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sox OF ZOSIMUS." A do* is introduced into the CHAP. 
design, apparently watching for the moment of 
dissolution. This figure, denoting the AnuUs 
of the Egyptians, and Hermes of the Greeks, 
commonly appears upon sepulchral monuments, 
as a symbol of Mercury the conductor of the 
souls of the dead. Beneath the bas-relief is 
this inscription : 
A P I CT E A C 
Z O Z I M O Y 
The other marble was also a cippus, nearly of 
the same form, with an inscription almost as 
brief as the preceding: 
A I O A H P A 
X P H ZT E 
X A I P E 
The meaning of the word ^a^>g upon a cippus 
will hardly admit of dispute. The Greeks used 
it when they drank to each other's health. It 
is the common form of salutation, upon almost 
every Grecian tombstone. But those who are 
curious to learn its various significations, when 
used in conversation by the Greeks, may consult 
Lucian himself; who, when apprentice to his 
uncle, had often employed his chisel in carving 
the letters of a word on stone, which he after- 
