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 But the wealth of the Delian god did not consist merely in the contents of his temple. He was also a land-owner and a money-lender. Rheneia, the greater part of Delos, and (in the second century B.C.) part of Myconos, were included in his domain. His revenues comprised rents of arable land, of pastures , and of houses. The house-property is multifarious,—workshops, cellars, dwelling-houses, lodging-houses, an apothecary's shop, a bath. Apollo further levied taxes on the purple-fishery, on anchorage, and on the disembarcation of merchandise. One item figures as. I take this to mean charges for the use of windlasses employed in warping ships up to the jetty, or in landing their freight. The Delian temple, like other rich temples, put out the balance of its revenues at usury. The town of Delos, the island communities, and also private persons, appear as debtors in the temple-register of loans. The capital sums were usually lent for terms of five years, at the annual interest of ten per cent,. An inscription presents us with a contract for repairing the temple of Apollo. In supervising this work the regular "hieropoioi" are assisted by inspectors termed or : and the signatures of guarantors are subjoined. The document certainly belongs to free