308 RUINS OF TELMESSUS. 
CHAP. 
VIII. 
HELEN, WHO WAS ALSO APHIOX, THE 
DAUGHTER OF JASON THE SON OF DIOGENES, A 
WOMAN OF TELMESSUS, CONSTRUCTED THIS MO- 
NUMENT FOR HERSELF, AND LATE IN LIFE HAS 
BURIED HERSELF THEREIN; AND TO APOLLONI- 
DES, HER OWN SON ; AND TO HELEN, WHO IS 
LIKEWISE CALLED APHION, HER OWN GRAND- 
DAUGHTER; BUT TO NOBODY ELSE BE IT 
ALLOWED TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE TURRET, 
AFTER THAT SHE HERSELF IS THEREIN EN- 
TOMBED. BUT IF ANY PERSON PRESUME TO PUT 
ANY PERSON THEREIN, LET HIM BE DEVOTED 
TO THE INFERNAL GODS, AND LET HIM YEARLY 
PAY TO THE TREASURY OF THE TELMESSENSIANS 
FIFTEEN DRACHMS*." 
gllll There were other sepulchres of the same form, 
although not quite so large, which consisted 
only of two masses of stone ; one for the body, 
or chest, of the Soros, and the other for its oper- 
culum; and, to increase the wonder excited by 
the skill and labour manifested in their construc- 
tion, these have been almost miraculously raised 
to tlie surrounding heights, and left standing 
upon the projections and crags of the rocks 
which the casualties of Nature have offered for 
their reception. One of them exhibits a has- 
(l) Nine shillings and eight-pence farthing. 
