AIO 1798 Three decrees honouring ephebes and their superintendent, 79/8 BC

Three decrees honouring ephebes and their superintendent, 79/8 BC

AIO 1798 Date: 79/8 BC

Decree 1 (Honours for sacrifices) Θε[οί]. [Ἐπ]ὶ̣ [- - -]ου ἄρχοντος (79/8), ^v στρατηγοῦντος ἐπὶ τοὺς ὁπλίτας Μνασ[έου τοῦ] ^vvv Μνασ[έου Βερ]ενικίδου· ^v βουλῆς ψηφίσματα· Βοηδρομι[ῶ]νος ἕκτηι ἱστα[μένου· ἐ]ν τῶι Θησε[ίωι ἐκ τοῦ] σταδί[ου]· ^v Μνασέας Μνασέου Βερεν[ικίδης] εἶπεν· ^v ὑπὲρ ὧν [ἀπαγγέλλει] ὁ κοσ- (5)μητὴ[ς τῶν ἐφήβ]ων ^v Ἡδύλος Στράτωνος [Λαμπτρ]εύς, ὑπὲρ τῆς θυ[σίας ἧς ἔ]θυσεν μετὰ [τῶν ἐφήβων ἐ]ν ἀκροπ[όλει, ἐξι]τητ[ήρια τ]ῆι τε Ἀθηνᾶι τῆι Π[ολιάδι καὶ τοῖς] ἄλλοις θεοῖς [οἷς πάτριον ἦν, ὑπ]έρ τ[ε τῆς β]ουλῆς κα[ὶ τοῦ] δήμου καὶ [παίδων καὶ γυναικῶν καὶ τῶν] φίλω[ν καὶ συμμάχ]ω̣ν, καὶ γεγον[έναι ἐ]ν πᾶσιν [τ]ὰ ἱ[ερὰ καλὰ καὶ σωτήρια], ἀγαθῆι τύχηι [δεδόχθαι τ]ῆι βουλῆι τὰ μὲν ἱερὰ [τὰ γεγον]ό̣τα ἐν τ[οῖς ἱεροῖς ⟨δέχεσθαι⟩ ἐφ’ ὑ]γιείαι καὶ σωτηρίαι (10)τῆ[ς βουλῆ]ς καὶ π[αί]δων καὶ γυναικ̣ῶ̣[ν καὶ τ]ῶν φίλων κα[ὶ συμμάχων· ἐπαινέ]σαι δὲ τὸν κοσμη- τὴν [Ἡδύλ]ον Στ̣[ρ]ά[τ]ωνος Λα[μ]π̣τρέα κα[ὶ τοὺ]ς ἐφή[βους, καὶ στεφανῶσ]α̣ι ἕκα̣[στ]ον αὐτῶν θαλ- λοῦ σ[τε]φάνωι ^v ἐπὶ τῆι εὐσεβείαι τῆι π[ρὸ]ς̣ τ̣[οὺς θεοὺς καὶ] ἐπὶ [τ]ῆι παρ’ ὅλον̣ [τὸν ἐνι]αυτὸν̣ [σπουδῆι καὶ φι]λοπονίαι περὶ πάντα, [ἵνα τούτων συντελο]υμένων φαίνη̣[ται ἡ βουλὴ] τιμ[ῶσα αὐ]- τοὺ̣[ς ἀξίως] τῆς ἐπ̣[ιβαλλούσης τιμῆς]. Uninscribed space

Decree 2 (Honours for superintendent of ephebes) (15)Ἐπειδὴ π[ρόσοδον ποιησάμενοι οἱ ἔφηβοι οἱ ἐπὶ Ἀπολλοδώρου ἄρχοντος (80/79) πρ]ὸς τὴ̣[ν βου]λὴν ^v ἐμφανίζουσι[ν] τὸν κοσμη̣[τ]ὴν Ἡ[δύλον Στράτωνος Λαμπτρέα εὐ]γ̣ενῆ κα[ὶ φιλότι]μ[ο]ν πρὸς [ἑ]αυτοὺς γεγονέναι καὶ π[ε]φ̣ρ̣οντικένα[ι - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -]ν προτρ[επόμενον ἐπὶ τὰ κάλ]λιστα τῶν ἐπι- τηδευμάτων καὶ πα̣[ρακαθίζοντα ταῖς τῶν ῥητό]ρ̣ω̣ν κ̣α̣[ὶ γραμματικῶν σχολαῖς] καὶ ταῖς γινομέναις ἀκροάσεσι· ^v ἐπιμεμελ̣[ῆσθαι δὲ καὶ τῆς περὶ τὸ σῶμα γυμνασίας καὶ ἀ]σκήσεως, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τῆς ἐν τοῖς (20)ὅπλοις ἐμπειρίας καὶ φ̣[ιλοπονίας, τάς τε ἐκ τῶν νό]μων ἀποδε̣[ί]ξεις πεποιῆσθαι καὶ ἐν τοῖς τῶν εὐεργετῶν ἀγῶσιν [τεθυκέναι ἐν τοῖς καθήκουσι χρόν]οις, καὶ ταῖς γιν[ομέ]ναις λαμπάσ̣ι̣ν διηγωνίσθαι [π]οιουμένους καὶ τὴ[ν πρὸς ἀλλή]λου̣ς̣ [ἅμιλλαν ἐν]δ̣όξως καὶ ἐπάνδρω̣[ς], ἔν τε ταῖς φυλακαῖς ^v καὶ τῶν τ[ε]ιχῶν κ[αὶ τοῦ Π]ειραιέως ἀνελλ̣[ιπῶς π]εποιῆσθαι τῆι πατρίδι τὴν λειτουργ̣[ία]ν διά τε ἑαυτοῦ̣ καὶ τῶν π[αιδευ]τ̣ῶν, ὑπερτιθέμεν[ον πᾶ]σ̣αν δύναμιν τῆι πρός τε τοὺς ἐφ[ήβους] καὶ τὴν πό- (25)λιν̣ [σ]π̣[ουδῆι κ]α̣ὶ φιλοτιμίαι, καὶ πεφρ[οντικ]έναι τοῦ πάντας ἐνό̣πλο̣υς ὑπάρχειν· ^v πεποιῆσ- θαι [δὲ καὶ δαπ]άνας ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ὑ̣[πὲρ τῆ]ς ἑαυτῶν τιμῆς, θύοντα ἐν τοῖς γυμνασίοις οἷς κα- θῆ̣[κον ἦν καὶ χρήματα ἱ]κανὰ διδόντα καὶ δ[ω]ρ̣[εὰ]ς πο[ιού]μενον, ὅπως ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης ἡλικίας ἔν τε εὐτα- ξίαι καὶ σώμ[ατο]ς ἐπιμελείαι τοὺς ἐ[θι]σμοὺς π[οιού]μενοι καὶ τυγχάνοντες ^v τῆς περὶ ταῦτα τιμῆς ἐ[ν] τοῖς καλλί[στοις] ἐθισμοῖς ἀναστρ[έφ]ωνται· δ[ιατ]ετηρηκέναι δὲ αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐν τοῖς βιοτικοῖς [ἀδα]- (30)πάνους, τ[οὺς μὲν προ]υχεῖς καὶ πρ[ὸς τὰ κάλλ]ιστ[α φι]λοτίμως ἔχοντας συνπροτρεψάμενος [εἰς γυ]- μνασι̣[αρχίας, τοὺς δὲ] συμμέτρ̣[ο]υ̣[ς κουφίσας τῆς] ε̣ἰς ταῦτα δαπάνης· ^v προνενοῆσθαι δὲ κα[ὶ τῶν] θυσιῶν ὧν̣ [οἵ τε ἐθισμ]οὶ τῆς π̣[όλεως καὶ οἱ νόμοι προσέ]τατ̣[τ]ον, καὶ τεθυκέναι ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων τὰ ε̣[ἰ]- σι[τ]ητήρια ἐν [τῶι πρυτανείωι τῆι Ἑστίαι - - - - - - - - - -, ἀνεστ]ράφθαι τε δι’ ⟨ὅ⟩λου τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἴσως κα[ὶ] δικα[ίως καὶ κοινῆι πρὸς πάντας τοὺς ἐφήβους καὶ ἰδίαι πρὸς] ἕνα ἕκαστον αὐτῶν, πατρικὴν προσ- (35)[φ]ερόμεν[ο]ν εὔν̣[οι]αν· ἐφ’ οἷς καὶ αὐτοὶ β[ο]υ̣[λόμενοι εὐχαριστεῖν αὐτῶι ἐσ]τ̣εφάνωσάν τε αὐτὸν ἐν τῆι βου- λῆι χρυσῶι στεφάνωι καὶ παρακαλοῦσι τὴν βου̣[λὴν ἐπιχ]ωρῆσα[ι ἑαυτοῖ]ς ποιήσασθαι γραπτῆς εἰκόνος [ἐ]ν ὅπλωι ἀνάθεσιν ἐν τῶ̣ι ἐν Ἐλευσῖνι ἱερῶι καὶ ἐπ̣[ιγράψ]α̣ι̣· [οἱ ἐφηβεύσα]ντες ἐν τῶι ἐπὶ Ἀπολλοδώρου ἄρχοντος (80/79) ἐνιαυτῶι τὸν [ἑ]αυτῶν κοσμητὴν Ἡδ[ύλον Στράτωνος Λαμπτρ]έα ἀρετῆς ἕνεκεν Δήμητρ̣[ι] καὶ Κόρηι· ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἑ[τ]έρας ἐν ἄστει οὗ ἂ[ν εὔκαιρον ἦι· ἐξεῖναι δὲ α]ὐτοῖς ποιήσασθαι αὐτοῦ κ̣[αὶ] (40)χαλκῆς εἰκόνος ἀνάθεσιν ἐν ἀγορᾶι πλὴν οὗ [οἱ νόμοι ἀπαγορεύουσιν· τύχηι] ἀγαθῇ δεδόχθαι τῆι βουλῆι ἐπικεχωρῆσθαι τοῖς [ἐ]φ̣ήβοις στεφάνῳ κα[ὶ εἰκόσιν στεφανοῦσθαι] τ̣ὸν ἑαυτῶν κοσμητὴν [Ἡ]δύλον Στράτωνος Λαμπτρέ[α ἐ]πὶ τῆι πρὸς αὐτοὺς ε[ὐνοίαι καὶ φιλοτιμίαι, ποιήσα]σθαι δὲ καὶ τὴν ἀνάθε- [σι]ν τῶν εἰκόνων ἐν οἷς αἰτο[ῦντ]αι τόποι[ς]· ^v ἔτι δὲ κα[ὶ] στῆ[σαι στήλη]ν̣ ἔχο̣[υσ]αν τά τ’ ἑαυτῶν ὀνόματα κα[ὶ] [τ]ὰ περὶ τούτων ψηφίσματ[α, ἵνα] τούτω[ν σ]υ̣ντελουμέ̣[νω]ν φαίνηται ἡ βουλὴ τιμῶσα τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς τῶν (45)[ἀν]δρῶν. Uninscribed space

Decree 3 (Honours for ephebes) [Ἐ]πειδὴ οἱ ἔ[φ]ηβοι οἱ ἐπὶ Ἀ[πολλ]οδώρου ἄρχοντος (80/79) [καλ]ῶς καὶ εὐσχημόνως πεπ[οίη]νται τὴν ἀ̣να̣σ̣τροφὴ̣ν διὰ παντὸ[ς] τοῦ τῆς ἐφηβείας χ[ρόνο]υ πειθαρχοῦντες [τῶι τ]ε κοσ[μ]ητῆι καὶ [το]ῖ̣ς παιδευταῖς κα[ὶ προ]σ̣εδρεύοντες ταῖς τ[ῶν φιλο]σόφων σχολ̣α[ῖς καὶ] τῶι γυμνασίω[ι] [τ]ὴν καθήκουσαν ἀν[αστρ]οφὴν ποιούμενοι· ἐπιμεμ[έλ]η̣ν[τ]αι δὲ καὶ τῆ[ς πε]ρ̣ὶ τὸ σῶμα γυμνασί- (50)ας καὶ ἀσκήσεως, ἔ[τι δὲ κ]αὶ τῆς ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις φ[ι]λοπονίας παρ’ ὅλον τ[ὸν] ἐ̣νιαυτὸν σπουδῆς καὶ φιλοτιμίας ο[ὐδὲν ἐλλεί]ποντες· ^v ἐποι̣[ή]σαντο δὲ τὴν φυλακὴν τοῦ τε [ἄσ]τεως καὶ τοῦ Πειρα[ι]- έως κατὰ τ[ὰ παραγγελλόμ]ενα ὑπό τε τοῦ κοσμητοῦ καὶ τῶν στρατηγῶν· [ἔ]τι δὲ καὶ τὰς ἐπὶ τὴν χώ- ραν ἐξόδ̣[ο]υς κα[τὰ τὸ δυνατ]ὸ̣ν̣ πάν[τ]α πράττοντες μεθ’ ὁμονοία[ς]· τάς τε τῶν ἡγουμένων ἐγδοχὰ[ς] ἐπετ[έλ]εσαν με[τὰ πάση]ς προθυμίας· διαφυλάττοντες δὲ καὶ τὴν [π]ρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς εὐσέβειαν τά[ς] (55)[τε πομπ]ὰς σ[υν]έπεμψαν τῆι πόλει πάσας καὶ τὰς λειτουργίας ἐλειτούργησαν· ἔθυσαν δὲ τά τε Προη[ρ]- έσια καὶ Μυστήρια καὶ Πειραῖα καὶ Διονύ[σ]ια παραστήσαντες ὡς κάλ[λιστ]α θύματα· ἔ[θ]υσαν δὲ καὶ τοῖς Διογενείοις ἐν τῶι τεμένει καὶ τὰς ἄλλας θυσίας ἐπετέλεσαν [τὰς καθ]ηκούσας καὶ ἐκαλλιέρη- σαν ἐμ πάσαις· ^v ἔθυσαν δε καὶ τὰ Σύλλει[α] κα[ὶ ἐ]καλλιέρησαν, ὁμ[οίως δὲ κ]α̣ὶ τὰ ἐξιτητήρια ἐν ἀκρο- πόλει τῆι τε Ἀθηνᾶι τῆι Πολιάδι καὶ τῆι Κουρ[οτρό]φωι καὶ τῆι Πανδρόσ[ωι κ]α̣ὶ ἐκαλλιέρησαν· ἵ̣να οὖν κα[ὶ] (60)ἡ βουλὴ φαίνηται ἀποδεχομένη τὴν τῶν ἐ[φή]βων ἀρετὴν καὶ πρὸς τὰ κ[α]λὰ φιλοτιμίαν, ^vv τύχηι ἀγαθῆ[ι] δεδόχθαι τῆι βουλῆι ἐπαινέσαι τοὺς ἐφήβο[υ]ς τοὺς ἐπὶ Ἀπολλοδώρου ἄρχοντος (80/79) καὶ στεφανῶσαι χρυσῶι στεφάνωι, ἐφ᾿ ἧι πεποίηνται εὐταξί[αι] καὶ τῆι περὶ τὰ κάλλιστα τῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων σπο[υ]- δῆι, καὶ ἀνειπεῖν τὸν στέφανον Διονυσίων [τῶν μεγ]ά̣λων τῶι καινῶ[ι ἀγῶνι] καὶ Παναθηναίων καὶ Ἐ- λευσινίων τοῖς γυμνικοῖς ἀγῶσιν· ^v τῆς δ[ὲ ἀναγορε]ύσεως τοῦ [στεφάνο]υ ἐπιμεληθῆναι τὸν στρ[α]- (65)τηγὸν καὶ τὸν κήρυκα τῆς ἐξ Ἀρείου Πάγ̣[ου βουλ]ῆς· ἐξεῖναι δὲ [αὐτοῖς ποι]ήσασθαι κ[αὶ τὴν τοῦ] πί̣νακος ἀνάθεσιν ἐν ὧι ἂν εὔκαιρον ἦι τόπωι· ^v ἀ[ναγρά]ψαι δὲ τόδε τὸ ψ[ήφισμ]α μετὰ τῶν [ἄλλων εἰς τὴν] [αὐτ]ὴν στήλην, ἵνα τούτων συντελουμένων φαίν[ηται ἡ β]ουλὴ τιμῶσ[α τοὺς] ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης [ἡλ]ικίας τῶ[ν] [νέω]ν ἐπιδιδόντας ἑαυτοὺς ἐπὶ τὰ κάλλιστα τῶν [ἐπιτηδευμ]ά̣τω[ν, γίν]ωνται δὲ καὶ ἕτεροι ζηλωταὶ τῶ[ν] [ὁμοί]ων. Uninscribed space

(70)οἱ ἐφηβεύσαντες ἐ[πὶ] Ἀπολλ[οδ]ώρου ἄρχοντος (80/79)

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In crown ὁ δῆμος (75)τὸν κοσμητήν.

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In crown [ἡ βουλ]ὴ [τοὺ]ς [ἐφήβου]ς.

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In crown (80)οἱ ἔφηβοι τὸν κοσμητήν.

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References:

AIO 1798 (Translated text) (AIO)

IG II² 1006 IV 121-25 (PHI)

IG II² 1039 (PHI)

SEG 38.117 (ll. 146, 178–182) (PHI)

SEG 22.110 (PHI)

Wilhelm, Attische Urkunden VI, no. 35, 10, pp. 260-61 (l. 14)

AIO Papers 11, 1-12 (AIO Paper)

AIO Papers 11B no. 1, Figs. 1-4 (AIO Paper)

Henderson, Springtime, T9.2

Translation by: Stephen Lambert, Julian Schneider

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Decrees (Council)

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[1] Important revisions to the IG text of these decrees were made by M. Mitsos, Arch. Eph. 1964, 36-49 (SEG 22.110) and S. Follet, Cahiers du Centre d’ Études Chypriotes 9, 1988, 24-25 (SEG 38.117). On these and the other textual changes we have made, and on the date of the decrees, see AIO Papers 11. For photographic documentation see AIO Papers 11B. [2] Mitsos, 42-43, following Raubitschek, suggested that this transfer of the Council meeting from the (Panathenaic) stadium to the Theseion was necessitated by the festival of Artemis Agrotera taking place at Agrai close to the Panathenaic stadium on the same day (6 Boedromion, l. 3, cf. Parker, Polytheism, 461-62). There is a similar provision at IG II² 1043, ll. 4–5, where a meeting on 4 Boedromion was transferred from the Panathenaic stadium to the theatre of Dionysos. On this phenomenon of shifting meetings see now also G. Tozzi, Assemblee politiche e spazio teatrale ad Atene (2016) (= SEG 67.17). [3] This is the earliest and best preserved of a group of five inscriptions honouring the ephebes, their superintendent and the other ephebic staff, dating between Sulla and the Augustan period. For the others see IG II² 1041, IG II² 1042, IG II² 1043, and IG II² 1040+1025, with notes. (On earlier inscriptions honouring ephebes see RO 89 with notes). For analysis see E. Perrin-Saminadayar, in S. Follet ed., L’Hellénisme d’ époque Romaine: noveaux documents, nouvelles approches (2004), 87-103; C. Pélékidis, Histoire de l’éphebie attique (1962). All the inscriptions follow the same basic scheme, though there are differences in detailed wording. Decree 1 honours the ephebes and their superintendent for performance of sacrifices, decree 2 honours the superintendent, decree 3 honours the ephebes and their trainers. The inscription ends with citations in inscribed crowns followed by a roster of the ephebes, arranged according to the twelve tribes, and probably including a separate list of foreigners (see n. 10 below). The decrees were passed by the Council alone, though the Assembly is associated with the honours for the superintendent in the crown at ll. 73-75. There are no extant inscribed decrees of the Assembly between the Sullan sack and the 40s BC (cf. Habicht, Athens, 316) and some have suspected that this, and the prominent role of the Council here, are a consequence of more oligarchic constitutional arrangements introduced by Sulla (for debate on this issue see Habicht, 317-19). The decrees on IG II² 1043, passed under Marcus Antonius, are similarly formulated as Council decrees, and, also as in that inscription, in this one the herald of the Areopagos was responsible for the proclamation of the crown (l. 65). In the other ephebic inscriptions from this period the treasurer of the stratiotic fund has this responsibility (cf. Habicht, 319). However, the decrees of IG II² 1041 are formulated as probouleumatic decrees of the Assembly, while IG II² 1042 and IG II² 1040+1025 have mixed formulations (on decrees of the Council and People in this period see I Rhamnous 423 with notes). None of these decrees gives an indication in its text of its original location, but the findspots of most of the fragments and clauses in the decrees providing for honorific statues (e.g. l. 40, IG II² 1043, ll. 68-9, IG II² 1040+1025, l. 13 ?) make the Agora the most likely place of erection of the decrees (cf. Pélékidis, 208; IG II² 1041 ll. 5-6, 33 specifies erection of the stele next to the statue of the superintendent). Erection of these monuments in the Agora also follows the example of the ephebic decrees of the immediately preceding period (IG II² 1006, ll. 48, 97; 1008, l. 73; 1009, ll. 25, 55; 1011, ll. 30, 51-52; 1028, ll. 56-57, 104; 1029, l. 37) and the location was established already with the earliest examples of the genre: IG II³ 1, 917, l. 33. [4] At this period ephebic training lasted one year, marked off by two rituals, the entry-sacrifices for Hestia in the city-hall (prytaneion) (eisitētēria l. 32, see Pélékidis, 217–9), which, if Pélékidis' analysis is correct, took place at the beginning of the ephebic year, in the third month of the Athenian year, the autumn month Boedromion, (IG II² 1042, l. 5, cf. IG II² 1043, l. 8), and the exit-sacrifices (exitētēria ll. 6 and 58, see Pélékidis, 256) in late Metageitnion (the month before Boedromion), performed by the ephebes on the Acropolis for Athena Polias, Kourotrophos and Pandrosos. Note that the decrees honouring the ephebes are usually passed in early or mid-Boedromion (cf. n. 2 above, and note also IG II² 1006, 1008, 1011), which on this timetable was shortly after the end of the ephebic year in Metageitnion. [5] The second decree in honour of the superintendent (kosmētēs), Hedylos son of Straton of Lamptrai (who had been an ephebe himself in 117/6 BC, IG II² 1009, 71), shows the various aspects of ephebic training that he supervised. His office is considered a public “liturgy” (leitourgia) and he was financially responsible for equipment (i.e. arms for training), sometimes also providing oil for the gymnasium, prizes for contests and funds for honouring the ephebes (see Pélékidis, 104–106). He also encourages “leading” ephebes (i.e. presumably the wealthiest) to meet the costs of gymnasiarchies. This stands in a long tradition designed to introduce the wealthiest members of Athenian society to their obligations to the community, cf. IG II³ 4, 331, with n. 3. Compare IG II² 1043, in which the (obviously very wealthy) ephebe, Sosis son of Sosis of Oe, was gymnasiarch and provided extraordinary funds for his fellow ephebes (l. 65 with n. 1). After completing his year of service the superintendent receives multiple honours (for similar, see IG II² 1043 ll. 33–39, IG II² 1040-1025 ll. 10–17). On the painted image, a common honour in the 1st century BC, see SEG 28.95 with notes. [6] The Sylleia were Games in honour of Sulla, which were probably inaugurated on his visit to Athens in 84/3 BC, and are unlikely to have long survived his death in 78 BC. IG II³ 4, 375 is a dedication commemorating an ephebic victory in the torch race. It has been suggested that they were not new Games, but a rebranding of the Theseia. See A. E. Raubitschek, Studies in Roman Economic and Social History in Honour of Allan Chester Johnson (1951) 49–57; M. C. Hoff, in The Romanization of Athens (1997), 42 with n. 76; A. Eckert, Lucius Cornelius Sulla in der antiken Erinnerung (2016), 94–95. [7] Decree 3 honours the ephebes, summarising the key elements of their training at this period: military drill and exercises, like guarding the city walls, the Piraeus, expeditions into the Attic countryside (ll. 22-23, 51-53) and public military parades (l. 20) at the end of the ephebate (see Pélékidis, 268–273; in the post-Sullan decrees some reduction of the military training staff took place in comparison with earlier periods, see IG II² 1043 n. 6; Perrin-Saminadayar 2004, 99-100). Since the late second cent. BC, academic education had been added to the programme (first attested in 123/2 BC in IG II² 1006, 19–20; see M. Haake, Der Philosoph in der Stadt (2007), 44-55). Also included were athletic competitions such as torch-races or cavalry exercises (e.g. IG II² 1040-1025, 28). An essential part of the ephebic training focused on integration into the civic body via participation in processions and ritual festivities of the city where the ephebes performed or assisted at several sacrifices (see Pélékidis, 217-56): the Proeresia (Parker, Polytheism, 479), Mysteria (cf. IG II² 1040-1025 l. 7, Parker, 196 and 476), the Peiraia (at Piraeus for Dionysos, see Parker, 318 and 468), the Dionysia (i.e. the Great or City Dionysia, Parker, 316–26) and the Diogeneia (at the Diogeneion, which functioned as the headquarters for the ephebes; see IG II³ 1, 1160 n. 4). [8] Several pairs of brothers are attested in the roster (ll. 85-86, 96-97, 158-59), suggesting that at this period the ephebate was not strictly linked to a particular age (in the Classical period ephebes had served between the ages of 18 and 20, cf. RO 89). In the Hellenistic period, traditions of ephebic service were often strong in particular families, cf. Perrin-Saminadayar 2004, 95-97. [9] Among the ephebes of the tribe Kekropis (ll. 140-42) are listed two Cappadocian princes, designated “Friends of Rome”, Philoromaioi, a title traditionally borne by members of their dynasty. They were probably sons of King Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios, Ariobarzanes II Philopator (the later King of Cappadocia from 63–52 BC) and Ariarathes, his younger brother. For debate on this point see the discussion of the date of this inscription at AIO Papers 11. [10] On the ascription of this fragment to this decree see AIO Papers 11. It consists of ethnics of foreigners who, if the attribution is correct, were also admitted to the ephebate, similar in effect to the Cappadocian princes (n. 9 above), although, unlike them, they did not enjoy the Athenian citizenship. Foreigners were allowed access to the ephebate from at the latest 123/2 BC (Pélékidis, 190), a development that can be linked to the introduction of an academic element into the programme at the same time. The ethnics show that they came from a wide variety of cities in the Mediterranean. See E. Perrin-Saminadayar, Éducation, Culture et Société à Athènes (2007), 461–65, and cf. IG II² 1043 n. 7.

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