OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. , 75 



in a letter, at Milies (17 M^Xt/y), another village of the same district. 

 This gentleman is very familiar with the topography of the south- 

 western slopes of Pelion. 



One of these inscriptions was discovered, according to him, forty 

 years ago, at Biipha (17 MTrou^a), a place in the immediate vicinity 

 of Good Waters {ra KaXa Nepd), on the shores of Milies. It formed 

 part of the holy table (17 dyia Tpair€(a) of a dilapitated church at that 

 place. 



Inscription of Bupha.* 



avieis lepiia reXeia XevKO. oXoKkrjpa 



6v^eadai tw dea kol to. aWa ra idi^ojxeva KaOas .... 



eJytVeTO • ras be tovtcov 8opas ircciXeladat. aTTO tov . . . 



kcJt' iviavTov VTTo KTjpvKa Ttj eKTT] eVt Se'xa tov apre/xt- 



ov fir]jvbs npo Trjs eKKX-qaias Trjs yevofifvrjs ivvopov dnb tov 



. . . p.ov VTTO tS>v Trpoyeypappepciv ap\6vTa)v, avpnapovTodv Koi t\_ov 



iepe'^cos Toii Aios tov uKpalov Kal Tav e^eracrraij/ (cat to in tovtcov 



(Tvv^ayopevop 8idcf>\_opov . . .] Traph tw iepei tov Aioy tov CKpaiov. 



From the expression tov dpTepta-iov prjvos one might be tempted to 

 refer the inscription to the Alexandrian period. But it may with 

 equal confidence be referred to the Roman period. For although the 

 Roman calendar began to be adopted by the Greeks as early as the 

 first century,! the Macedonian mode of dating had not become obsolete 

 even as late as the second century of the Christian era. Thus, the 

 names of some of the Macedonian months occur in the Apostolical 

 Canons and Constitutions. | 



As to the expression tov Atos tov aKpaiov, it is to be recollected that 

 by ^eol aKpaioi, the gods of the citadel, the Greeks meant the gods 

 whose temples were in the citadel. § And as every important city 

 had its citadel, it is natural to suppose that it had also its 6e6i aKpaioi. 



* AvTT] f] €inypa(jir) dpeKaXv(f)dr] iv Trj Kara ttjv Bov(f)ap TraXaioeKKXrjaia' 



ARGHfRIS PHlLIPfDHIS. 



t See Glossary of Later and Byzantine Greek, v. up 6 2. 



X Can. Apost. 37. Const. Apost. 5, 14, 1. 5, 17, 2. 



§ Pollux, 9, 40 'AKponoXis, rjv Kal uKpau av e'lnois Kal ttoXiv, Kal Toiis 

 ev avTTJ 6eovs aKpaiovs Kal TroXiety. Eckhel, 2, p. 504 6eoi aKpaioi., on 

 Mytileniaa coins. 



