19. On this diffusion, cf. Drexler in Roscher, _Lexikon_, s. v. "Meter,"
col. 918.
20. Gregory of Tours, _De glor. confess._, c. 76. Cf. _Passio S.
Symphoriani_ in Ruinart, _Acta sinc._, ed. of 1859, p. 125. The _carpentum_
mentioned in these texts is found in Africa; cf. _CIL_, VIII, 8457, and
Graillot, _Rev. archéol._, 1904, I, p. 353; Hepding, op. cit., p. 173, n.
7.
21. [Greek: Tharreite mustai tou theou sesôsmenou | hestai gar humin ek
ponôn sôtêria]; cf. Hepding, op. cit., p. 167.--Attis has become a god
through his death (see Reitzenstein, _Poimandres_, p. 93), and in the same
way were his votaries to become the equals of the divinity through death.
The Phrygian epitaphs frequently have the character of dedications, and it
appears that the graves were grouped about the temple, see Ramsay,
_Studies_, pp. 65 ff., 271 ff., _passim_. {226}