of the GrcBco- Roman Era in certain ancient Sites of Asia Minor. 143 



I found this inscription in the court of a private dwelling, belonging to a 

 Greek family, in the higher quarter of the town. It was engraved on the upper 

 part of a small column of verde antico, which served, as I conceive, to support a 

 statue of the distinguished Stratonicean whose memory has thus been preserved. 



b. The next inscription was found by me in the garden of the schoolmaster 

 (SiSda-KaXos) of the Greek church, supporting a Maltese flower-stand. From 

 its supplying no information with respect to the site from which it had been 

 brought to its present position, I am not as confident of its being a relic of Stra- 

 tonicea, as of the one just mentioned. Some may suppose it to have been from 

 Athens ; but then the difficulty of transport from a place beyond sea is to be 

 taken into account ; yet, on the other hand, it must be acknowledged, that immi- 

 gration into Asia Minor from the part of Greece over which King Otho bears 

 sway, has been going on to a considerable extent since the accession of that 

 prince, whose policy has been, to say the least, very generally distasteful to the 

 proud and versatile people over whose regeneration he has been called upon to 

 preside. This I can vouch for from experience, having frequently, during my 

 sojourn in his majesty's dominions, involved myself in rather unpleasant alterca- 

 tions with my travelling companions, whilst reading them for their good, lessons 

 of loyalty and subordination. Changes have, however, taken place since that 

 time ; amongst these the accession of Prince Mavrocordato to the councils of the 

 Greek government, which may check this spirit of discontent, and operate bene- 

 ficially for the future. 



But to leave political matters to take care of themselves, and to return to my 

 subject. The inscription at present under consideration was in honour of the 

 emperor Hadrian, whose titles are enumerated, namely, C«sar, August, Pan- 

 Hellenian, and, I believe (but here the marble has been broken), Archon. The 

 last two are specially illustrative of this great emperor's history, to whom, for his 

 munificence towards them, the Greeks dedicated their Pan-Hellenium, and the 

 Athenians, in particular, paid the compliment of an investiture with their chief 

 magistracy.* I find moreover, amongst the Inscriptions which Mr. Fellows has 

 brought from Azani, one styling Hadrian the god and Fan-Hellenian.f 



* Vid. Casaub. ad Spartian. Hadrian, p. 7, 4. Salmas. in Spartian. p. 34, e. 

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