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PRIENE.
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was a common title of the eponymous magistracy,
its holder being probably analogous to the άρχων
βασιλεύς at Athens, for the epithet implies a quasi-
priestly position. It is the eponymous magistracy
at Iasos (see post, No. ccccxli), at Aphrodisias,
Tralles, and some twenty towns in Asia Minor.
So also at Tenos, ante, Nos. ccclxxiv foil.; com-
pare Index to C. I., and Hermann, Gottesd. Alterth.
§ 24, 11 ; J 35, 17. It appears also to have been
the eponymous office at Tarsos; see Athenaeos, v,
p. 215 : Kai Ταρσόν δε ’ Επικούρειος φιλόσοφος ετυράννησε,
Λυσίας ονομα' δ? νπδ της πατρίδος στεφανηφόρος αιρεθεις,
τοντ εστιν ίερεύς ' Ηρακλεους, ούκ άπετίθετο την αρχήν (it
was probably annual therefore), άλλ’ ιματίον (the
costume of peace) τύραννος ήν κ.τ.λ.
2. Στρατηγοί, whose number is unknown. They
appear to have been the most important members
of the executive at Priene. Some idea of their func-
tions and position may be obtained by a reference
to the passages where they are mentioned. No.
ccccxiv, lines 10, 22; No. ccccxv, lines 12, 20;
No. ccccxix, line 32 ; No. ccccxx, line 38; No.
ccccxxvii a. The important position of the στρα-
τηγοί at Priene entirely accords with what we have
observed respecting its independent position.
3. Ίππάρχαι, mentioned in No. ccccxix, fin., with
the στρατηγοί, as charged with the safe escort of an
envoy to Alexandria Troas. At the time of this
decree, therefore, Priene must have had a force of
cavalry ; perhaps they were mercenaries.
4. ‘0 γραμματεύς (της βουλής ?), compare ante, No.
ccccxix, line 21. I have supposed a reference to
this officer in No. ccccm, in my restoration of
line 36.
5. Ό φρούραρχος is alluded to in No. ccccm, lines
66 fol. An interesting decree in honour of Nym-
phon, son of Protarchos, who had twice been com-
mander of the citadel of Priene, was copied by Mr.
A. S. Murray in 1870, ‘from a stele at the door of
a house at Kelibesch,’ and was published by me in
the Hellenic Journal, iv, p. 237; see my remarks
in that memoir.
6. Σιτοφύλακες, see ante, No. ccccxm, three in num-
ber, elected, probably for the year, in the ekklesia.
Compare Harpokration, s. v. σιτοφύλακες. Αρχή τις
ήν Ά θήνησιν, ήτις επεμελεΐτο όπως ό σίτος δικαίως πραθή-
σεται και τα άλφιτα και οι άρτοι.
ρ Οι οικονόμοι, No. ccccxv, line 18. They are
directed to defray out of the public exchequer the
expense of a bronze statue and an inscription in
honour of Larichos. We shall find an οικονόμος simi-
larly mentioned in one of the decrees of Ephesos of
the end of the fourth century b.c. (post); it is thought
that he was probably rather a steward than a
treasurer, and held but a subordinate position.
This may be true also of the board of οίκονόμοι at
Priene, if I have rightly decyphered the very much
worn letters of No. cccci, line 24 : in that case ό
επι τής διοικησεως would be the supreme minister of
finance.
8. Ό νεωποίης, No. ccccxm, line 18; No. ccccxv,
lines 31, 35; No. ccccxvi, line 8; No. ccccxix, lines
29, 32; No. ccccxx, lines 72> 74· See note on
No. ccccxm.
9. Οι ιεροποιοι, only mentioned once, as having to
do with the celebration of a public festival, No. cccci,
line 25.
10. '0 αγωνοθέτης, frequently mentioned in con-
nexion with the Dionysia at Priene.
Prienian names. In addition to the names to
be found in the foregoing inscriptions, I have been
favoured by Professor Percy Gardner with the
following list of all the Magistrates’ names known to
him on autonomous Prienian coins :—
Bronze.
AIANTI
ΕΛΙΚ
EPA
ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΩΡΟΥ
ΑΝΑΞΙΛΑΣ
ΔΙΟΝΥΣ
ΗΡΩΔΗΣ
ΗΡΩΙ
ΘΡΑΣΥ
ΧΑΡΗΣ
ΜΕΝΤΩ
ΑΧΙΛΛΕΙΔΗΣ
ΠΟΛΙ
ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ
ΠΥΡΡΟΥ
ΣΩΣΙΒΙ
ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ
Μιοννετ.
Bronze.
ΠΑΤΡΙΣΚΟΥ
ΜΕΝΕΚΡ
ΤΕΡΑΙ
ΛΑΤΗΣΚΟΥ (? = ΠΑ-
ΤΡΙΣΚΟΥ)
Μιοννετ Supp.
Silver.
ΠΑΣΙΚΛΗ
Bronze.
ΛΑΚΩΝ
ΕΥΜΕΡΟ
In the British Museum.
Silver.
ΒΙΑΣ
ΙΩΙΛΟ
ΚΛΕΟΜ
ΛΥΣΑΓΟ
ΣΩΣΙΠΠΟΣ
Other Prienian names are Sostratos of Priene, from
Sextus Emp. Adv. Gramm, i, 13, ed. Fabr. 1718,
p. 281; Athenaeos, i, p. 19; vi, p. 244; Leomedon
a stephanephoros, Nymphon, son of Protarchos, a
phrourarch, and Lysias son of Polychares, from the
decree in the Hellenic Journal, already referred to;
Timagenes from C. I. A. vol. ii, Pt. 11, No. 963,
line 27.
It may be added that the coins of Priene in the
British Museum appear to belong (like most of our
inscriptions) to about the third century b.c. They
show a general similarity to the Athenian coins, some
even having an owl standing on an amphora; these
may belong to a time of alliance with Athens. The
usual type on the coins is the head of Athenk Polias,
the tutelary goddess of Priene. Next in frequency
is the trident of Poseidon, in reference to the worship
of Poseidon at the Panionion (see Nos. ccccxxvi,
ccccxxvii). The coins give positive evidence in
favour of the independent position of Priene in the
days of Alexander’s successors.
53
was a common title of the eponymous magistracy,
its holder being probably analogous to the άρχων
βασιλεύς at Athens, for the epithet implies a quasi-
priestly position. It is the eponymous magistracy
at Iasos (see post, No. ccccxli), at Aphrodisias,
Tralles, and some twenty towns in Asia Minor.
So also at Tenos, ante, Nos. ccclxxiv foil.; com-
pare Index to C. I., and Hermann, Gottesd. Alterth.
§ 24, 11 ; J 35, 17. It appears also to have been
the eponymous office at Tarsos; see Athenaeos, v,
p. 215 : Kai Ταρσόν δε ’ Επικούρειος φιλόσοφος ετυράννησε,
Λυσίας ονομα' δ? νπδ της πατρίδος στεφανηφόρος αιρεθεις,
τοντ εστιν ίερεύς ' Ηρακλεους, ούκ άπετίθετο την αρχήν (it
was probably annual therefore), άλλ’ ιματίον (the
costume of peace) τύραννος ήν κ.τ.λ.
2. Στρατηγοί, whose number is unknown. They
appear to have been the most important members
of the executive at Priene. Some idea of their func-
tions and position may be obtained by a reference
to the passages where they are mentioned. No.
ccccxiv, lines 10, 22; No. ccccxv, lines 12, 20;
No. ccccxix, line 32 ; No. ccccxx, line 38; No.
ccccxxvii a. The important position of the στρα-
τηγοί at Priene entirely accords with what we have
observed respecting its independent position.
3. Ίππάρχαι, mentioned in No. ccccxix, fin., with
the στρατηγοί, as charged with the safe escort of an
envoy to Alexandria Troas. At the time of this
decree, therefore, Priene must have had a force of
cavalry ; perhaps they were mercenaries.
4. ‘0 γραμματεύς (της βουλής ?), compare ante, No.
ccccxix, line 21. I have supposed a reference to
this officer in No. ccccm, in my restoration of
line 36.
5. Ό φρούραρχος is alluded to in No. ccccm, lines
66 fol. An interesting decree in honour of Nym-
phon, son of Protarchos, who had twice been com-
mander of the citadel of Priene, was copied by Mr.
A. S. Murray in 1870, ‘from a stele at the door of
a house at Kelibesch,’ and was published by me in
the Hellenic Journal, iv, p. 237; see my remarks
in that memoir.
6. Σιτοφύλακες, see ante, No. ccccxm, three in num-
ber, elected, probably for the year, in the ekklesia.
Compare Harpokration, s. v. σιτοφύλακες. Αρχή τις
ήν Ά θήνησιν, ήτις επεμελεΐτο όπως ό σίτος δικαίως πραθή-
σεται και τα άλφιτα και οι άρτοι.
ρ Οι οικονόμοι, No. ccccxv, line 18. They are
directed to defray out of the public exchequer the
expense of a bronze statue and an inscription in
honour of Larichos. We shall find an οικονόμος simi-
larly mentioned in one of the decrees of Ephesos of
the end of the fourth century b.c. (post); it is thought
that he was probably rather a steward than a
treasurer, and held but a subordinate position.
This may be true also of the board of οίκονόμοι at
Priene, if I have rightly decyphered the very much
worn letters of No. cccci, line 24 : in that case ό
επι τής διοικησεως would be the supreme minister of
finance.
8. Ό νεωποίης, No. ccccxm, line 18; No. ccccxv,
lines 31, 35; No. ccccxvi, line 8; No. ccccxix, lines
29, 32; No. ccccxx, lines 72> 74· See note on
No. ccccxm.
9. Οι ιεροποιοι, only mentioned once, as having to
do with the celebration of a public festival, No. cccci,
line 25.
10. '0 αγωνοθέτης, frequently mentioned in con-
nexion with the Dionysia at Priene.
Prienian names. In addition to the names to
be found in the foregoing inscriptions, I have been
favoured by Professor Percy Gardner with the
following list of all the Magistrates’ names known to
him on autonomous Prienian coins :—
Bronze.
AIANTI
ΕΛΙΚ
EPA
ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΩΡΟΥ
ΑΝΑΞΙΛΑΣ
ΔΙΟΝΥΣ
ΗΡΩΔΗΣ
ΗΡΩΙ
ΘΡΑΣΥ
ΧΑΡΗΣ
ΜΕΝΤΩ
ΑΧΙΛΛΕΙΔΗΣ
ΠΟΛΙ
ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ
ΠΥΡΡΟΥ
ΣΩΣΙΒΙ
ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ
Μιοννετ.
Bronze.
ΠΑΤΡΙΣΚΟΥ
ΜΕΝΕΚΡ
ΤΕΡΑΙ
ΛΑΤΗΣΚΟΥ (? = ΠΑ-
ΤΡΙΣΚΟΥ)
Μιοννετ Supp.
Silver.
ΠΑΣΙΚΛΗ
Bronze.
ΛΑΚΩΝ
ΕΥΜΕΡΟ
In the British Museum.
Silver.
ΒΙΑΣ
ΙΩΙΛΟ
ΚΛΕΟΜ
ΛΥΣΑΓΟ
ΣΩΣΙΠΠΟΣ
Other Prienian names are Sostratos of Priene, from
Sextus Emp. Adv. Gramm, i, 13, ed. Fabr. 1718,
p. 281; Athenaeos, i, p. 19; vi, p. 244; Leomedon
a stephanephoros, Nymphon, son of Protarchos, a
phrourarch, and Lysias son of Polychares, from the
decree in the Hellenic Journal, already referred to;
Timagenes from C. I. A. vol. ii, Pt. 11, No. 963,
line 27.
It may be added that the coins of Priene in the
British Museum appear to belong (like most of our
inscriptions) to about the third century b.c. They
show a general similarity to the Athenian coins, some
even having an owl standing on an amphora; these
may belong to a time of alliance with Athens. The
usual type on the coins is the head of Athenk Polias,
the tutelary goddess of Priene. Next in frequency
is the trident of Poseidon, in reference to the worship
of Poseidon at the Panionion (see Nos. ccccxxvi,
ccccxxvii). The coins give positive evidence in
favour of the independent position of Priene in the
days of Alexander’s successors.