DELPHI. 247 
most beautiful manner, with a series of decrees chap. 
. . . . VI. 
m columns, added at different times, and in dif- - 
ferent languages ; the characters of one inscrip- 
tion differing in size from those of another. But 
the stone being inverted, the characters appeared 
all topsy-turvy ; and it was so much damaged, 
that when we found what the fatigue would be 
of making an exact copy of the whole, we had 
not the courage to attempt it. Some of these 
inscriptions were in Greek; others in Latin: and 
the latter were of great length. The Greek began 
thus — 
Eni0AAAZEINAIAEA<l>nN 
We can collect nothing from this fragment, 
except that it relates to something the property 
of the people of Delphi {ilva.i AeX(pav). A Latin 
inscription, occupying all the middle column 
upon the marble, appeared as follows : 
C . AVIDIONIGRINOLEGAVGPROTR INVS 
DECRETAEXTABELLISRECITATA : vl . IDVSOCTOBRA . . VSANSCVMOPnMVSPRI^"CEPSSEI 
EROMNEMONVMQUACONSECR . . . RECIONESA . . LLO . . TINOEXAVCTORITATE 
DETERMTNASVERVNTSEQVENDA . . SSERRAES . . PSISSET . . TIAMNDEI.PHISINI . . ERE . '. 
ESTNEQVEVENIRETINDVBIAS . . NTERANTICYRENSESQVOQVEETDELPHOSOVIB . . DEL . .; 
ABOPTIMOPRINCIPEEASENTENTIASSTARIOPO 
Towards the middle of the sixth line, it was too 
much injured to make out tlie letters. It con- 
tains part of a decree issued under one of the 
