Inscriptions: The Athenian Councillors (Athenian Agora vol. 15)

487 Pages·1974·69.45 MB·English

by  Benjamin D. Meritt

THE ATHENIAN AGORA
RESULTS OF EXCAVATIONS
CONDUCTED BY
THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS
VOLUME XV
INSCRIPTIONS
THE ATHENIAN COUNCILLORS
BY
BENJAMIN D. MERITT AND JOHN S. TRAILL
THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
1974
PUBLISHED WITH THE AID OF A GRANT FROM MR. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Libraryo f CongressC atalogingi n PublicationD ata (Revised)
AmericanS chool of ClassicalS tudiesa t Athens.
The AthenianA gora.
Includesb ibliographies.
CONTENTS.v . 1. Portraits culpture,b y E. B. Harri-
son. v. 6. Terra-
cottas and plastic lamps of the Roman period, by
C. Grandjouan. v. 15. Inscriptions:
the Athenianc ouncillors,b y B. D. Meritt and J. S.
Traill.
1. Athens. Agora. I. Title.
DF287.A23A5 913.38'5 54-5697
ISBN 87661-215-X
PRINTED IN GERMANY at J.J. AUGUSTIN, GLtCKSTADT
PREFACE
T he inscriptionsf ound duringt he AmericanE xcavationo f the AthenianA gora between 1931a nd
1970a re to be publishedi n comprehensivfeo rm in fivev olumes,n umberedX V-XIXi n theA thenian
Agoras eries.T his presentv olume,X V, containingt he recordso f Athenianc ouncillorsa nd theiro fficers,
is in largem easurem adeu p of the so-calledP rytanyI nscriptionws hich,a s a class, formedt he basisf or
a studyb y SterlingD ow in 1937.1W e continuet he studyt o includet hose texts founds inceD ow's publi-
cation as well as all texts found earlier,p ublishedb y Dow and others,a nd we add the bouleuticl ists to
the knownp rytanyd ecreesa nd prytanyd edications.
VolumeX VI, editedb y A. GeoffreyW oodhead,i s to containo ther decrees;v olumeX VII, editedb y
Donald W. Bradeen,w ill containt he funeralm onuments;v olumeX VIII, editedb y Daniel J. Geagan,
will contain dedicationsa nd monumentso f Roman date; and volumeX IX will comprisea ll other in-
scriptionsa s well as Addendato the firstf our volumeso f the series.W e hesitatet o refert o thesev olumes
as a finalp ublicationf, or therew ill certainlyb e manyn ew texts and manyc hangesa nd improvementisn
old texts beforet he explorationo f the Agora comes to an end.
The editorsh ave had to decidei n whatf ormata nd with how full a commentaryto presentt he inscrip-
tions.T hev eryb ulko f the Greeke pigraphicatle xtm akesb revityi n presentationd esirableT. hei mportant
element,a lwayst o be bornei n mind,i s thatt he textsb e publisheda ccuratelya nd clearly.W e haves pared
no pains to this end. Whereverp ossiblew e have examinede verys tone (some are no longerp reserved),
eitheri ndividuallyo r together,a nd manyd oubtfulp assagesh ave been subjectedto long scrutinyI. n this
volume,a s in the volumest o follow, the aim has beent o approximatien generalt he patterno f the Berlin
Corpusi n matterso f commentarya nd referenceH. owevera ttractivem any avenueso f explorationm ay
seemi n the exploitationo f theset exts, our purposeh as been to avoidl ong discussiona nd to concentrate
on the presentationo f the evidences o thati t will be availablet o thosew ho mayw isht o followo ut in more
detail some specials tudy. This volumec ontainsm any improvementisn readingsa nd restorationsW. e
have includedt exts found by our predecessorsa s well as those found in the AmericanE xcavationo f
the AthenianA gora, with referencesa nd brief commentw heren ecessary.I t is well known that these
prytanyd ocuments,w ith rare exception,w ere all set up originallyi n the Agora, and they must make
one singleC orpusf or conveniencein comparatives tudy.
All textsa re giveni n full, andf or thosef romo ur own excavationsr eferenceis givent o the photographs
or drawingsw hichw erer egularlyp rintedi n the preliminarpy ublicationsc, hieflyi n Hesperiar, arelye lse-
where.S ince these illustrationsa re readilya vailablei t has not seemedr easonablet o repeatt hem here.
Pertinentc ommentaryo n this class of documenti s of necessityl argelyp rosopographicaSl. ince the
samen ameso ften appearm oret han once it has seemedt o the authorst hat the most convenientf orm of
referencefo r the readeri s a listingo f the prosopographicaml ateriali n indexf ormr athert hani n repeated
mentiono n each occasionw herea name occursi n the commentaryo n individuala nd separatei nscrip-
tions. The ProsopographicaIln dex,t hen, servesi n fact as the principacl ommentaryfo r most of the texts.
Otheri mportantin formationto be drawnf romt he studyo f the PrytanyI nscriptionsc oncernst he poli-
tical organizationo f the Athenians tate.T herei s extensiven ewl ighto n the phylai,t he demes,a nd on their
1 Prytaneis, Hesperia,S uppl. I, 1937, pp. iv + 258.
vi PREFACE
representatioinn the Council,a s well as on theirp opulationa nd geographicadl istributionT. he evidence
has been assembledb y John Trailli n a separates tudyt o appeara s Hesperia,S upplemenXt IV.
The authorse xpresst heira ppreciationto the FieldD irectorso f the AgoraE xcavationsT, . LeslieS hear
(1931-1945)a nd Homer A. Thompson( 1946-1967),f or placingt hese epigraphicadl ocumentsa t their
disposalf or studya ndp ublicationa, nd, sincet he deatho f ProfessorS hear,t o the constante ncouragement
and help of ProfessorT hompsona nd the efficients taffw hoseh eadquarterhs ave been establishedin the
Stoa of Attalos. The Stoa also houses the epigraphicacl ollectiona nd the records.O ur gratitudei s ex-
pressedt o Mrs.A ndreouD emoulini,u ntilr ecentlyt he custodiana ndk eepero f the recordsw, ho has been
unfailingi n maintaininga constantl iaisonw heni t has been impossiblef or us to be in Athenso urselves.
We are also gratefult o the presentF ield Director,T . LeslieS hear,J r., for permissionto includet he pry-
tanyd ocumentsfr omt he 1968-1970e xcavationsT. hef acilitieso f the NationalE pigraphicaMl useumh ave
been alwaysa t our disposal,w ith the experth elp and counselo f its Directors,M arkellosT h. Mitsosa nd
Dina Peppa-DelmouzouO. ur warmt hanksa re also due to them. We shouldl ike to acknowledgeo ur
indebtednesse speciallyt o two othersw ho have workedo n these texts, SterlingD ow in Hesperia,S up-
plementI and HarryJ . Carroll,J r. in his doctorald issertationo n the Athenianb ouleutai( Harvard,
1954),p articularlyin Nos. 1, 7, 12, 13, 15, 20, 23, 32, 36, 37, 47, 48, 52, 53, 58 and 492 wherew e have
followed closely Carroll'ss uggestionsf or dating and commentaryF. inally, we expresso ur thanks to
the CanadaC ouncil,w ho provideda fellowshipe nablingJ ohn Traillt o spendt he year of 1969-70 in
Greece,a nd to TerryE llen Traillf or her patient and invaluableh elp on the ProsopographicaIln dex.
Inscriptionisn the EpigraphicaMl useuma re recordedb y theiri nventoryn umbers,d esignatedw itht he
lettersE . M. Inscriptionsf ound in the AmericanE xcavationso f the AthenianA gora are also recorded
with theiri nventoryn umbers,d esignatedb y the letterI . Placeso f discoverya re noted with referencet o
the standardg rid of the Agora excavationsr, eprintedh ere as Plate 2.
BENJAMIDN. MERITT
JOHNS . TRAILL
September1 0, 1971
EDITOR'S NOTE:
The Editor of the volumew ishes to join with the authorsi n expressingw armesta ppreciationto all
the memberso f the J. J. Augustinf irm for the devotedc are, the patientu nderstandinga, nd the con-
summates kill which they have broughtt o the printingn ot only of this volumeb ut also of the earlier
volumes of this series and other volumes publishedb y the AmericanS chool of ClassicalS tudiesa t
Athens over a quartero f a century.
L. T. S. M.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE. ........................................................................ ..... V
ABBREVIATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................... ............... ......... ix
INTRODUCTIO.N.. ............................................................................ 1
I. PRYTANY AND BOULEUTIC INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE PERIOD OF THE ORIGINAL TEN PHYLAI (1-56)..... 25
II. PRYTANY AND BOULEUTIC INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE MACEDONIAN ERA (57-152) .................... 65
III. PRYTANY INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE CREATION OF ATTALIS TO THE SACK OF ATHENS BY SULLA (153-262). 137
IV. PRYTANY INSCRIPTIONSF ROMT HE SACK OF ATHENS BY SULLA TO THE CREATION OF HADRIANIS (263-322). 211
V. PRYTANYI NSCRIPTIONASF TERT HEC REATIONO F HADRIANIS( 323-491) ............................ 247
APPENDIX( 492-494) .......................................... ........................... 339
INDICES. ........................ .... . ................................................... 347
PROSOPOGRAPHIICNADLE XO FG REEKN AMES. .......... ..................... ......... 349
INDEXO FD EMESE, THNICSP,H YLAI. ....... ....................................... 469
INDEXO FM ONTHSG, ODS,F ESTIVAL..S.. .................................................. 477
CONCORDANC.E...S.. ..................................... ............................... 478
A. Inscriptiones Graecae, Editio Minor ................................................... 478
B. SupplementumE pigraphicumG raecum ...... ...................................... 479
C. Hesperia ANDS UPPLEMEN..T..S... ..................................................... 480
D. OTHERP UBLICATION...S... ................... ....................................... 483
E. EPIGRAPHICMALU SEUMN UMBERS.. .......... . ......................................... 483
F. AGORAI NVENTORNYU MBERS.. ....................................................... 484
PLATES
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INTRODUCTION
THE COUNCILA ND THE PRYTANEIS
Kleisthenese stablisheda Councilo f Five Hundreda t the initiationo f his politicalr eformsa t the end
of the sixthc enturyB .C.T he councillorsw erec hosenb y lot, fiftyf rom each of the ten new phylai.T hese
were nameda fter eponymoush eroesd esignatedb y the priestessa t Delphi.' The phylaiwereErechtheis,
Aigeis, Pandionis,L eontis, Akamantis,O ineis, Kekropis,H ippothontis,A iantis, and Antiochis.T hey
presidedi n turn over the affairso f state, dividingt he year as nearlya s was possiblei nto ten so-called
prytanieso f 36 or 37 dayse achb asedu pona n approximatseo lary ear.S ucha t leastw ast he schemed uring
the PeloponnesianW ar, wheret he epigraphicael videncei s sure,a nd down to 408/7 B.C.2A fter this the
separatey ear of the prytaniest, he conciliary ear, was abandoneda nd the year of the ten prytaniesw as
made coterminousa t beginninga nd end with the lunary ear of twelve,o r thirteen,m onths.
The orderi n whicht he prytaniesh eld officed uringt he year was determinedb y lot.3T he only known
exceptiont o this ruleo f procedurew as in the year4 08/7B .C.,4 in whicht he prytaniesh eld officei n reverse
of the officialo rder.O nes peakso f the "official"o rderb ecauset hisw as the orderi n whicht he nameso f the
dead were inscribed,p rytany by prytany,u pon the public funeralm onuments, and because it was the order
in which the secretariesK TO-rrr puTavEav followed year after year in cyclical rotation when a predetermined
order was used for the dating of decrees of the Council and Demos.5 There were times when the reverse of
the official order was employed in the cycles and times when it was only partiallyf ollowed, either forward
or in reverse.6P rytany cycles were used in many ways, and a knowledge of them, in all their complexity,
is essential to the understandingo f much of Athenian constitutional practice.
Thef iftym emberso f a prytanyw erec alledp rytaneisI. ndividuallyea chp rytanisc ouldh old officet wice,
but in the best period of Athenian history not thrice, and indeed not twice in succession because of the
necessity of passing a scrutiny, or ieOuva,a t the end of one term before commencing another. The pre-
siding officero f the prytaneisw as the prytanisp ar excellence, often called the erlo-raTrmsT cov rrpuTavecov.
He was chosen by lot for one day only. Therew ere other officerso f the prytany,s ome chosen by the
prytaneisf rom their own number, like the raicvaTs -rjVr pUTaVECOanvd the ypaIuaOaTEJTS rrovT rpuTavEcov,
and some career officers, like the herald and the flutist, who held office throughout the year for
1 Aristotle, 'AO.U loX.2, 1, 6; CharlesH ignett, A History of the AthenianC onstitution,1 952, p. 131; H. W. Parke, A History of
the Delphic Oracle, 1939, pp. 166-167.
2 For the approximationo f the year of the Council to the solar year see B. D. Meritt, TheA thenianC alendari n the Fifth Century,
1928, passim. Opinions have varied as to the beginning date of the approximation.M eritt has urged the date of the reformso f
Kleisthenes (op. cit., p. 124; idem, The Athenian Year, 1961, p. 203 note 4), after some misgivings (Hesperia, V, 1936, p. 376).
W. B. Dinsmoor thought use of the solar year began with the reforms of Meton in 432 B.C.( The Archonso f Athens, 1931, p. 327
note 1). The evidence for the PeloponnesianW ar is now outlined fully in B. D. Meritt, Proceedingso f the AmericanP hilosophical
Society, CXV, 1971, pp. 97-124, where the final date 408/7 B.C.f or the separatec onciliary ear is also fixed.
3 Aristotle, 'AO.T To7.4, 3, 2.
a Meritt, The AthenianC alendar,p p. 99-100; T.A.P.A., XCV, 1964, p. 208.
5 The cycle of rotation by phylai of the secretariesw ho gave their names to the Athenian decrees was discovered by William
S. Ferguson, The AthenianS ecretaries,C ornellS tudiesi n ClassicalP hilology,V II, 1898. It is commonly known as Ferguson's Law
and has been of immense help in the study of Hellenistic chronology. With some exceptions and modifications,s uch as occasional
cycles of allotted order, the schemei s now appliedc ontinuouslyd own throught he imperialp eriod as well. See JamesA . Notopoulos,
A.J.P., LXIV, 1943, pp. 44-55; Hesperia,X VIII, 1949, pp. 1-57. But see also below, p. 19, note 66.
6 The reverse of the official order, for example, was followed for the secretarieso f the Hellenotamiai from 439/8 to 430/29;
B. D. Meritt, H. T. Wade-Gery,a nd M. F. McGregor, TheA thenianT ributeL ists, I, 1939, pp. 567-568.