36 8 NEJrCUTARrM. 



dionini , qiionium ex p'rte conutcntcm habcn.iis dcxfliiri- 

 nuim viruni : \eibi» dc hoc aignir.cnto pluni non fiiciam. 



(^uoni.im aiitcm iiucr Ncap()lit:iriim viginti niinios 

 Gci»ncn;iiio<, , qiii minot-.i inim intcgnim in :iuli1'i paite 

 cxhibcnt , ncquc vnicus clt iioiki fimili^ :, omncsi|uc illi 

 litfloriam (iipcruolitnntim ct comnam aninuiH imponcn- 

 tcin cxhibcnt : ox co l;inc apparct cximia nolhi luimi 

 r.iritas et fuigularitas. Nam quod rolam , aliaquc Rhodio- 

 nim infignia coiiliicta , Ncapolitac cxhibcnt , miiuis mihi 

 admiraiidiim vidctur , qiiam cur non in pluribus ilia hodic 

 obtingant vilijnda. 



Rhodii cnim , quod STRABO apcrtc prodit li/fr. 

 XIV. eHlirav iv rTig ^OtiriMiq rv.y Uu^Qsvi-xa-YiV. Par- 

 thcnopcn , RlitHJionim vctulUim opus , pollca cx Chalci- 

 dcnfilnis , Piihccuf-icis , Athcnicnfibusquc , immo lc:ro tan- 

 dcm Campanis , fupcradditi pridribus noui incolac auxcnint : 

 cx quo tcmporc Ncapolcos nominc cclcbrari cocplt : vt 

 codcm Strabonc doccntc nouinuis. Horum poHrcmos in- 

 \itis prioribus admitti dcbuiirc , ccrtum cll : ciuam volcii- 

 tcs fufccpcrint cctcros , cquidcm non rcpcrio. Scd Athc- 

 nicnfium in noiu vrbc rcgcnda ct conllitucnda voluntatcrn 

 in primis valiiiflc , multa pcrluadcnt : piaccipuc quod Apol- 

 lincm ;itquc Danam conlcruatorcs , (0'-jAio-j5 ,) Athcna- 

 nim antiquilhma numina , piaccipiio cultu in numis liiis 

 pro((:quuntur, 



Vidcntur autcm ficilc intcr fc conlcnnfle cx Euboca 

 adducfli Chalcidcnfcs atquc Athcnicnfcs in taurum numij 

 fiiis imprimcndum ; quoniam iUi patrium in co morcin 

 fcqucbantiir • quippc Enboc.ic numi bouis c;ip it aiit pri)- 

 tomcn cxhibcnt ; hi autcm Crctcnfium tyrannidis atquc cx < 



cufli 



