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For the mines of Siphnos cf. Paus. x. 11. 2, who tells that they were submerged because the Siphnians failed to pay their tithe to Apollo, and Bent, J. H. S. vi. 195-8.

The treasury at Delphi (cf. Paus. x. 11. 2) was discovered by the French explorers in 1893, and the remains fully confirm H.: ‘the building is more lavishly decorated than any other found at Delphi’ (Frazer, Paus. v. 272 seq.). Homolle, the French discoverer (ib. 629), now assigns the treasury to the Cnidians, not to the Siphnians (but see Dyer in J. H. S. xxv. 314-15).

The style of sculpture exactly agrees with H.'s dating.

διενέμοντο. For division of mine profits in the ancient state cf. vii. 144 n.

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