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honour of the God ; thereby affording additional ^"^^• 
reason for believing, as before stated, that the '*— "• — ' 
Hiera of the Graces and of Bacchus were within 
the same Peribolus, We have mentioned an 
antient sun-dial at Athens, remaining near the 
Theatre of Bacchus; and here, upon this spot, 
where the Orchomenian Dionysia were observed, 
we had the satisfaction of seeing the public 
Cl,Kicx,9yipiKov) time-piece, or town-diaL of the citi- -^"tient 
zens of Orchomenus. It was a large marble con of the 
tablet, in the wall of the church. The gnomon 
had long disappeared; but every thing else was 
entire. The {fToiyJla) letters of the dial-, for 
numbering the hours by the earth's motion, were 
ten in number, A, B, F, A, E, *?, Z, H, O, I, and 
they were all sculptured in relief vi^on the sur- 
face. The remarkable illustration of a Greek Greek 
epigram in Athenceus, which this dial affords, has thSy"" 
given an additional interest to its discovery. ' """"^^'^ ' 
The age of the workmanship is uncertain : but, 
owing to the manner of carving the letters, like 
so many cameos, and to the existence of the H 
among them, it is probably not of remote anti- 
quity. At the same time, the epigram cited 
"QixKi » 'hni-irtui tKnx'^'''' >-'Tet(ui ^u^tT* la"} Sir*»»». 
Ariatophants Concianatiuthu.i. 
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