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Hussey, George B.: Greek sculptured crowns and crown inscriptions
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GREEK CROWNS AND CROWN INSCRIPTIONS.
(2) a gold crown by the boule and demos to the epheboi; (3) a gold
crown by the boule and demos to the kosmetes ; (4) a gold crown by the
demos of the Salaminians to the kosmetes; (5) an ivy crown by the boule
anddemos to thekosmetes and epheboi. On the same principle, in C.I. A.,
n, 467 (pl. x-11), an ivy crown begins the line, and an olive crown
concludes it; while three gold crowns are placed between them. In
C.I. A., n, 329, a crown by thedemos to theprytaneis stands between two
crowns awarded by less important bodies. C.I. A., n, 454 and Bull, de
com helUn., iv, 175 seem other examples of this central position of
the important crown; and the general principle is also applied in
arranging the crowns on the monument described in Mittheil., ix, 49.
When several crowns are equally important, they may be arranged
in various symmetrical positions. In C.I.G., 2270, five crowns given
by the boule and demos for services to the State are arranged so as to
form the four corners of a rectangle, as well as the middle point of its
upper side. The middle points of the other sides and the centre of the *
rectangle are composed of crowns received for priestly services. In
Bull, de corr. hellen., vii, 469, two crowns given by demoi form the
extremities of the upper row; but the centre of it and the entire lower
row are crowns given by an association of certain traders and ship-
pers. In Bull, de corr. hellen., ix, 268, in a long list of services for
which crowns were given, an embassy is placed at each end of the up-
per row and at the centre of the lower one. The quincunx, mentioned
above, has in its centre a crown given by the demos of the Athenians,
and, around it, four crowns given by the demoi of several islands.
Thus far, importance in general estimation has been considered.
But, when any corporation erected a monument on which were cut
crowns given by them, as well as those given by others, they often put
their own crowns in the most prominent place. Thus, in the inscrip-
tion in honor of Demetrios Phalereus {C.I.A., n, 1217), Athenian gar-
risons stationed at Eleusis, at Panakton, at Phyle, place their crowns
even before those of the boule and demos. In C.I.A., n, 1158, the boule
places several crowns given by itself to certain individuals before a
crown given by the demos to the boule. Another exceptional arrange-
ment occurs in cases where a crown of the boule stands before an ex-
actly similar one of the demos. Thus, in C.I.A., n, 1347, a crown con-
tains i) f3ov\7j | <deofievr)<i Olr)6ev\el'irev, and immediately below it is
another inclosingo Sr/fios \ (deofievvs | Olrjdev el-rrev. So, also, in C.I.A.,
[i, 1530, the two crowns ?; ftovXij, 6 Sr}/xo? probably have this relative
GREEK CROWNS AND CROWN INSCRIPTIONS.
(2) a gold crown by the boule and demos to the epheboi; (3) a gold
crown by the boule and demos to the kosmetes ; (4) a gold crown by the
demos of the Salaminians to the kosmetes; (5) an ivy crown by the boule
anddemos to thekosmetes and epheboi. On the same principle, in C.I. A.,
n, 467 (pl. x-11), an ivy crown begins the line, and an olive crown
concludes it; while three gold crowns are placed between them. In
C.I. A., n, 329, a crown by thedemos to theprytaneis stands between two
crowns awarded by less important bodies. C.I. A., n, 454 and Bull, de
com helUn., iv, 175 seem other examples of this central position of
the important crown; and the general principle is also applied in
arranging the crowns on the monument described in Mittheil., ix, 49.
When several crowns are equally important, they may be arranged
in various symmetrical positions. In C.I.G., 2270, five crowns given
by the boule and demos for services to the State are arranged so as to
form the four corners of a rectangle, as well as the middle point of its
upper side. The middle points of the other sides and the centre of the *
rectangle are composed of crowns received for priestly services. In
Bull, de corr. hellen., vii, 469, two crowns given by demoi form the
extremities of the upper row; but the centre of it and the entire lower
row are crowns given by an association of certain traders and ship-
pers. In Bull, de corr. hellen., ix, 268, in a long list of services for
which crowns were given, an embassy is placed at each end of the up-
per row and at the centre of the lower one. The quincunx, mentioned
above, has in its centre a crown given by the demos of the Athenians,
and, around it, four crowns given by the demoi of several islands.
Thus far, importance in general estimation has been considered.
But, when any corporation erected a monument on which were cut
crowns given by them, as well as those given by others, they often put
their own crowns in the most prominent place. Thus, in the inscrip-
tion in honor of Demetrios Phalereus {C.I.A., n, 1217), Athenian gar-
risons stationed at Eleusis, at Panakton, at Phyle, place their crowns
even before those of the boule and demos. In C.I.A., n, 1158, the boule
places several crowns given by itself to certain individuals before a
crown given by the demos to the boule. Another exceptional arrange-
ment occurs in cases where a crown of the boule stands before an ex-
actly similar one of the demos. Thus, in C.I.A., n, 1347, a crown con-
tains i) f3ov\7j | <deofievr)<i Olr)6ev\el'irev, and immediately below it is
another inclosingo Sr/fios \ (deofievvs | Olrjdev el-rrev. So, also, in C.I.A.,
[i, 1530, the two crowns ?; ftovXij, 6 Sr}/xo? probably have this relative