what does the cover say?

[gigas phoberos]

on the cover of An Independent Study Guide to Reading Greek there is a round-thingy, and I can make out the name Themistoles scratched in, but what does the rest say?

http://www.amazon.com/Independent-Study ... 324&sr=1-4

thanks,

[IreneY]

Hey there! Well, my neck works fine I guess
It says "ΘΕΜΙΣΤΟΚΛΗΣ ΝΕΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ" (Θεμιστοκλής Νεοκλέους, Themistocles Neocleous). It looks like it's on a piece of pottery used for ostracism.

[modus.irrealis]

The archaic spelling is interesting. Since you have Ε representing later Η in ΘΕΜΙΣΤΟΚΛΕΕΣ, I'm guessing it's quite old. But does the -ΟΣ of ΝΕΟΚΛΕΟΣ represent later -ους or -ος? With the lack of contraction in the first word, it seems similar to the form in Herodotus: Θεμιστοκλέης ὁ Νεοκλέος.