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460 ANCIENT ATHENS.
where he treated them with distinction. We may infer from the inscrip-
tions that Philopappus of Besa and King Antiochus Philopappus were
sons of Epiphanes, and had assumed the name of Philopappus from
respect to the grandfather, the last de facto king of their family. The
name was similar to many adjuncts of those days, such as Philometor
and Philoromseus. While one of the hrothers affected the republican
simplicity of an Attic citizen, the other still adhered to the empty title
of king, which of course he bestowed also on his father Epiphanes. As
to the Latin inscription, I am inclined to believe with Stuart that it
was intended for a son of Callinicus; he could not have been a brother
of the titular King Antiochus Philopappus, their two Greek names
having been the same; but for that very reason he was likely to have
been a first cousin. The Caii Filius show that his father was a citizen
of Eome as well as himself, and it appears that they were enrolled in the
Fabian tribe and Julian family."
From the Latin inscription we learn nearly the date of the monu-
ment. Trajan is styled Dacicus, but not Parthicus, which title, if the
Senate had then bestowed it upon him, would not have been omitted,
especially as there was sufficient space for it on the pilaster. The
monument, therefore, was erected between the years 101 and 108 of the
Christian era.1 As Epiphanes is stated by Josephus to have been young
in the year 72, his son Philopappus must have died at a middle age;
and the monument was probably erected by his surviving brother and
cousin, who may have intended to explain this fact by their own statues
having been erect while the two others were seated. The treatise of
Plutarch on ' How to distinguish a Flatterer from a Friend' is addressed
to Antiochus Philopappus, and in another place he mentions a Ba&tXeix;
<I>t\o7ra7r7ros as having executed with great munificence the office of
agonothetes, and that of choregus for all the tribes on some particular
occasion (Quaest. Symp. i. 10). The title and the two names are suited
1 If we refer the titles Dacicus and Par- though seldom found on monuments till
thicus to the two triumphs of Trajan, the near the end of his reign. But Philopappus
years will be 105 and 115, instead of 101 would probably be early in doing honour
and 108. The title of Optumus was be- to his patron.
stowed uj)on Trajan as early as the year 'M,
where he treated them with distinction. We may infer from the inscrip-
tions that Philopappus of Besa and King Antiochus Philopappus were
sons of Epiphanes, and had assumed the name of Philopappus from
respect to the grandfather, the last de facto king of their family. The
name was similar to many adjuncts of those days, such as Philometor
and Philoromseus. While one of the hrothers affected the republican
simplicity of an Attic citizen, the other still adhered to the empty title
of king, which of course he bestowed also on his father Epiphanes. As
to the Latin inscription, I am inclined to believe with Stuart that it
was intended for a son of Callinicus; he could not have been a brother
of the titular King Antiochus Philopappus, their two Greek names
having been the same; but for that very reason he was likely to have
been a first cousin. The Caii Filius show that his father was a citizen
of Eome as well as himself, and it appears that they were enrolled in the
Fabian tribe and Julian family."
From the Latin inscription we learn nearly the date of the monu-
ment. Trajan is styled Dacicus, but not Parthicus, which title, if the
Senate had then bestowed it upon him, would not have been omitted,
especially as there was sufficient space for it on the pilaster. The
monument, therefore, was erected between the years 101 and 108 of the
Christian era.1 As Epiphanes is stated by Josephus to have been young
in the year 72, his son Philopappus must have died at a middle age;
and the monument was probably erected by his surviving brother and
cousin, who may have intended to explain this fact by their own statues
having been erect while the two others were seated. The treatise of
Plutarch on ' How to distinguish a Flatterer from a Friend' is addressed
to Antiochus Philopappus, and in another place he mentions a Ba&tXeix;
<I>t\o7ra7r7ros as having executed with great munificence the office of
agonothetes, and that of choregus for all the tribes on some particular
occasion (Quaest. Symp. i. 10). The title and the two names are suited
1 If we refer the titles Dacicus and Par- though seldom found on monuments till
thicus to the two triumphs of Trajan, the near the end of his reign. But Philopappus
years will be 105 and 115, instead of 101 would probably be early in doing honour
and 108. The title of Optumus was be- to his patron.
stowed uj)on Trajan as early as the year 'M,