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 INSCRIPTIONS Ixxxi A little further on we probably have a trace of Nicia's abortive expedition against Perdiccas (v. 83) : [crjTpaTr^yoi? NiKta l^^iK-qpciT^ov KvSaj'TjiS?;. In the accounts of the second year, 417-416, occur the words — [Tetcrija Teiaifxaxov Vie(f>aXy6a', HXeo/xyoei Av/co[/i.rySovs,] to whom it is recorded that ten talents were paid. Cp. Thuc. V. 84, where Cleomedes the son of Lycomedes and Tisias the son of Tisimachus command the expedition against Melos. In the accounts of the third year, 416-415, more famous names occur — [NiKt'o. NijKT^puTOU J^vSaVTiBr] Koi irapthpo . . and — [o-TpJaT7yyots €? 2t/c€[Xi'av 'AJAki^iuS*/ Aa/xa^^w . . and again — and again — <^TTTT ....(= 14 talents). In the accounts of the fourth year, 415-414, occur the words, cVi T^s 'AvTto;^t3o9 oySo?;? TrpvTavevovar-qs t/3it[i/ yp-^pa Trj<i TrpvJTav€ia<; 'EAAr^voTayLAiuts xal Trapl6poi<; 'ApicrroKp'^aTJei Evajw/xei Kal ^vvapxavat HHH {= 300 talents) ovtoi 8' eSocrav [rfj iv ^iKtXui o-rJpaTia (Kirchhoff writes H[HH], but ac- cording to Hicks the three ciphers are quite legible); and again, 'EXr]voTap.Lai<; (k.t.X.) e? tu[?] vai? ra? t? 2i[KcXtaj' Trape- 8o/x€v] Ta xprjlp-^ara TTTTXX (4 talents 2,000 drachmae). In the summary of the accounts at the end of the year the three hundred talents reappear, together with the lesser sums expended : — K€(fiu.Xaiov di'a[Aoj/i.aTos t]ov eVi tLt}?] 'ipxV'^ mmml^T I T (353 talents). Cp. Thuc. vi. 94 fin., kuI acfiLKop-evoi e's KaTarrji' KaraXa/xf^d-