118 ISLAND OF PAROS. 
CHAP. Praxiteles. We copied part of an inscription yet 
-. -,-' ' existing in the Castle wall : 
I ascriptions. 
AHPHZAZANE0HKEN 
APXHNTOCMEN 
Also, near a windmill, we found inscribed, 
" NICIRATUS SON OF ALC^US :" 
Nl KHPATOZ 
A A K A I O Y 
It may be said, perhaps, that these inscriptions 
are hardly worth preserving; but instances 
have occurred in which even such scraps have 
not been without utility, in adding to the gene^ 
ral stock of literature. We afterwards found 
an Inscription of greater length : it was in the 
left-hand door-way of the Chapel of St. Nicholas, 
in the Church of St. Helen, the stone being 
placed in an inverted position. It states that 
" THE SON OF THEOCLES, WHO HAD CONDUCTED HIM- 
SELF WELL IN THE OFFICE OF ACORANOMOS, TWICE, IS 
CROWNED WITH A GOLDEN CROWN." The legend 
requires a little restoration, which is here 
marked by dotted letters. 
HBOYAHKAIOAHMOZETIMHZEN 
NftNirnPYTONOEOKAEOYZArO 
PANOMHZANTAAIZKAAHZKA! 
AlKAinZKATATOYZNOMOYZKA! 
KATATOKOINONnAZIZYM<!>EPON 
