FDIII2 61 List of participants in the second Augustan <i>Dodekais</i> at Delphi

List of participants in the second Augustan Dodekais at Delphi

F.Delphes III 2 61 Date: 24/3-20/19 BC

For Good Fortune of the Council and People of Athens. In the archonship of Antigenes at Delphi for the second time and of Apolexis at Athens, the following held the Dodekais:^[1] the priest of Apollo Eukles son of Herodes of Marathon, the interpreter [chosen by the Pythian oracle (exēgētēs puthochrēstos) from the Eupatridai Polykritos] [son of Poly]charmos of Azenia, the interpreter (exēgētēs) from the Eupatridai appointed by [the People Diotimos son of Diodoros] (5)of Halai,^[5] the herald of Apollo and priest of Hermes Patroos [of the Kerykes Gorgippos son of Eudemos of Melite, the sacred remembrancer (hieromnēmōn)] Dionysodoros son of Dionysios of . . . the seers (manteis) Archikles [son of Thrasykles of Lakiadai, Aristos son of Ammonios] of Lamptrai,^[2] the treasurer (tamias) Alexandros son of Agathokles of Leukonoe,^[3] the pipe-player . . . of . . . ^[4]

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F.Delphes III 2 61 (Translated text) (PHI)

Ameling, Herodes Atticus II 13

Kühn, Pythais-Prozession 353b

Translation by: Hannes Freitag

Monument type: Block (Wall)

Inscription type: List of names (Dodekais)

Findspot: Delphi (Athenian Treasury, south wall, in situ) (Delphi Museum 620)

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[1] Textual note: AIO follows the text of F.Delphes, but includes the restoration of the second seer's name in l. 6 after J. H. Oliver, Athenian Expounders, 1950, 149-50.

This inscription is a list of participants in the second Augustan Dodekais (on which, see F.Delphes III 2, 59 with notes), inscribed on the southern wall of the Athenian Treasury in the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi. On Attic inscriptions at Delphi, see IG II³ 4, 17 with notes, and on the Athenian Treasury, see F.Delphes III 2, 3

The archonship of Apolexis was sometime between 24/3 and 20/19 BC (see IG II² 1025+1040). [2] On Eukles, Polykritos, Diotimos, Gorgippos, and Archikles, see F.Delphes III 2, 59 with notes. The sacred remembrancer (hieromnemon, see F.Delphes III 2, 59 with notes), Dionysodoros son of Dionysios, is otherwise unknown. Aristos son of Ammonios of Lamptrai who took part in every Dodekais except the first is otherwise unknown. Ammonios of Lamptrai, the author of a work on altars and sacrifices quoted by Athenaios, might have been a relative (Oliver, 150). [3] Alexandros son of Agathokles of Leukonoe is otherwise known to have been part of a delegation from the genos of the Kerykes (I Eleusis 300, l. 29) and treasurer of the military fund (tamias ton stratiotikon, see Agora XV 290, col. iii, ll. 105-13), both also in the archonship of Apolexis. He might have participated in the Dodekais in the latter capacity, but there are other possibilities (on treasurers in Roman Athens, see Geagan, Athenian Constitution, 1967, 113-16). The presence of the treasurer in only this list might indicate that only this Dodekais was state-funded, whereas the costs on the other four occasions were paid by the wealthy participants, such as Eukles. [4] The pipe-player’s role in the Dodekais was to accompany the sacrifice with music. The name of the pipe-player in this inscription is lost. However, he cannot be Menodoros son of Menodoros of Pambotadai, the pipe-player of the other Dodekaides (see F.Delphes III 2, 64, note 3), since the latter's demotic ends in -adēs, not the -eus preserved in this inscription.

Added: 3 Dec 2023
Updated: 3 Dec 2023
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