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room xv. the name of Socrates, son of Socrates, and a na- 
Antiquities. tive of Ancyra, a city of Galatia. 
No. 165. A portion of the cornice from the 
portico of the Erecthenm, at Athens. 
No. 166. A fragment of a bas-relief, of large 
dimensions ; it represents Hercules preparing to 
strike Diomed, king of Thrace, whom he has 
already knocked down, and is holding by the 
hair of his head. 
No. 167. A sepulchral solid urn, having three 
figures in bas-relief on the front. The first of 
these is a warrior with a helmet and a shield, who 
is joining hands with an elderly man dressed in 
a long tunic ; the third figure is a female. The 
inscription underneath these figures probably 
contained the names of the parties, but is too 
mutilated to admit of being decyphered. 
No. 168. A sepulchral column of Menestratus, 
the son of Thoracides, and a native of Corinth. 
No. 169. The upper part of a sepulchral stele, 
having the inscription, as well as the arabesque 
ornament on the summit, perfect. The inscrip¬ 
tion is to the memory of Asclepiodorus the son of 
Thraco, and Epicydes the son of Asclepiodorus ; 
both the deceased were natives of Olynthus, a 
city in Macedon. 
No. 170, A fragment of a Greek inscription ; 
it is too imperfect to admit of a full explanation, 
but it seems to have been in honour of a person 
who had distinguished himself on some occasion 
by great humanity. 
No. 171. 
