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. Perhaps : "having heard his compositions (the poem), and those kind sentiments which he entertains towards our city" (as further evinced by a letter,, which Myrinus had read.

The date of the second Cretan inscription is fixed by the Athenian archonship of Sarapion, which M. Dumont places in 134 B.C. It relates to a convention between three Cretan towns, Cnossus, Olus, Lato, by which the first-named was to have the arbitration in certain issues pending between the two latter. The archaeological interest here is for the Cretan calendar. Each of the three towns had different names for the months. The second day of the month at Cnossus is the second of  (sic) at Olus, and of  at Lato. Similarly (Cnossus) answers to  (Olus) and  (Lato). The