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N e w Greek Inscriptions from Attica, Achaia, Lydia

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N e w Greek Inscriptions from Attica, Achaia, Lydia

David Robinson

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ISBN 978-1-60724-647-3

ISSN 1935-6854

Extract from The A^merican Journal of Philology 31 (1910)

Printed in the LTnited States of America

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I.—NEW G R E E K INSCRIPTIONS FROM ACHAIA, LYDIA.

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ATTICA,

During my wanderings about Athens and its vicinity a year ago last October and November I made copies and squeezes of several inscriptions which had not yet been removed to the epigraphical museum. T h e following, among which are also included some unedited stones in the National Museum, are unpublished, so far as I am aware, with the exception of nos. 3, 5, 9 and 35. T h e majority are of the form known as KWVIO-KOI or columellae, 1 which were so frequent after the time of Demetrius Phalereus. But two belong to the class of rpdnf^ai or mensae and four are marble lecythi and one is for a labellum (cf. Cic. D e Legibus II, 26). T h e inscriptions in themselves barring the epigram (no. 35) are of little intrinsic worth, but taken as a whole they are of considerable value for Greek prosopographia, since several new names occur and some of the persons mentioned can be identified with names already known. For this reason they are arranged in alphabetical rather than chronological order.' 1. Large KIOVIUKOS of Hymettian marble in the garden of the Observatory. Here are also nos. 7, 8, 18, 19, 22, 25, 39, 41, 52, 1 B r u e c k n e r in his e x c e l l e n t b o o k , D e r F r i e d h o f am E r i d a n o s , p . 47, n. 2, g i v e s the text of twenty-five others, w h i c h are at the D i p y l o n . N o . 25 he m a k e s the same observation w h i c h I made some years before him in C l a s s i c a l P h i l o l o g y I I , p. 100, that the third line c o n t a i n i n g the w o r d 'Avdpia w a s omitted in 'Etj>. 'Apx. 1893. col. 221, no. 2. I b i d . col. 221, no. 3, Kapvaaria should be read for Kapvaria ; col. 223, no. 1 5 , ' Aptcr/vr/ for 'A¡nor/via ; and no. 19 Kvpr/vaio; for Mvpt/mio;.

* I am indebted to Professor V o n Premerstein f o r ' c a l l i n g my attention to nos. 5, 48, 62, and to M r . L e o n a r d o s , E p h o r of the E p i g r a p h i c a l M u s e u m , for permission to publish nos. 12, 20, 24, 27, 30, 45, 57, 69. 26

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58, 63, all found t h e r e s o m e y e a r s a g o when the pine trees were planted. T h e y are set in the ground, as are so m a n y of these KiovtfTKotf so that their height could not be measured. Diameter above of no. 1 is 0.42 m. F r o m top to molding 0.09 m. W r e a t h carved in relief below the inscription. Letters 0.035 m ' high. L a t e Hellenistic. A0HNOTTOAI2' AHMHTPIOY AAMFTPEY2:

' A6r)vÓ7To\ts A TjfXTJTpLOV AafxffTpevs

T h e name 'Ai^oVoXtr does not occur in any of the indices of the C o r p u s nor in the P r o s o p o g r a p h i a Attica nor in Pape, G r . E i g e n namen. It however is found on coins of E p h e s u s , cf. N u m . Chron. 1881, p. 20, and in B. C . H . X X X , 1906, p. 188, w e have an avXrjTTjs 'A&poVoXtr Ai;/*»jrpiov, perhaps the same man. 2. Kiowo-Kof of H y m e t t i a n marble, 0.36 m. h i g h ; 0.22 m. in diameter above. F r o m top to molding 0.04 m. N o w in ¿Sos nXn rniSm near the church of the Prophet Daniel. Letters, carelessly cut and c r o w d e d in 1. 3, v a r y from 0.015 m • t 0 a o 3 m - ' n height. Hellenistic. A I r A A T

H ?

AiyXarrjs

A N T I I 0 Y

'AvTtifii(\)ov

KYAA0HNAIEYS

KvSaV««

Aly\drrjs w h i c h I have not found elsewhere in inscriptions or literature as a proper name is probably D o r i c and formed from the epithet of A p o l l o , a i y X ^ f , w h i c h occurs in A p o l l . R h o d . I V , 1716, 1 7 2 9 ; S t r a b o 4 8 4 ; and Callimachus fr. 1 1 3 a, Schneider (cf. Bruchmann, Epitheta D e o r u m s. v. A p o l l o ) . A similar name AlyXarayp is given by Pape, op. cit., s. v. F o r formation of p r o p e r names from epithets of divinities cf. Fick-Bechtel, D i e Griechischen Personennamen, p. 301 f. Since there is no proper name 'AvTitptos we must assume that lambda was omitted in 1. 2 by the stone-cutter, which shows that the liquid perhaps was barely pron o u n c e d ; cf. for omission of a liquid M e i s t e r h a n s - S c h w y z e r G r a m m a t i k der Att. Ins., p. 82 f . ; M a y s e r , G r a m , der G r . Papyri, p. 186f.; W i l h e l m , K l i o V , p. 299; Beiträge zur Gr. Inschriftenkunde, p. 122. 3. KiouVkos of H y m e t t i a n marble in y a r d of house near the

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s t a d i u m . H e i g h t 1.07 m. D i a m e t e r 0.40 m. F r o m t o p t o m o l d ing 0 . 1 2 m . L e t t e r s 0.03 m. E a r l y R o m a n . AAEZANAP02 KYPOY 2 4» l-l T I 0 Z

AXf£avSpor K vpov 2ijnor

T h i s inscription is a l r e a d y p u b l i s h e d in I. G . I l l , 2028, but the relative position o f t h e letters is incorrectly g i v e n and 2P0 IIIA 'Ao[S]«rt'a 15. Kiowo-kos of Hymettian marble in a house near the theater of Dionysus, 0.51 m. high. Circumference at top 0.59 m., at bottom 0.46 m. Letters rather carelessly cut from 0.02 m. to 0.03 m. Late Hellenistic. BPOMIAE I - I A f i OY HPAKAEfim

B/jo/ua? E.V.SiMo« c HPaKW«

T h e name Bpo^iar is formed similarly to 'o\vp.iruis, lluflids, etc., Widmungsnamen as Bechtel calls them, op. cit., p. 56. Spo/uas would be connected with Bpópios, the epithet of Dionysus. It occurs also in I. G . I l l , 2246. In I. G. I l l , 2435, 2448 we have BptV'nr 'H/MK?Ua>7-i)r and in I. G . I l l , 2434 Bfioflia Bpofiiov 'HpaxXeamf. 16. KIOWVKOS of Hymettian marble at Kolokythou near the church of 'A-y. napaaxevrj. Diameter above 0.28 m. From top to molding 0.08 m. Letters 0.03 m. Late Hellenistic. T N fi M H AAEIANAPOY M I A H 211 A

Tvùw 'A\^avS P ov MiXijo"ia

F o r name r*.»^ cf. Bechtel, op. cit., p. 1 3 2 (Frauennamen aus Abstracten). 1 7 . Ktoi/io-icor of Hymettian marble at 48 ¿Sòr nXaToiSv, used as door-post for door to y a r d of stable. Circumference at top 0.93 m. Letters 0.02 m. Hellenistic. TOPriAS AE0NTEQ3

Topylas A«mW

18. K101/1Wis- of Hymettian marble at the Observatory. Diameter above 0.44 m. Height more than 1.00 m. From top to molding o.xo m. Letters 0.04 m. L a t e Hellenistic. AHMHTPI02" A0HNOFOAIAO2' A A M F T P E Y i

ArjfirjTptos 'Adr,vo*ó\i8or Aa^rptii

A b o v e the inscription is an ivy wreath carved in relief, which possibly indicates that this Demetrius was an actor, though no

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such actor is elsewhere known. S o on the kiouVkos of the famous actor Hieronymus and of the actor Lysimachus we have an i v y wreath (cf. Wilhelm, Urkunden Dram. A u f f ü h r u n g e n in Athen, pp. 59, 82). Possibly this Demetrius is the son of Athenopolis, the flute-player of 97-6 B. C. (cf. above, no. 1). 19. K 101/10**0? of Hymettian marble in same place as no. 18, and with the same inscription. Diameter above 0.40 m. Height more than 1.00 m. F r o m top to molding 0.09 m. In panel below inscription (0.42 m. by 0.17 m.) relief of loutrophorus. Letters 0.04 m. L a t e Hellenistic. AHMHTPIO-T A0H N0F0AIA0.T AAMFTPEYr

A^rptosAo^rPeis

20. YLiovlo-nos in National Museum, of Hymettian marble. Height 0.78 m. Diameter 0.28 m. From top to molding 0.07 m. L o w e r part rough. Letters 0.043. Hellenistic. AHMHTP 105 ATTOAAQNIOY AZHNIEY2

A^rpioj 'athAAOWOV 'Afr^is

A m o n g the 'A^nfir given by Kirchner, op. cit., there is no Demetrius bat the A^r/nor 'afijueus- of I. G. I l l , 1 1 1 2 , 45 is possibly identical with the one in this inscription. 2 1 . KIOPI&KOS of Hymettian marble at corner of 6S6s Kao-ropiac and ¿80s 'Ayiov"Opnvs. Diameter on top, where there is a round hole, 0.21 m. Circumference below molding 0.645 m. F r o m top to rough part 0.34 m. Letters 0.015 m. E a r l y Hellenistic. A KMH T P I OS NIKANAPOY M APAOfiN 1 0 5

Arjprjrptos NiKtii/Spov MOOpafaw

In the third line the second letter is a stone-cutter's error for A. 22. KiopiVko? of Hymettian marble at the Observatory. Diameter o. 17 m. F r o m top to molding 0.05 m., to rough part 0.40 m. Letters 0.02 m. Late Hellenistic. AHMNTPI02 T I M fl N 0 Z HPAKAEQTM2'

Am 'rpioc Ti^vos ' UpaKUU^

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T h e confusion which the stone-cutter has made between H and N should be noted. In the first line in the case of the fourth letter he cut first N and then c h a n g e d it to H, and in the second line vice versa he cut first H and then c h a n g e d it to N. In the last line he became again confused and cut M for H. 23. Klovianos of H y m e t t i a n marble at 29 óiòr Upà. C i r c u m f e r ence below molding 0.52 m. L a t e Hellenistic. AIOAQPA XPH2TH

A.o 8i>pa xPV Letters 0.017 m. L a t e Hellenistic. A I 0 NY S I A ANAPQN02 Q P Q n I A

Aioiwia "A vip CÙVOS 'OpuTTia

25. KiovIo-kos of H y m e t t i a n marble at the O b s e r v a t o r y . D i a m e t e r 0.17 m. F r o m top to molding 0.05 m., to r o u g h part 0.43 m. Letters 0.025 m > L a t e Hellenistic. A I 0 N Y -TI A AHMHTPIOY ANTI0XI2TA

Aiopvvia p™ 'Avtic\xtaaa

26. Ktov'htkos of H y m e t t i a n marble on óSòf Atuvifiou. H e i g h t 0.76 m. Circumference above 1.00 m. F r o m top to r o u g h part 0.41 m., to m o l d i n g 0.07 m. Letters about 0.025 m. Late Hellenistic. A Q P HM A MITYAHNAIA i l M A A r Y N H

Awprjfxa MiTv\t]vaia Oli yvvTj

F o r name Aipy/ia cf. Pape, op. cit. It occurs also in inscriptions from D e l p h i (cf. Collitz, G r . Dialekt-Ins. 1803, 2084) and in 1 . G . I l l , 2543.

27. KtojnaKos of H y m e t t i a n marble in the National Museum, found at corner of ófiòr Ita8iov and ó8òs AlóXov. H e i g h t 0.36 m.

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Diameter 0.125 m. F r o m top to molding 0.04 m. from 0.015 m. to 0.024 m. Hellenistic. AfiPOGEO-T

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Aapd\6tos

28. Kiovirepor), ' AiroWavtos

i(pevs,

ZwtKos 3.

E87ropos ifpfvs

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'Aptord/SouXos

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2 reTt)s in I. G. I I , 2909, 29IO. 34. KtonCTKor of Hymettian marble, corner of ¿dos A«>6ppapr and obas KepaTtrtfLov. Diameter 0.24 m. F r o m top to molding 0.07 m. Letters 0.025 m - L a t e Hellenistic. Z Q I

I M H

APOAIIIOY

M I A H2 I A

ZoHTtpr] 'A^poStaiov

MiXrjtrla

35. KiovitrKoe of Hymettian marble in yard of church of *Ay. Sapavra between Liosia and Menidi. Diameter above 0.29 m. Height 1.49 m. F r o m top to first inscription 0.37 m., between first inscription and epigram 0.22 in. Letters of inscription a 0.027 m . ; of inscription b 0 . 0 1 5 m L a t e Hellenistic. ( S e e Photograph, F i g . 2.) (#)•

Zti) aifirj E UVIkqv e£ EvTTvpidcoy Etotyevov J) A uf'wr yvvfj

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T h e EuMieor of this inscription is probably to be identified with Euvikoc EvirvpiSrjc of I. G. II, 1049, 76 (middle of first cent. B. C.), cf. Kirchner Pros. Att. 4028. (See Photograph, Fig. 3.) ( ¿ ) .

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Xi7~?)i< ] viròftàXovrj (I/daòe | KCÌrat ARCKI/os wfififaff TriKpas Xvaafiévrj | davaro} Zwtjlpri en^rjcrtv 8àa' ov fipc(j>os | 17 vtovvpffros ov Trjv eTttav Tptfcvyov | [e](3So/ia5a iu'f]ì Tflò' tir' taov OTTiitju> àtiKpv I prjre davovarj prjTfpt prjT* airy prjrépa | òèvpapéi/rj T\_TJV

" S h e who lies here beneath this poor clod childless, having found deliverance from her bitter birth-pangs in death, Zosime, the y o u n g bride who had given no real child, did not complete her third septennial. E v e r shall I pour a tear alike for her who neither died a mother nor herself bewailed a mother." T h e s e two inscriptions have already been made known by Ziebarth a m o n g the F u n d e published in A t h . Mitth. X X I , 1896, pp. 465, 466. Bat since the epigram has evidently escaped notice and since Ziebarth gives only a copy in capitals (which in some respects is inaccurate) and attempts neither a division into words nor an interpretation, it seems well to publish photographs of the inscriptions and to endeavor to interpret in some fashion the bad G r e e k . In the many cases where Ziebarth gives A and M and £ should be read A, M , and E. T h e relative position of the letters in lines 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 to the other lines in Ziebarth's copy is also entirely wrong. In 1. I Ziebarth reads nothing before /9£W but the word virò and at least the letter T at the beginning are certain; and there are clear traces of the others which fit better the word Xirijn than àpyì)v which was also suggested to me by Professor V o n Premerstein. T h e traces on the stone and squeeze are T - - A I T 1 1 N \ [IO. T h e adjective Xirór with long iota in the sense of paltry or poor is used of the tomb in Anth. Pal. V I I , 18 and 73 (cf. also I. G . I l l , 1360). In Athenaeus V I I , 2g6d in a verse from Alexander Aetolus (cf. also Orph. A r g . 92) we have \~Ttj yaia. Lines 3 ff. indicate that it is a case of abortion (oi @peos). Cf. for examples of such negatives Hamilton, Negative C o m p o u n d s in Greek, p. 31 ; and other examples in G a y l e r , p. 18. F o r epigrams dealing with death in childbirth cf. that on the painted stele from Pagasae which represents such a subject and those cited by Arvanitopoullos, KaróXoyos TCÙV èv ra> 'A$ayaa*K£i'a) Movaeia BÓAov 1 A[)\ Tfd-qvai Tiva. fZ[8t riy ToX/iijo-« BeivaL rii»a, tlaota*t fii r[o Upa>raTov Tafudov * ( = Siyrapia)

5 TOVTOV

avT'vypaov arrtTe^Sr] els TO ep 'lfpoKai