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ROOM XV. 
Antiquities. 
Anagyrus, whose inhabitants were of the tribe 
of Erechtheis. 
No. 164. A sepulchral column inscribed with 
the name of Socrates, son of Socrates, and a na¬ 
tive of Ancyra, a city of Galatia. 
No. 165. A portion of the cornice from the 
portico of the Erechtheium, 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 proba¬ 
bly 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 Macedonia. 
No. 170. A fragment of a Greek inscription; 
it 
