124 FROM THE COUNTRY OF THE CI CONES, 
CHAP, old monastery, which is in ruins. The only 
III . . 
. remains of antiquity that we could discover at 
EsKi Eregli consisted of a few fragments of 
small pillars, and a marble with the following 
Inscription, cut in very large characters : 
luscripiion. lOYAIAKAEOnATPA 
TEPONTINANKAJAG.. 
OZTElMOYTHnOAEI 
XAIPEHAPOAEITA 
It relates to Julia Cleopatra. The common form 
of salutation occurs in the fourth line ; and this, 
when translated " Vale Viator" does not ac- 
curately convey the sense in which it was used 
by the Greeks ; who did not consider it as vale- 
dictory, according to our acceptation of the 
term ; but rather as answering to Salve, or 
Gaude ; or, as we should say, " Good luck to 
you!'' They used the word ;^a7^s when they 
drank to any one's health, and as a morning 
salutation when they met in the streets*. The 
appearance of the few antiquities that we found 
here, may serve to point out a place for 
Perinthus as distinct from Heraclea ; which 
uyiaivi. Vide Schol. in Luciun. pro Laps, in SahUand. torn. I. p. 7'i4. 
eel. Reilz, Amstelod. 1743. 
