THE THINGS ABOUT WHICH MANKIND FIRST OF ALL AGREED. THE ANCIENT LETTERS

Latine · Mayhoff 1906

veteres Graecas fuisse easdem paene quae nunc sint Latinae, indicio erit Delphica antiqui aeris, quae est hodie in Palatio dono principum, Minetrvae dicata [in bibliotheca] cum inscriptione tali: ναυσικρατηςανεθετοται διοςκοραιτανδεκαταν..........

English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57

That the ancient Greek letters were almost the same with the modern Latin, is proved by the ancient Delphic inscription on copper, which is now in the Palatine library, having been dedicated by the emperors to Minerva; this inscription is as follows:

ΝΑΥΣΙΚΡΑΤΗΣ ΑΝΕΘΕΤΟ ΤΗΙ ΔΙΟΣ ΚΟΡΗΙ. [“Nausicrates offered this to the daughter of Zeus.”]