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44° XL APAMEIA.
The Apamean inscriptions mention an Archon of the Gerousia, and
an Advocate; the latter is not an official, but a person who represents
and speaks on behalf of the Gerousia as an act of kindness and
generosity.
It must not be understood that members of the Gerousia were
necessarily old men in the modern sense. They were admitted at
an age when they had still sufficient vigour to enjoy athletic exer-
cises 1; they often had a gymnasium as their meeting-place (p. 112);
and the gymnasiarch at Hierapolis controlled their funds (p. 113).
In general, grown men were classed as Neoi or as Gerontes 2; and
those who passed out of the class of Neoi were qualified in age
for the Gerousia.
(4) Epheboi, Neoi. The title Ep/iebarch no. 297 implies a college
of Epheboi. The Neoi are not mentioned; but doubtless also formed
a college. The college of Neoi never acquired the privileges, influence
and wealth of the Gerousia, and hence it makes little show in inscrip-
tions. The Epheboi are, in many respects, a much more important
body than the Neoi. In the freely developing Greek cities, the
system of education was organized as a primary care of the state;
and Epheboi required and received much more oversight than Neoi.
The educational system is the finest side of the Greek city constitu-
tion 3; and we do not find any proof that it received as much attention
in the Roman period, while we find clear proof that ease, comfort,
and luxurious surroundings received then more attention from the
cities. The defect of the Roman imperial system was its disregard
of the duty of educating its subjects. It devoted all its care to the
work of amusing, and feeding, and managing the business of, the city
population; but it left all provision for education to the municipal
government, and, as home-rule in the cities decayed, the educational
system decayed also.
(5) Guilds. Tribes are not mentioned in tho inscriptions. The
reference to Shoemakers' Street, no. 294, suggests that the different
trades were apportioned to special streets; and it is possible that
and Julia Augusta, if the time of Cara- children of both sexes: literature, music,
calla be too late. and athletics are all regulated in the
1 yepovTiKrj 7rn/UuaTpa BCH 1881 p. 481. interesting inscr. BOH 1880 pp. 112 if,
2 In some places an intermediate class the salaries of the teachers are fixed,
of Mpes was distinguished ; but this was and examinations prescribed, the Gym-
less common. nasiarch and the Paidonomos survey
3 See p. in. A charming example is and direct the conduct of teachers and
found at Teos in the third century b. c. pupils.
Polythrous left 34000 dr. to educate free
The Apamean inscriptions mention an Archon of the Gerousia, and
an Advocate; the latter is not an official, but a person who represents
and speaks on behalf of the Gerousia as an act of kindness and
generosity.
It must not be understood that members of the Gerousia were
necessarily old men in the modern sense. They were admitted at
an age when they had still sufficient vigour to enjoy athletic exer-
cises 1; they often had a gymnasium as their meeting-place (p. 112);
and the gymnasiarch at Hierapolis controlled their funds (p. 113).
In general, grown men were classed as Neoi or as Gerontes 2; and
those who passed out of the class of Neoi were qualified in age
for the Gerousia.
(4) Epheboi, Neoi. The title Ep/iebarch no. 297 implies a college
of Epheboi. The Neoi are not mentioned; but doubtless also formed
a college. The college of Neoi never acquired the privileges, influence
and wealth of the Gerousia, and hence it makes little show in inscrip-
tions. The Epheboi are, in many respects, a much more important
body than the Neoi. In the freely developing Greek cities, the
system of education was organized as a primary care of the state;
and Epheboi required and received much more oversight than Neoi.
The educational system is the finest side of the Greek city constitu-
tion 3; and we do not find any proof that it received as much attention
in the Roman period, while we find clear proof that ease, comfort,
and luxurious surroundings received then more attention from the
cities. The defect of the Roman imperial system was its disregard
of the duty of educating its subjects. It devoted all its care to the
work of amusing, and feeding, and managing the business of, the city
population; but it left all provision for education to the municipal
government, and, as home-rule in the cities decayed, the educational
system decayed also.
(5) Guilds. Tribes are not mentioned in tho inscriptions. The
reference to Shoemakers' Street, no. 294, suggests that the different
trades were apportioned to special streets; and it is possible that
and Julia Augusta, if the time of Cara- children of both sexes: literature, music,
calla be too late. and athletics are all regulated in the
1 yepovTiKrj 7rn/UuaTpa BCH 1881 p. 481. interesting inscr. BOH 1880 pp. 112 if,
2 In some places an intermediate class the salaries of the teachers are fixed,
of Mpes was distinguished ; but this was and examinations prescribed, the Gym-
less common. nasiarch and the Paidonomos survey
3 See p. in. A charming example is and direct the conduct of teachers and
found at Teos in the third century b. c. pupils.
Polythrous left 34000 dr. to educate free