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E P Η E S 0 S.
A successful athlete records his victories as boy,
youth, and man (7rat<W, αγενειών, άνδρών). The com-
mencement is wanting; how the heading originally
ran may be gathered from the headings of Nos. dcv
ante, dcxvi, dcxvii post. Line i : κατά τό is ex-
plained on No. dcix. Line 2 : ΆΧεια at Rhodes in
honour of the Sun-god are mentioned in C. I. 3208,
5913, line 13. The accusative of the place, as well
as of the game ('Ρόδον Άλεια sc. νίκησα?) is quite
regular; compare C. I. 5913 etc. Line 3 : for the
’Ολυμπία (Άδριάνεια) at Ephesos, see Prolegomena
p. 79; and line 17 post. Line 4: the Βαλβίλληα
were founded at Ephesos by permission of Ves-
pasian, in honour of his favourite astrologer. Thus
Dio Cassius, Vesp. 66, § 9 : τού? τε άστρολόγου? εκ τή?
'Ρώμη? εξώρισε, καίτοι πάσι τοΐ? άρίστοι? αυτών δρώμενο?,
ώστε και δια Βάρβιλλόν τινα άνδρα τοιουτότροπον αγώνα
τοΐ? Έφεσίοι? άγειν συγγωρήσαι’ δπερ ούδεμια άλλη
πόλει ενειμεν. Barbillus was well known in Nero’s
reign ; see Suetonius, Nero 36, where he is called
Balbillus. This confusion between L and R is natural
enough (see notes on Nos. dlxxvii, dxcv ante); and
Barbillus may very likely have been one of the
Ephesian Jews (Acts xix, 13-17 and 19), and his
name possibly Bar-bela (compare 1 Chron. i, 43 etc.).
Concerning the Jewish community at Ephesos we
shall hear more in Nos. dclxxvi, dclxxvii/w/. The
Barbillean games are frequently mentioned in agon-
istic lists from various parts of Greece ; see index to
C. I. and C. I. A. ζλ, and Prolegomena, p. 79. Lines
5-8 : these games are sufficiently illustrated by
Nos. dcv, dcxi, dcxiii. Line 6 : Καπιτάλια is usually
written Καπετώλια, but the I is quite certain. Line 9 :
the Άκτια were very anciently celebrated in honour
of Apollo (see Harpokration and Steph. Byz. 5. v.
Ακτια, Άκτιον), but when Octavian, in commemora-
tion of his victory, founded his new city of Niko-
polis, the games acquired a new significance. Thus
Strabo vii, p. 325 : ήγετο δε και πρότερον τα ’Άκτια τώ
θεώ, στεφανίτη? αγών, υπό τών περίοικων' νυνι δ’ εντιμότερου
εποίησεν ό Καΐσαρ. And Dio CaSS. § 1 ’ άγώνά τε
τινα και γυμνικδν και μουσική? ιπποδρομία? τε πεντετηρικδν
ιερόν, ούτω γαρ τού? την σίτησιν εχοντα? όνομάζουσι, (it
carried -with it, like the Olympia, the right of its
victors to enjoy for life σίτησι? εν πρυτανείω, see Plato,
Apology, p. 36 and reffi) κατεδειξεν,Άκτια αυτόν προσα-
γορεύσα?. Line 11 : on the Artemisia, celebrated in
the month Artemision or March, see No. cccclxxxii.
I see no reason to identify the Αρτεμίσια with the
Έφέσια (as Zimmermann does, Ephesos, p. 114) ;
compare Prolegomena, p. 79, Line 12 : these are
styled Άπολλώνεια Πύθια in a similar inscription from
Philadelphia, C. I. 3428. Line 13 : εποίησα ιερά can
hardly be equivalent to ενίκησα. Line 14 : it is not
specified which city of the name is intended: Lao-
dikeia in Syria or Laodikeia on the Lykos (see on
No. ccccxxi). The contracted form Ααδίκεια is some-
what rare ; but see C. I. 6478, 6493, 6829 line 24,
9916. The ΖΤα Σεβαστώ εν Ααοδικεία are named in
No. dcv, lines 5 and it. Line 15: the Χρυσάνθινα
at Sardes are often named in agonistic inscriptions,
see C. I. 3208, 5913, line 33 ; Eckhel, Doctr. N. V. iv,
p. 438. This celebration is only heard of at the end
of the second century a. d. There was a famous
philosopher Χρυσάνθιο? of Sardes in the reign of
Julian (see Suidas s.v., and Eunapios in Muller’s
Fragmenta Hist. Gr. iv, p. 7 note), who perhaps de-
rived his name from this festival. Line 16 : he was
victorious in the two Olympian games at Smyrna
successively ; just so M. Aurel. Asklepiades (C. I.
5913, line 27) όμοίω? εν Σμύρνη ’Ολύμπια και Άδριάνια
’Ολύμπια. The Olympia at Smyrna in honour of
Hadrian are under the management of a σύνοδο?,
resembling the σύνοδο? Όλυμπική which we hear of at
Tralles (C. I. 2931). For βουλή βη. compare Pro-
legomena p. 74, and No. dcxvii. In line 18 the
lapidary engraved ΑΝΑΒΩΝ by error for ΑΝΔΡΩΝ.
DCXVI.
Fragment of white marble ; height 10 in.; width 10 in.; broken at top, right and bottom. Discovered by Mr. Wood. Unpublished.
ΧΣΟΥΑΠι
ΟΣΖΣΑΝΘίπΠ
ΆΑΙΟΜΕΝ1
ΑΙΕφΕΣΚ
5 ΜΚΗΣΑΣτ
λ Α ΕώΕ
/C]X. Σουλπί[κι-
ο? ~άνθιππ[ο?
/C]Aa^o/zer'[to$·
κ]αί Έφεσιο[?
5 ν~)εικήσα? τ[ά
/zcyajXa Έφε[σια
κ.τ.λ.
Part of the record of the victories of an athlete.
The letters are of the second century a. d. The
‘ Great Ephesian Games ’ are named in most of our
agonistic inscriptions ; they were of ancient fame, see
Thuk. iii, 104, and compare Prolegomena, p. 79.
Successful athletes were often presented with the
freedom of the cities they visited : thus in C. I. 5913
(a typical athlete’s inscription) Μάρκο? Αύρήλιο? Άσκλη-
πιάδη? describes himself as Άλεξανδρεύ?, ‘ Ερμοπολείτη?,
Ποτιολανό?, Ν εαπολείτ[ηβ και ’ Η λείο? και Αθηναίο? βου-
λευτή?, και άλλων πόλεων πολλών πολείτη? και βουλευτή? :
compare No. dcv, line 2, etc.
E P Η E S 0 S.
A successful athlete records his victories as boy,
youth, and man (7rat<W, αγενειών, άνδρών). The com-
mencement is wanting; how the heading originally
ran may be gathered from the headings of Nos. dcv
ante, dcxvi, dcxvii post. Line i : κατά τό is ex-
plained on No. dcix. Line 2 : ΆΧεια at Rhodes in
honour of the Sun-god are mentioned in C. I. 3208,
5913, line 13. The accusative of the place, as well
as of the game ('Ρόδον Άλεια sc. νίκησα?) is quite
regular; compare C. I. 5913 etc. Line 3 : for the
’Ολυμπία (Άδριάνεια) at Ephesos, see Prolegomena
p. 79; and line 17 post. Line 4: the Βαλβίλληα
were founded at Ephesos by permission of Ves-
pasian, in honour of his favourite astrologer. Thus
Dio Cassius, Vesp. 66, § 9 : τού? τε άστρολόγου? εκ τή?
'Ρώμη? εξώρισε, καίτοι πάσι τοΐ? άρίστοι? αυτών δρώμενο?,
ώστε και δια Βάρβιλλόν τινα άνδρα τοιουτότροπον αγώνα
τοΐ? Έφεσίοι? άγειν συγγωρήσαι’ δπερ ούδεμια άλλη
πόλει ενειμεν. Barbillus was well known in Nero’s
reign ; see Suetonius, Nero 36, where he is called
Balbillus. This confusion between L and R is natural
enough (see notes on Nos. dlxxvii, dxcv ante); and
Barbillus may very likely have been one of the
Ephesian Jews (Acts xix, 13-17 and 19), and his
name possibly Bar-bela (compare 1 Chron. i, 43 etc.).
Concerning the Jewish community at Ephesos we
shall hear more in Nos. dclxxvi, dclxxvii/w/. The
Barbillean games are frequently mentioned in agon-
istic lists from various parts of Greece ; see index to
C. I. and C. I. A. ζλ, and Prolegomena, p. 79. Lines
5-8 : these games are sufficiently illustrated by
Nos. dcv, dcxi, dcxiii. Line 6 : Καπιτάλια is usually
written Καπετώλια, but the I is quite certain. Line 9 :
the Άκτια were very anciently celebrated in honour
of Apollo (see Harpokration and Steph. Byz. 5. v.
Ακτια, Άκτιον), but when Octavian, in commemora-
tion of his victory, founded his new city of Niko-
polis, the games acquired a new significance. Thus
Strabo vii, p. 325 : ήγετο δε και πρότερον τα ’Άκτια τώ
θεώ, στεφανίτη? αγών, υπό τών περίοικων' νυνι δ’ εντιμότερου
εποίησεν ό Καΐσαρ. And Dio CaSS. § 1 ’ άγώνά τε
τινα και γυμνικδν και μουσική? ιπποδρομία? τε πεντετηρικδν
ιερόν, ούτω γαρ τού? την σίτησιν εχοντα? όνομάζουσι, (it
carried -with it, like the Olympia, the right of its
victors to enjoy for life σίτησι? εν πρυτανείω, see Plato,
Apology, p. 36 and reffi) κατεδειξεν,Άκτια αυτόν προσα-
γορεύσα?. Line 11 : on the Artemisia, celebrated in
the month Artemision or March, see No. cccclxxxii.
I see no reason to identify the Αρτεμίσια with the
Έφέσια (as Zimmermann does, Ephesos, p. 114) ;
compare Prolegomena, p. 79, Line 12 : these are
styled Άπολλώνεια Πύθια in a similar inscription from
Philadelphia, C. I. 3428. Line 13 : εποίησα ιερά can
hardly be equivalent to ενίκησα. Line 14 : it is not
specified which city of the name is intended: Lao-
dikeia in Syria or Laodikeia on the Lykos (see on
No. ccccxxi). The contracted form Ααδίκεια is some-
what rare ; but see C. I. 6478, 6493, 6829 line 24,
9916. The ΖΤα Σεβαστώ εν Ααοδικεία are named in
No. dcv, lines 5 and it. Line 15: the Χρυσάνθινα
at Sardes are often named in agonistic inscriptions,
see C. I. 3208, 5913, line 33 ; Eckhel, Doctr. N. V. iv,
p. 438. This celebration is only heard of at the end
of the second century a. d. There was a famous
philosopher Χρυσάνθιο? of Sardes in the reign of
Julian (see Suidas s.v., and Eunapios in Muller’s
Fragmenta Hist. Gr. iv, p. 7 note), who perhaps de-
rived his name from this festival. Line 16 : he was
victorious in the two Olympian games at Smyrna
successively ; just so M. Aurel. Asklepiades (C. I.
5913, line 27) όμοίω? εν Σμύρνη ’Ολύμπια και Άδριάνια
’Ολύμπια. The Olympia at Smyrna in honour of
Hadrian are under the management of a σύνοδο?,
resembling the σύνοδο? Όλυμπική which we hear of at
Tralles (C. I. 2931). For βουλή βη. compare Pro-
legomena p. 74, and No. dcxvii. In line 18 the
lapidary engraved ΑΝΑΒΩΝ by error for ΑΝΔΡΩΝ.
DCXVI.
Fragment of white marble ; height 10 in.; width 10 in.; broken at top, right and bottom. Discovered by Mr. Wood. Unpublished.
ΧΣΟΥΑΠι
ΟΣΖΣΑΝΘίπΠ
ΆΑΙΟΜΕΝ1
ΑΙΕφΕΣΚ
5 ΜΚΗΣΑΣτ
λ Α ΕώΕ
/C]X. Σουλπί[κι-
ο? ~άνθιππ[ο?
/C]Aa^o/zer'[to$·
κ]αί Έφεσιο[?
5 ν~)εικήσα? τ[ά
/zcyajXa Έφε[σια
κ.τ.λ.
Part of the record of the victories of an athlete.
The letters are of the second century a. d. The
‘ Great Ephesian Games ’ are named in most of our
agonistic inscriptions ; they were of ancient fame, see
Thuk. iii, 104, and compare Prolegomena, p. 79.
Successful athletes were often presented with the
freedom of the cities they visited : thus in C. I. 5913
(a typical athlete’s inscription) Μάρκο? Αύρήλιο? Άσκλη-
πιάδη? describes himself as Άλεξανδρεύ?, ‘ Ερμοπολείτη?,
Ποτιολανό?, Ν εαπολείτ[ηβ και ’ Η λείο? και Αθηναίο? βου-
λευτή?, και άλλων πόλεων πολλών πολείτη? και βουλευτή? :
compare No. dcv, line 2, etc.