rxxvi THUCYDIDES
(
Greek characters) : (3)
(Greek characters) The last
words seem to indicate that the quota of the Goddess was
on one occasion devoted to the building of the Propylaea.
Cp. a similar division in C. I. A. 309, 310, 312.
C. I. A. 140. If the conjectural restoration of the last lines is correct, the treasures of the Trpomos are handed over to the Hellenotamiae for the service of the state.
C. I. A. 180-183. The Hellenotamiae are repeatedly
mentioned in this inscription as having money handed
over or lent to them by the (Greek characters), which they
applied to various military purposes (see below) ; and
C. I. A. 188, 189 (an inscription of the end of the Pelopon-
nesian War) contains a record of money paid to the
Hellenotamiae by the (Greek characters) for
public purposes, (Greek characters) See also
C. I. A. 273.
From the evidence of these inscriptions, from the great-
ness of the sums taken from or paid back to the Goddess
and the other deities, from the practice of reckoning
interest in certain cases, it seems to be clearly proved that
there was a sacred fund which was likewise capable of
being used in the public service. It is probable from the
different classes of officers who had the care of the public
treasure that there was also a secular fund in which the
(Greek characters), i. e. the 5960th (at least that which came in during
the year, see below), would be included, but this is not
established with equal clearness. Pericles, when he speaks
of the 6,000 talents (ii. 13 med.), makes no distinction.
And the amount of the sums paid into and out of the
sacred fund makes it improbable that there was any other
fund as large or larger which was independent of it.
Whether the quota to the Goddess was included in the
public sacred fund, or remained the more private property
of the temple, is uncertain.
