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Strabo and Tacitus mention a celebrated temple ROO^xv. 
that was dedicated to Neptune in this island, Antiquities. 
and it is highly probable that the same temple 
was dedicated to Amphitrite, as well as to Nep¬ 
tune. Neptune and his symbols frequently oc¬ 
cur on the medals of Tenos. 
No. 231. A decree of the people of Tenos, 
in honour of Ammonias, their benefactor : this 
decree, like the last, is directed to be engraved 
on marble, and affixed in the temple of Neptune 
and Amphitrite. 
No. 232. A fragment of a decree of the people > 
of Tenos, in honour of some benefactor, whose 
name is not preserved on the marble. 
No. 233. A fragment of a public act of the 
Athenians ; it consists of twenty-one imperfect 
lines, and seems to relate to the repair of the 
pavements and roads in the neighbourhood of 
Athens. 
No. 234. A fragment of a public act relating 
to the people of Athens and Myrina. 
No. 235. A bas-relief, representing a Bac¬ 
chanalian group, found among the ruins of the 
theatre of Bacchus, on the south-west of the 
Acropolis. It consists of four figures, each car¬ 
rying a thyrsus 5 one of these is Bacchus, dressed 
in the Indian costume, who with his right hand 
is holding out a double-handled vase, into which 
a female Bacchante is pouring wine from a mo- 
nota, or vase with one handle. On each side of 
these figures is an elderly Faun, in a dancing 
attitude. 
