SEG 59.152 Decree of a thiasos of Bendis on Salamis (251/0 BC)

Decree of a thiasos of Bendis on Salamis (251/0 BC)

SEG 59.152 Date: 251/0 BC

Gods. In the archonship of Thersilochos (251/0),^[1] on the second of Skirophorion, at the principal assembly. Nikias^[2] proposed: since the managers (epimelētai) appointed by the society have managed well and with love of honour (philotimōs) (5) the sacrifices to the gods and all other matters concerning the society and have submitted accounts (logous) of their expenses, for good fortune the thiasotai shall decide, to praise them and crown each of them with a foliage crown for their excellence (aretēs) and justice (dikaiosunēs): (10) Rhythmos manager vac. Onesimos manager vac. Ophelion manager vac. treasurer Dokimos vac. secretary Stratokles of Eleusis vac. priest.^[3]

Row 1 In crown Rhythmos

In crown Onesimos

In crown Ophelion

Row 2 In crown Dokimos

In crown Stratokles

In crown No name

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References:

SEG 59.152 (Translated text)

SEG 2.10 (PHI)

SEG 53.162 (ll. 10-12)

Kloppenborg and Ascough, Greco-Roman Associations, I pp. 118-119

Guicharrousse, Athènes en partage no. 12

Translation by: Stephen Lambert, Robert Parker

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Decree (Thiasos of Bendis)

Findspot: Salamis (acropolis) (Salamis Museum ΜΠ 1569)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] On the chronology proposed by M.J. Osborne, ZPE 171 (2009), 83–99. [2] Nikias, Rhythmos, Stratokles and possibly Ophelion all reappear in one or both of SEG 59.151 and IG II² 1317b, issued by the acropolis branch of the worshippers of Bendis on Salamis. Thus it is certain that this decree too was issued by the same group (for whom see SEG 59.151 with note). [3] Eleusinios in l. 11 might in theory be the demotic of Eleusis or a personal name. The pattern of vacant spaces in ll. 10-12 and the vacant crown imply the former (thus Tracy, Athens and Macedon, 121-26 = SEG 53.162), showing that the worshippers of Bendis on Salamis included at least one Athenian citizen.

Added: 12 Jul 2017
Updated: 28 Jun 2025
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