[725] The upper inscription of this tomb is as follows: "Ates arkiaevos akenanogavos Midai lavaltaie vanaktei edaes;" the lower is: "Baba memavais proitavos kphizan avozos sikeman edaes."—Leake, "Asia Minor," p. 22-36; Barth, in Petermann "Geog. Mittheilungen," 1860, s. 91-93; Lassen, in "Zeit. d. d. M. G." 10, 372. For "lavaltaie" R. Stuart reads "na-" or "gavaltaie."
[726] Strabo, p. 569; Vitruvius, 2, 1, 5.
[727] Perrot, "Exploration," pp. 218, 224.
[728] Hamilton, "Asia Minor," 1, 95-98, 401, 451; 2, 233-252.
[729] Lucian, "Jup. Trag." c. 8. 42.
[730] Etym. Magn. Ἄμμα.
[731] Diod. 3, 59; Livy, 29, 14.
[732] Arist. "Rhet." 3, 2; Ovid. "Fast." 4, 265; Arnoh. "Adv. Gent." 9, 5, 4.
[733] Diod. 3, 59.
[734] Herod. 1, 94. In Hippolytus ("Philosoph." 5, 9, p. 118, ed. Miller) Atys is called the sun of Rhea. Agdistis appears to have been androgynous; Paus. 7, 17, 5. Hesych. Ἄγδιστις. The chief priests at Pessinus were always called Atys, according to the inscriptions of Sivrihissar, cf. Polyb. 22, 20.