The Victors’-Lists were prepared at the same time as the stone Didascaliae and were likewise derived from Aristotle,[376] but they were very different in character. They recorded the aggregate of victories won by poets and actors in tragedy and comedy at each of the two festivals—eight lists in all. I shall content myself with citing one fragment from the list of tragic poets who were victorious at the City Dionysia (cf. Fig. 77 _a_ and _b_).[377] The names were arranged in the chronological order of their first victory at the festival in question, in this case the City Dionysia; and after each name was entered the total number of victories gained at that festival. We are especially interested in two names in this list, Aeschylus and Sophocles. Of course the former’s name did not originally head the list; it stood in the eleventh line. The numeral is broken away from behind his name, but we know from other sources that he won thirteen (ΔΙΙΙ) victories. He died before the establishment of the tragic contest at the Lenaea, so that his competition was restricted to the City Dionysia. But Suidas reports that according to some Aeschylus had gained twenty-eight victories. Perhaps the larger number is not to be rejected as worthless but is to be regarded as including the victories which Aeschylus’ plays are said to have won after his decease in competition, at both festivals, with the works of living tragedians. To Sophocles the inscription assigns eighteen (ΔΓΙΙΙ) victories at the City Dionysia, and that is the number which most authorities give. But Suidas, who regularly records the aggregate of victories at both festivals, credits him with twenty-four victories. Sophocles must, therefore, have been victorious six times at the Lenaea. Euripides’ name does not appear upon any extant portion of the Victors’-List. He is usually stated to have won five victories, but some notices report fifteen. Possibly we are to understand that he won ten Lenaean victories. His comparative lack of success while living thus stands in striking contrast to his popularity subsequently. [Illustration: FIG. 77_a_.—A Fragment of the Athenian Victors’-List See p. 324, n. 2] [Illustration: FIG. 77_b_.—Wilhelm’s Transcription and Restoration of Two Fragments of the Athenian Victors’-List. See p. 324, n. 2] [......]ασ[—] [Καρκί]νος ΔΙ 10 — [Ἀστ]υδάμας ΓΙΙ [—?] [Αἰ]σχύ[λος —] [Θεο]δέκτας ΓΙΙ [Εὐ]έτης Ι [Ἀφα]ρεύς ΙΙ [Πο]λυφράσμ[ων —] [....ω]ν ΙΙ Αι [Νόθ]ιππος Ι ...... Φρ- 15 [Σοφ]οκλῆς ΔΓΙΙΙ ......... ΙΙ Ὁμ- [....]τος ΙΙ[—?] ΔΙ [Ἀριστι]ας [—] Ξ-