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App. II. INSCRIPTIONS. 463
P-rjaav Ti/3ipiov KXavhiov Ti/3epiov KXavhiov MiOpibdrov vlbv Kvpeiva Ueiacova
MiOpibariavbv, lepea bid fttov Aids KeXaiveons, yvpvao-iapyrjo-avTa hi dyopaLas
/cat ayopavop.T)<ravTa hi dyopaias, /cat ityrjjiapxrjo-avTa /cat inro(T^6p.evov vitep
KXavhiov Tpaviavov tov vlov yvp.vacnapyj.av 8t' ayopaias e/c t&v Ihtwv, /cat
Xapi<rap,evov tyj ttoXsi tov e£ eOovs bihdpevov in avrrjs tu> yvp.va<riap\ovvTi
iropov btjvapia pvpia TrevTaKio-^eikia, /cat rrj pev Trpdrrj k^ap^vw, Iv f\ /cat 17
ayopaios rjxdt], devra to eXawv, i-nep b\ t&v Xoitt&v p[r]]v&v %£ behcoKora
K.a6(i>s 7] ttoXis T]^'ui>o-ev br/vdpia pvpia evaKicr^eiXia, wcrre irpocrredivra Kal
tovtov tov iropov Tots pvpiois irivTaKio-y^eiXiois b-qvapiois a&^ziv tokov bpay-
piaiov eh to t&v KovpaTopwv kititfip.iov rb Kara stos vtt' avT&v bibop.evov,
coore rod Xoittov ypo'vov pr/KSTi etrat Kovpdropas, K.a8<h$ fj ttoXis i^rrjtpia-aTo,
hi oXov tov al&vos. Ttjv avdaracriv Troirjo-apevoov e/c t&v Ibtcov t&v ev rfj
Qeppaiq riAareta.
No. 294 and 296 were engraved during the gymnasiarchate of
Granianus, 295 and 297 after the father's gymnasiarchate : clearly all
four were erected at the same time. The stone on which 296 f are
engraved formed part of the epistyle of some building, doubtless a Stoa,
as is proved by the lacunaria on its under side. Probably this stone,
along with 294 f, was placed in the front of a stoa, which ran along
one side of a street in Apameia; the stone was exposed to view on the
under side, and must therefore have stood immediately over the supporting
columns. The ceiling of the Stoa was cut in deep panels ; and it is not
impossible that the paintings described in § 20 adorned the wall at the
back. It is probable also that the Stoa was long, and that many other
inscriptions besides these were engraved in front of it: the situation is
conspicuous and honourable 1; they must however have been so high that
the man in the street could not read them, but probably nobody ever read
honorary inscriptions.
There was another member above the block containing no. 296 f, as is
shown by the dowel holes in its upper surface; and perhaps the names of
the persons honoured in the inscriptions below may have been cut in larger
letters on the upper stone.
Had Granianus filled any office in the state before he became Gymna-
siarch, this would have been mentioned in the inscriptions : probably he
was still under 25 at the time, and, if the stemma no. 294 is dated nearly
correctly, his gymnasiarchate was in A. D. 155-
Some difficult questions with regard to the constitution of Apameia
turn on no. 297. Mithridatianus 2 engaged that, if his son Granianus
1 iv ra im4>av(aTaT% to'™. They show that there was keen com-
2 Such promises made to secure elec- petition for municipal office in the
tion to an office are often mentioned. middle of the second century.
P-rjaav Ti/3ipiov KXavhiov Ti/3epiov KXavhiov MiOpibdrov vlbv Kvpeiva Ueiacova
MiOpibariavbv, lepea bid fttov Aids KeXaiveons, yvpvao-iapyrjo-avTa hi dyopaLas
/cat ayopavop.T)<ravTa hi dyopaias, /cat ityrjjiapxrjo-avTa /cat inro(T^6p.evov vitep
KXavhiov Tpaviavov tov vlov yvp.vacnapyj.av 8t' ayopaias e/c t&v Ihtwv, /cat
Xapi<rap,evov tyj ttoXsi tov e£ eOovs bihdpevov in avrrjs tu> yvp.va<riap\ovvTi
iropov btjvapia pvpia TrevTaKio-^eikia, /cat rrj pev Trpdrrj k^ap^vw, Iv f\ /cat 17
ayopaios rjxdt], devra to eXawv, i-nep b\ t&v Xoitt&v p[r]]v&v %£ behcoKora
K.a6(i>s 7] ttoXis T]^'ui>o-ev br/vdpia pvpia evaKicr^eiXia, wcrre irpocrredivra Kal
tovtov tov iropov Tots pvpiois irivTaKio-y^eiXiois b-qvapiois a&^ziv tokov bpay-
piaiov eh to t&v KovpaTopwv kititfip.iov rb Kara stos vtt' avT&v bibop.evov,
coore rod Xoittov ypo'vov pr/KSTi etrat Kovpdropas, K.a8<h$ fj ttoXis i^rrjtpia-aTo,
hi oXov tov al&vos. Ttjv avdaracriv Troirjo-apevoov e/c t&v Ibtcov t&v ev rfj
Qeppaiq riAareta.
No. 294 and 296 were engraved during the gymnasiarchate of
Granianus, 295 and 297 after the father's gymnasiarchate : clearly all
four were erected at the same time. The stone on which 296 f are
engraved formed part of the epistyle of some building, doubtless a Stoa,
as is proved by the lacunaria on its under side. Probably this stone,
along with 294 f, was placed in the front of a stoa, which ran along
one side of a street in Apameia; the stone was exposed to view on the
under side, and must therefore have stood immediately over the supporting
columns. The ceiling of the Stoa was cut in deep panels ; and it is not
impossible that the paintings described in § 20 adorned the wall at the
back. It is probable also that the Stoa was long, and that many other
inscriptions besides these were engraved in front of it: the situation is
conspicuous and honourable 1; they must however have been so high that
the man in the street could not read them, but probably nobody ever read
honorary inscriptions.
There was another member above the block containing no. 296 f, as is
shown by the dowel holes in its upper surface; and perhaps the names of
the persons honoured in the inscriptions below may have been cut in larger
letters on the upper stone.
Had Granianus filled any office in the state before he became Gymna-
siarch, this would have been mentioned in the inscriptions : probably he
was still under 25 at the time, and, if the stemma no. 294 is dated nearly
correctly, his gymnasiarchate was in A. D. 155-
Some difficult questions with regard to the constitution of Apameia
turn on no. 297. Mithridatianus 2 engaged that, if his son Granianus
1 iv ra im4>av(aTaT% to'™. They show that there was keen com-
2 Such promises made to secure elec- petition for municipal office in the
tion to an office are often mentioned. middle of the second century.