366 ATHENS. 
CHAP, stone, would thereby be rendered the more 
conspicuous. A circumstance which renders 
this probable, is, that inscriptions are often 
found upon this kind of limestone, among the 
remains of buildings constructed of marble. 
The author found the following Inscription this 
day, in the Acropolis, upon a blue slate-like 
limestone : 
nOATAAOSnOATAAIAOTFXAIAIETS 
EIKONATHNAANE0HKEFOAT2TPAT02ATTOrAAEA<I>ON 
MNHMO2TNHNNHTOT2nMAT02A0ANATON 
The name written in the first line, Polyllus, 
seems to have been inscribed beneath the statue 
(image) of a person who belonged to one of the 
dypoi of Attica. Tla,iex,y&v<; dvpog, that is to say r 
P&aniensis populus ; for in the verses which 
follow, we read, that " Polystratus raised this 
representation his own brother ; an immortal 
memorial of a mortal body." 
If the statue were of white marble, the blue 
limestone placed below it may have been 
selected as better adapted for the purpose of 
adding the inscription. 
We also copied an Inscription of the Roman 
times, relating to "Pammenes the son of Zeno of 
