P. M. Fraser

A New Date for the Battle of Andros? A Discussion

I. The present paper was read as one of ‘Three Notes of Doubt and One of Despair’ at the Oxford Philological Society in June 1948. Generally speaking, there is nothing to be said in favour of publishing an article on a text one is admittedly unable to under-stand. But in this case it has seemed advisable to start a discussion. I am therefore grateful to my friend P. Fraser for having consented to communicate his thoughts on the matter in an appendix to my note. We both hope that other scholars will be able to provide the satisfactory solution that has escaped us. Meanwhile we thank P. Maas, C. H. Roberts, and H. M. Last for their great help.

Alexandria ad Aegyptum again

In a note in a recent number of the Journal , Sir Harold Bell showed that Alexandria ad Aegyptum meant ‘Alexandria by Egypt’. No one is likely to dispute his arguments in this respect. It is, however, worth pointing out that a piece of evidence from the third century before Christ shows that, in circles closely connected with Alexandria, that city was thought of as ‘in Egypt’. A Delian inscription of that date contains a decree in honour of a Naxian resident in Alexandria.