IGII2 1255 Decree of the orgeones [of Bendis?] (337/6 BC)

Decree of the orgeones [of Bendis?] (337/6 BC)

IG II² 1255 Date: 337/6 BC

The orgeones decided. Olympiodoros –^[1] proposed. Since the religious officials (hieropoioi)^[2] in the archonship of Phrynichos (337/6) managed well and with love of honour (philotimōs) (5) the procession and the meat- distribution^[3] and everything else, the orgeones shall resolve to praise them and crown them with a gold crown of three hundred drachmas, (10) Antiphanes son of Antisthenes of Kytherros, Nausiphilos son of Nausinikos of Kephale, Aristomenes son of Mosch- of –, for their love of honour (philotimias) towards the orgeones; and this decree (15) shall be inscribed on a stone stele and set up in the sanctuary of [Bendis] by [the secretary] Thallos.^[4]

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References:

IG II² 1255 (Translated text) (PHI)

Schwenk, Athens 13 (PHI)

Kloppenborg and Ascough, Greco-Roman Associations, I no. 2

Guicharrousse, Athènes en partage no. 1

Translation by: Stephen Lambert, Robert Parker

Images: Krateros - (1)

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Decree (Orgeones [of Bendis?])

Findspot: Piraeus (Piraeus Museum 1666)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] There is space for a father’s name or demotic or ethnic. [2] On the orgeones of Bendis see LSCG 45, with notes. From its findspot, date and content this decree was probably issued by them, though that is not certain (the name Bendis fits the available space in l. 16, but is wholly restored). The hieropoioi honoured might be members of the association (in which case they would be the only known citizen members), or three of the ten hieropoioi appointed annually by the Council with responsibilities for city festivals (Ath. Pol. 54.7) and here honoured because of their role in administering the Bendideia (cf. LSCG 45, l. 16 with note 7, IG I³ 136, l. 34; Kloppenborg and Ascough, pp. 24-25). [3] For processions at the Bendideia see Plato, Republic 327a-328a, for mass sacrifice (and so meat-distribution), IG II² 1496, ll. 86-87. [4] The name Thallos, which is not however especially rare, occurs later also among the worshippers of Bendis on Salamis, SEG 59.155.

Added: 12 Jul 2017
Updated: 21 Mar 2024
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