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And before this, in a fragment of Menander (50), it 
is faid, 
• S'laipgpa "Kcupgpwvl®* bu<Pz ypv 
A rS’pw'zr©- c<ps eq-'t v os xAv&els tto% 
B is eq'iaaiv AflAEKAnnAOX op% £/.&•> 
Tlpos r XeA ri iTi v tlps^e r axixv iS'atv 
fls vyepi^cov 'irajcw apt? ti/xega, 
• a Chrerephonte nullo modo 
Homo differt , quifquis eft , qui vocatus aliquanio 
Ad convivium, cum umbra decern pedum forct, fummo 
mane 
Ad Lunam cucurrit confpicatus umbram 
Quafi re quo diutius moratus , & adfuit una cum die. 
And Hefychius, on the word AHAEKAnOAOX, 
fays, tlcos tAgJoi' fAA«7 rhxcos cyoiysaov v axial' -Aw yO 
av i>eh Sevl 0 exai S'cnrvov r^av nee yoi%&ou ovi®* AOAE- 
KAHOAOX} ds vvv nr pis flPAX (penal, lta dixerunt , 
fubintelleCio elemento vel umbra. Sic enim ad camam 
conventuros paBi funt olim exijiente elemento duo.de cim 
pedes longo , ut nunc ad boras jit. 
I have dwelt the longer on this head, as it helps 
11s to form fome judgment on the nature of all thefe 
dials, as well that of Ahaz, as thofe of Pherecydes 
and Anaximander ; the J1V7PD of the fir ft being natu- 
rally very capable of being mark’d XTOIXElOIXon 
the other (yj ). 
(50) Menand. Reliq. p. 139. Edit. Cleric. 
(51) The Hebrew word comes from fcandit, afeendit ; 
and the Greek word from STEIX.Q, *<?, zado, &c. 
But 
