The Classical Review. April. (D. Nutt.)—The two most considerable articles
in this number are Mr. W Wyse's
"Athena Polias at Athens," and Professor Jebb's "Notes on
Bacchylides." Mr. Wyse argues from the evidence of the Corpus inscriptionum Atticarum that the term Polies was applied under
certain circumstances to Athene of the Parthenon, not, as has been contended, only to A.thene of the Erectheum. This is an important question in its way, but the most interesting thing is what comes out incidentally, the vast loans made to the State from the Sacred Treasuries during the first eleven years of the Peloponnesian War. The amount is 5.560 talents, equivalent
to £1,170,494, taking silver at its nominal price, but representing a far greater purchasing power. The work of restoring the text of Bacchylides goes on prosperously. An excellent specimen may be seen in xx. 1-11, where the fragmentary lines telling the story of Ides and Marpessa assume a satisfactory shape.
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