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THE THEATRE OF DIONYSUS.

lich der Artemis als Eukleia, weil unter Artemis Schutze (p. 212) die
Schlacht geschlagen war, spaterhin mag Eukleia eine besondere
Gottheit geworden sein. V., p. 54; C. I. G. 258; see, further,
W.,S.A., p. 273.

No. 33. ■—'lepew; I Aiovvcrov | MeA,7royu.ez>ou | etc reyyeiToov.

C. I. A. 27S : V. 18. Date : Age of Hadrian, possibly later.
The seat of the Priest of Dionysus the Singer, chosen from the

In respect to Aiovvo-os MtA-n-o/xevo?, cf. No. 29. The re^virat were
a guild of actors, who were of the nature of a religious caste because
of the religious character of the Greek Drama. Cf. Rang., Antiq.
Hell., II. 813; Athenaeus, V. p. 212 d; C. I. G. 349; M., Heor.,
p. 266 ; Die Dionysischen Kunstler, von Otto Liiders.

No. 34.—'lepews 'AttgWcovo? TIaTp[p~\o[v~\.
C. I. A. 279 : V. 19. Date : Not before Hadrian.
The seat of the Priest of Apollo Patroos.*

The Pythian Apollo was the Patroos of the city, and there were
two places sacred to him, ■—■ the UvOlov and the AeA^tviov.f

No. 35.—fIe/3eco? I 'Avnvoov | yopelov etc re^veirwv.

C. I. A. 280 : V. 20. Date : Hadrian's Reign.

The seat of the Priest of Antinous, the leader of the dances, chosen
from the Artists.

Hadrian, as is well known, established a cult for the worship of
Antinous after the unlucky youth was drowned in the Nile. Cf. PL,
Gr. u. R., II. p. 345. For the re^viTat, see remarks under No. 33.

* For this surname of Apollo, see Maury, Religions tie la Grhe Antique, II.
p. 3. For a longer discussion, see Welck., Gr. Gotlerl., I. 491 ff.; M., Heor.,
p. 51 ff.; Sch., Gr. Alt., II. p. 548 f.

f See Demosth., Cor., § 141; Aristid. Panath., p. 112 (Jebb); Paus., I. 3, 4.
Mommsen believes the cult to have been of rather late introduction. The inscrip-
tions are all of imperial times. C. I. A., III. 1, 647, 6S7, 707.
 
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