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kiif%<f'otrit "iaftxoi tlftv. ad II. /?• p. 183. And as the jEoUc was used 
in Boeotia, (Paus. Boeot. Strabo, lib. ix. Salm. de Hellen. 417.) we 
have in these inscriptions ou for u, as in ffeuyyfaiph, v for ai, and v for «, 
as in the fragment of another inscription found at Oichomenus, 
^iVopi^ln Tu "iafiu. MjJ; (see v. 1.) occurs in Homer, Ih r. II7. where 
the Scholiast observes that the form is jEolic. The Boeotian, in the 
Acharnenses, uses QufiaSt. (See also Etymol. Mag. 583. 4.) 
" The inscriptions of Ofchomenus give the names of some of the 
Boeotian months, one only of which had been hitherto found on any 
marble. (See Mtiratori, i. 1-10.) In the antient authors no more 
than seven have been met with; but from these inscriptions we are 
able to add another, Theluthius, which was also in use at Delphi. 
{See Corsini Fast- Jit. p. 442.) The following list shews the corre- 
spondence of some Boeotian months with the Attic. 
^^ Boeotian: Attic: 
" 1. Bucatius Gamelion. 
2. Hermajns Anthesterion. 
3. Prostaterius .... Elaphebolion. 
4. -.._ .... 
5. ._-. .--- 
6. - - - - ... - 
7. Hippodromius . . . Hecatombapon. 
8. Panemus .... Metagitnion. 
9. - - - - ".■'." 
10. Alalcomenius . . . Maimacterion. 
11. Damatrius .... Pyanepsion. 
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