204 RUINS OF ORCHOMENUS. 
of Jupiter 'Of^o>Miogy who was worshipped in 
Bceotia. It differs therefore, in some degree, as 
to the subject, and also in the writing ; but the 
form is the same, and it also commemorates a 
list of Victors. The age of the writing is mani- 
festly different; because for EI we have H, 
PATftlAOI, for PATAFYA02, &c. there being no 
occurrence of the dio-amma. It is here that we 
soaocLFs find mention made of Sophocles, son of Sopho- 
of Alliens 
mentioned 
a-, a Victor 
mentioned CLES THE ATHENIAN, who obtaiucd the prize 
inXragedy. ^^ Tragedy. He is stated by Suida^, in a passage 
before cited, to have been an Athenian, a writer 
of tragedies, and a descendant of Sophocles ; 
and to have flourished after the seven principal 
tragedians. The names of others, as Aminias 
and Callistratus, are also known; and Zo'ilus, 
mentioned in the fourth line as a Paphian bard, 
and son of Zo'ilus, obtained the victory in the 
Pythia upon another occasion, as appears from 
an inscription preserved by Muratori*. The 
(1) Thesaurus Veter. Inscript. torn. H. Class ix. p. 646. No. 
Afedwl. 1740. 
"ZniA02ZniA0T 
nT0lANIKH2A2 
©E0I2 
Id est : Zoilutf Zoilijtlius, Pylkwrum victor, Diis faventibus." 
(2) Ibid. p. 651. 
