660 Gesammtsilzung 



fond of these hurried publlcations bnt I submit to Birch's ar- 

 guments in this case and send you herewilh euclosed impres- 

 sions in paper of the following inscriptlons: 



(1) On tbe back of tbe arcbaic lion found witb a sphinx 

 in the sacred way 



TAArAAMATATAAEANE©ESANOIOP (?) 

 ■5B1A 015X^A^H3AIAn^ONO. 

 KAIPA8IKAB8KAlBrB8ANAPO£ KAI . 

 AlßThBTA>l3A^n31BA|/IAIA>I^OH 

 POAßNI 



T« ctycKkixaTct rctBs dfsS'srcti' ot (Uv ?)- 



na) HaTiiikrig nat 'HyY,i7ai'8pog Hai . 

 a-tog ^) nett 'AuccßKsuj?? ^iKatriV rw 'A- 

 noXXuoi'i 



This inscriplion is very indistinct and difficult to read. In 

 I. 2. I origlnally read 'AiBstiq, A^y^sl-o OcchPig taking the letter 

 before caSsg as a B l»"* ^^- Waddington reads it p. Neither 

 reading is satisfactory. In the fourth line AvaßKsujg is evidently 

 wrong, bat I can offer nothing better. I tried to read 'Aua- 

 ^tlistiüg, but there are not enough letters. — The name Thaies 

 may be that of the celebrated philosopher') of Miletus, The 

 ©is not visible but there is a circularholiow where a (2) niay have 

 been. Hegesander is very probably the father of Hekataeus of 

 Milelus mentioned by Herodotus. The dyuXjxctTci must refer 

 to a number of statues or other votive offerings placed near 

 tbe lion. 



(2) On a block of iimestone about ten feet long 



') wahrscheinlich oi 'OpSui/oc. über diesen Namen siehe zu Theocrit 

 p. 403. 



*) vielmehr xat Atrio? 



') das ist unmöglich, da der Vater des Thaies von Milet Examias 

 oder Examyas hiefs. 



