352 NVMrS CYRENAEORVM 



ris KTP. KOIN. qna infcriptionc omucm pcnwpolin Cy- 

 renacorum comprchcndi cxillimo. 



Ncqiic hilloria , fpcro cquidcm , mihi hic rcpugnat. 

 D)cct cnim DIODOR. SICVLVS Jil;i: A77/r. :id qiicm 

 mfxlum , qiioqiie tcmporc Cyrcnae , vrbcsqnc \icinac , 

 amidli libcrtiuc Ptolcmuico rcgno (libicdae fncrint. Id ve- 

 ro quum primis rtatim iib Alcxandri M. obitu ;\nnis iKCidcrit ; 

 nullo (luic ncgotio conticitur, nunuim hunc, liibicLlioncm Cy- 

 rcn.iicae gcntis delcribcntcm , rcfcrcndnm cflc ad Ptolcmacum 

 primiim , condicorcm Ptolcmaicac gcntis , quac imjx^iium 

 Acgypti vsiuc ad illud tcmpus tcnuit,quoRomnnis tam nobi- 

 lc rcgnum,lub ipla n.ilccntc moiiarcliia,pcnitus ruhiccflum liiit. 



Atqiic h;iec habui de monogiammatc in iiumib Ptolc- 

 maco infcriptis occurrcntc. Nolini tamcn contcudcrc hanc 

 cxphcationcm , hi(cc iiumis accommodatam , cctcris mo- 

 numcntis vctuflis , antc (liCccptam rcligioncm Chridianam 

 claboratis , (i qua ccrtac fidci cum hoc monogranimatc 

 fupcifunt , dcbcrc applicari , caquc ad cundcm (cnlum co- 

 gi. SufFiciat mi!ii , (i idoncis arbitris vidis fucro non im- 

 probabilia dc his numis attuli^Tc. 



Prolbnt ctiam nuini Ptolcmacorum , vbi in arca vi- 

 funtur littcrac KI , quas manifc(lum cft ibi non poflc dc- 

 fignarc acram alic]uam , qnum illa (corliim cxlkt. Vidc- 

 ant , quibus manibus propriis tradarc talcs Hcct , nnuon 

 fortc pro I in illis cxllct T , qnod in dctritis ct acrugi 

 nofis niimis dclincantium ociilos fcdlicrit. 



Dc cornu copiac in hoc niimo nihil volcbam initio 

 adiicerc. Nolo tamcn rcticcrc , mc dubium c^Tc , (jnid il- 

 lud d\c dicam , quod ipfi , taniquam fulciuni aut fcala 

 adicdum cll. Cijufidcraui miiltonim alionmi ddincatio- 



ncs . 



