Note 690 — EPISTLE TO PHILEMON.

We have not only the form Ἄππη several times (e.g. 3827 x, 3846 p, 3846 x, 3846 z46, etc.); but also Ἄππης 3827 g, 3846 n, 3846 z77, still as a woman’s name. These all occur in the same neighbourhood, at Cotiæum and Æzani. I have not noticed any instance of this phenomenon in the names Apphia, Apphion; though probably, where Roman influences were especially strong, there would be a tendency to transform a Phrygian name into a Roman, e.g. Apphia into Appia, and Apphianus into Appianus.