248 DELPHI. 
^^^- Roman Emperors ; and seems to refer to a dis- 
^ -v-' -^ pute between the people oi Anticyra and Delphi. 
The allusion to the people of Anticyra will not 
be read without interest, considering that the 
city was destroyed in the war with Philip the 
son oi Demetrius; but it might have been re- 
built, as it probably was, in the time of Hadrian. 
The antiquities of Anticyra are described by 
Pausanias \ It was famous for its Hellebore. We 
found the same plant upon Mount Helicon, A 
more antient name o^ Anticyra was Cyparissus : 
it was so denominated by Homer ^ Below this 
house we found what we conceived to be the 
remains of the Temple of Apollo, from the 
number and nature of the inscriptions. Some 
of them were in a wood-house ; but so covered, 
that we could not copy them. Upon three or 
four we read the names of Archons, and upon 
one the word HPAKAEIOT. But the last, and by 
far the most important, in its evident allusion 
to the Temple, mentions a family who had con- 
signed their son to the care of the priests. This 
being discovered upon the spot, will be con- 
sidered as more interesting than any thing else 
which we found at Delphi. It states, that 
(1) PausanicB Plwcica, cap. 36. p. 691. ed. Kuhnii. 
(2) T« OS af^aiir'.fa 07:y.ac tivKi Kvxdpicrff/iv rii sroXs; <pa<ri. Ibid. 
