214 RUINS OF ORCHOMENUS. 
CHAP, going towards the east, at a short distance, 
t ■ ^ . we found a tumulus, with several pieces of marble 
lying near it; and this may be the Tomb of 
Minyns also noticed by Pausanias, and remark- 
ably disthiguished, in his description of Orcho- 
MENUS, from the Treasury of that monarch', or 
we should have considered the latter as being 
his magnificent sepulchre. Near to this tomh, 
but a little farther on, are the ruins of a Greek 
chapel, built with materials that once served to 
ornament the sepulchre. Here we found part 
of an inscription, but in too imperfect a state to 
afford any information. However, as every 
fragment belonging to a place of such celebrity 
will be eagerly collected by the learned reader, 
we shall insert even this relic. It is part of a 
decree. In the sixth line is ^i^oySrj ru huy^v, 
which is the common Boeotian form of U^o^Gut 
rf ^ctf^u. In the seventh line, rav •^oXtra&ip 
is evident for raiv 'ttoXituv. In the ninth line, 
Kcx,ra,(rzivcirrri is put for xaraa-HSvd^st j the 
Boeotians using rr for ^, as in (p^arru for (p^cc^cu ; 
and J? for si. In the tenth line, iv ru Icc^v 
is properly put for iv rZ h§aj. 
(l) It is after giving a description of the Treaniri/, that Pa usnmtts 
adds, T«^« Si Mi»vtv Ti Kx) 'UriHitv. cap, 38. p. 7S6. 
