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1991
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Ann Johnston, « Eulimene or not Eulimene ? », Mélanges de l'école française de Rome, ID : 10.3406/mefr.1991.1708
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Alan Johnston, Eulimene or not Eulimene?, p. 177-182. A lead pyxis in the British Museum is published here. It bears two inscriptions, apparently of the fifth century, on the outside of the rim and underneath the lid. The latter is a dedication to Eulimene, the former a modest disclaimer concerning the value of the dedication. The texts are probably modern, but nevertheless they point up the particular connexion between Eulimene and Western Crete known from ancient