMANICO DACICO. In English
thus : « Caius Julius, son of Caius, of the tribe of Fabia, Antiochus Philoppappus, Frater Arvalis,
elected among the Praetorians by the most excellent and august emperor Caesar Nerva Trajanus, who
triumphed over the Germans and the Dacians."c By this inscription we learn, that Caius Julius
Antiochus Philopappus arrived at distinguished honours at Rome. It likewise settles the date of the
"Uilding; for Trajan was saluted with the title OPTVMVS, or most excellent, in the year " a. d."
lOQ d; and with DACICVS at the conclusion of the Dacian war, which happened before that time.
In his second expedition to the east, after he had expelled Cosroes from the kingdom of Parthia, in
the year 111, he was saluted with the title PARTHICVS, a title not given him in this inscription,
which we may therefore fairly conclude was made before the last of these acclamationse.
a This hill was fortified by Demetrius, the son of Antigonus,
Who put a garrison of Macedonians into it: they were afterwards
driven out by the Athenians. See Paus. Attic. C. XXV. p. 61,
«dit. Khunii.
It is within the circuit of the ancient walls of the city, which
may be here clearly traced.
b It is Aillectus in the marble; it ought to be ELECTVS '.
c Spon has imagined this inscription to be imperfect, and that
half of it was continued on the other pilaster, which is at present
Wanting. On this I must observe, that the inscription does not
occupy half the space on the pilaster. Had it been twice as long
as it is, there was ample room for it. See Voyage de Spon, T. II.
p. 206.
1 Chandler, Syl. Ins. p. xxx., gives this word with great appearance of precision
as above, Allectus. Visconti has observed, that " adlectus or allectus inter Prae-
tores, inter Tribunos," &c. is a legitimate expression often found in inscriptions.
The younger Pliny speaks of a Munitius Macrinus " allectus a Divo Vespasiano
inter Praetorios." Adlectus however is the most usual term on such occasions.
Plin. Epist. Lib. I. XIV. Marini, Fratelli Arvali. [ed.]
• " Sono piu che certo che tal cosa (" La Descrizione del Monumento di
Philopappo") siccome moltissime altre, et quelle sopra tutte della Grecia, che nel
VOL. III.
d Fabretti, with more apparent correctness, represents the date
of this event a.d. 114, and Trajan's acquisition of the title of
Parthicus, in concurrence witli the generality of historians, in
the year following. Fab. Col. Trai. p. 292. [kd.]
e Two other Inscriptions, which were seen in the fifteenth cen-
tury on the front of this monument when more perfect, have been
brought to light, which greatly increase the historical interest of
the structure. They are preserved in a manuscript at the Bar-
berini library at Rome, which, accompanied with drawings and
attempted restorations of the Athenian edifices, was executed in
the year 1465, by an architect named Juliano Giamberti di San
Gallo, but it appears that the information contained in it was de-
rived from the sketches and observations of Ciriaco dAncona,
a learned Italian, who travelled in Greece in 1436 * The
suo codice racchiuse il S. Gallo, ci vengano dalla raccolta fattane non molti anni
prima da Ciriaco d' Ancona, il quale andando attorno per lo mondo non solo si
copiava a quel modo che poteva e sapeva, le Iscrizioni, ma ritraeva ancora in
disegni goffi ed informi gli avanzi di ogni genere di antiehita, intanto che di tutto
pote formare tre grandi volumi, i quali passati per le mani di molti arrichirorro
le raccolte di coloro, che attesero allora e dopo a tali studj." Marini, Gli Atti
e Monumenti de' Fratelli Arvali, T. II. p. 721. Roma, 1795. See also, Kyriaci
Anconitani Itinerarium, ed. Flo. 1742. [En.]
B B