DELPHI. 24.1 
tioQs of a building here, it is plain that this 
monastery was erected upon the site of one 
of the principal temples of Delphi. A square 
stone at the door had an inscription on all sides 
of it; but in such a mutilated state, that nothing 
could be made of it. Upon one side, some let- 
ters, finely cut, and of small size, appeared in 
the following manner : 
AO . . . . 
APXONTOZANTirE .... 
tunkhthaaoytoy . . 
SnsriNNIKANAPO .... ARE 
ONOMASnZnZEnEAEYO 
TANT. MANAHEXO . . AZAN 
TATONTAZZnAZXPONON 
ElAEMHnOIHEEOYZIAMEXET 
KAOEAHEIAETIZE<^A^TOITOZ 
BAIONnAPEXETnTnOEnTANY 
AEHNZriZONHnE . . . OEPIAA 
TAZAZAI X . . . . AZ 
The reader is left to use his own conjectures as 
to this imperfect legend : we are unwilling to 
omit any thing so likely to excite curiosity as an 
inscription, however mutilated, relating to this 
remarkable place. There were traces of another, 
upon a mass of Parian marble ; but the letters 
were so much effaced, that it was impossible to 
copy any of them. 
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CHAP. 
VI. 
