440 ISLAND OF COS. 
^vit/'' ^^^ ^^^^ right-hand side of the gate, exactly 
^ »v- / opposite to this, is another Inscription of a 
similar nature, commemorating the exemplary 
conduct of a woman towards her husband; 
purporting that "the people erect anaxi- 
NAEA DAUGHTER OF EUAEON, AVIFE OF CHAR- 
MYLUS, ON ACCOUNT OF HER VIRTUE AND 
CHASTITY AND BENEVOLENCE TOWARDS HER 
HUSBAND." This is the order of the legend : 
OAAiMOZANE0HKE 
ANAZINAHANEYAIONOZ 
rVNAlKAAEXAPMYAOYTOY 
XAPMYAOYAPETAZENEKAKAI 
2:X2<l>POZYNAZKAITAZnOTI 
TONANAPAAYTAZEYNOIAS 
What an exalted idea do these records convey 
of the state of society, in a country where the 
private virtues of the inhabitants were consi- 
dered as public benefits, and were gratefully 
and publickly commemorated by the Senate 
and the People; where the filial piety and the 
chastity of its women were thus honoured and 
rewarded! Even amidst the depraved state of 
public morals, in the modern cities of Europe, 
were these virtues estimated at as high a price, 
each nation would have to boast of an Anaxinaa 
and a Suetonia. Let there be only an equal 
excitement to virtue, and human-nature would 
