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III. 
We meet with a (12) very minute Greek in- 
fcription, confifting of only the two words BAEI- 
AI££A£ OIAI 2 TIAHS, cut in the fteps of the 
antient theater at Syracufe, and (13) inferted in the 
volume of the infcriptions found in Sicily, juft pub- 
lished at Palermo, by the Prince di Torremuzza; 
who from thence colledts, not unjuftly, as I appre- 
hend, that Philiftis was queen of Syracufe. This 
had been before conjedtured by the learned ( 1 4) Sig. 
Havercamp, but conjedtured only ; whereas the in- 
fcription here mentioned renders it, at leaft, extremely 
probable, and even, in conjundtion with other con- 
siderations, almoft, if not altogether, incontestable. 
I fay, in conjundtion with other confiderations, as 
feveral reafons have been afligned for placing queen 
Philiftis on the throne of Syracufe. 1. It has been ob- 
ferved, that the bigs and quadrigs, with the winged 
figure in them, which appear on Philiftis’s Silver coins, 
feem much too grand for the fovereign of only two 
ftich petty and minute islands as Malta and Gozo. 2. 
The medals of Philiftis, (15) adorned with the afore- 
(12) Andr. Pigonat. Stato prefente degli Antichi Monumenti 
Sicilian!, Tab. XVII. In Palermo, 1767. 
(13) Sicilies id objacentium infularum veterum inferiptionum 
nova collefiio , prolegomenis et notis, a Principe de Torremuzza , 
illujlrat. clalT. vii. p. 6i.Panormi, 1769. 
( 1 4) Sig. Havercamp. Sicil. Numifmatic. Vol. II. p. 1014. 
(15) We are told by Baron * Spanheim, who has been followed 
herein by M. f D’Orville, that none of theSyracafran monarchs 
# Ez. Spanhero. De pr aft ant. & uf. mimifmat. antiquor. tom, f 
DiflTert. viii. p. 376, 545, 547. Edit. Lond. 1706. 
t Jac. Phil. D’Qrvil. Sicul. p. 457, 507. Amftelodami, 1764. 
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