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520 XII. CHRISTIAN INSCRIPTIONS OF S.W. PHRYGIA.
answering was very aggravating. The official report is sufficient proof
that he was a senator. But at that period there is clear evidence that
many Chr. objected to hold municipal office, as we see from Celsus (in
Origen c. Cels, VIII 75 p. 224) and Aristides (imep tS>v tztt. vol. II
p. 402 Dind.).
360. Ishekli. CIG 3902/, Cumont 148. Avp. 'AttclXis TXv\kiovos Kare-
(TKivaaa to r}puov kav\rrj Kal toIs irpoKe\i<ribevp.evois Ka[i] | Av£iTv\ri 9peTrr[ri
Kal (p av avvx^p^rio-ei £&v 6 vlos /*o[w] | Avp. 'AXi£avbpos. el \ [t]is 8' hv
(repos eTn.(r\[e]vivKri tlvA, eare \ avT<2 irpbs tov deov.
Auxityche is a name elsewhere unparalleled, except by Dosityche, which
occurs, according to Waddington's reading, in a Chr. inscr. of Apameia
no. 389. Attalis cp. no. 355. Wide power of admission to the grave is
granted to the son : cp. no. 380.
361. (R. 1883). CIG 3891 incorrectly in some details in the tran-
scription, though Hamilton's copy is almost perfect (cp. Rev. Arch. 1876
I p. 281), Cumont 146. [ep]pcocrde\. Avp. TepeXXos Nlrjva /3ovXevTT]s \ rot?
yXvKVTCLTois yovevuw | AvprtXiois M?;i>a j3' tov QiXitittov | j3ovXevTrj yepaiio I
Kal 'AiT(piai 'Apra, to. Ibia e/c tS>v | IblooV els b irpoeKTjbevo-ev t\ov\ ) abeX(pov
(]?[\mi!Ov Kal j ttjv iraTpav KvpiXXav | Kal tx]V e^abeXabr]v \ [p.]ov TIavXav'
Kr}biv9i]\o-€Tai be eis avTb \ rj re avvTpocpos | avrov ^?iXrjTr], | Kal el tivl erepui |
(£>v o-vvyjiipr)fei% \ bs 8' av e-KL^eiprjcreL eWepov eTrei\(revevKeiv, Xr)\\/e\Tai irapa
tov a6a\va.Tov 6eov p,a<T\Teiya aldviov\.
On TtaTpa see no. 272. The names Philip, Kyrilla, Paula, became
common among the Christians. Artas is probably an abbreviation from
Artemidoros, which had become an independent name (Chr. no. 357)-
The concluding formula is unique, but seems on the whole to be Chr.,
cp. no. 445 (which is marked as Chr. by the term Koip.T\Tr]pi.ov), 435.
The words povXevT^s K(al) yepaios occur here and in no. 364 (both
Chr.). The most natural and simple interpretation is that Meiias and
Eutyches were members of the Gerousia: the term Geraios occurs in
that sense at Hierapolis CIG 3916, in Pamphylia at Attaleia (Lanckor-
onski I inscr. no. 8), Sillyon (ibid. no. 58), and it is frequently the case
that senators were members of the Gerousia (e. g. at Sidyma, Benndorf
Lykia I no. 51).
It is, however, perhaps justifiable to suspect that Geraios (which occurs
only in two Chr. inscr.) may mean a presbyter in the Church. Evidence
may yet be discovered to disprove or to confirm the suspicion. It would
not be strange that the same person should hold municipal and Church
dignity. As yet the clerical office was not a profession, which should
be kept apart from secular cares and employments. Cyprian would have
answering was very aggravating. The official report is sufficient proof
that he was a senator. But at that period there is clear evidence that
many Chr. objected to hold municipal office, as we see from Celsus (in
Origen c. Cels, VIII 75 p. 224) and Aristides (imep tS>v tztt. vol. II
p. 402 Dind.).
360. Ishekli. CIG 3902/, Cumont 148. Avp. 'AttclXis TXv\kiovos Kare-
(TKivaaa to r}puov kav\rrj Kal toIs irpoKe\i<ribevp.evois Ka[i] | Av£iTv\ri 9peTrr[ri
Kal (p av avvx^p^rio-ei £&v 6 vlos /*o[w] | Avp. 'AXi£avbpos. el \ [t]is 8' hv
(repos eTn.(r\[e]vivKri tlvA, eare \ avT<2 irpbs tov deov.
Auxityche is a name elsewhere unparalleled, except by Dosityche, which
occurs, according to Waddington's reading, in a Chr. inscr. of Apameia
no. 389. Attalis cp. no. 355. Wide power of admission to the grave is
granted to the son : cp. no. 380.
361. (R. 1883). CIG 3891 incorrectly in some details in the tran-
scription, though Hamilton's copy is almost perfect (cp. Rev. Arch. 1876
I p. 281), Cumont 146. [ep]pcocrde\. Avp. TepeXXos Nlrjva /3ovXevTT]s \ rot?
yXvKVTCLTois yovevuw | AvprtXiois M?;i>a j3' tov QiXitittov | j3ovXevTrj yepaiio I
Kal 'AiT(piai 'Apra, to. Ibia e/c tS>v | IblooV els b irpoeKTjbevo-ev t\ov\ ) abeX(pov
(]?[\mi!Ov Kal j ttjv iraTpav KvpiXXav | Kal tx]V e^abeXabr]v \ [p.]ov TIavXav'
Kr}biv9i]\o-€Tai be eis avTb \ rj re avvTpocpos | avrov ^?iXrjTr], | Kal el tivl erepui |
(£>v o-vvyjiipr)fei% \ bs 8' av e-KL^eiprjcreL eWepov eTrei\(revevKeiv, Xr)\\/e\Tai irapa
tov a6a\va.Tov 6eov p,a<T\Teiya aldviov\.
On TtaTpa see no. 272. The names Philip, Kyrilla, Paula, became
common among the Christians. Artas is probably an abbreviation from
Artemidoros, which had become an independent name (Chr. no. 357)-
The concluding formula is unique, but seems on the whole to be Chr.,
cp. no. 445 (which is marked as Chr. by the term Koip.T\Tr]pi.ov), 435.
The words povXevT^s K(al) yepaios occur here and in no. 364 (both
Chr.). The most natural and simple interpretation is that Meiias and
Eutyches were members of the Gerousia: the term Geraios occurs in
that sense at Hierapolis CIG 3916, in Pamphylia at Attaleia (Lanckor-
onski I inscr. no. 8), Sillyon (ibid. no. 58), and it is frequently the case
that senators were members of the Gerousia (e. g. at Sidyma, Benndorf
Lykia I no. 51).
It is, however, perhaps justifiable to suspect that Geraios (which occurs
only in two Chr. inscr.) may mean a presbyter in the Church. Evidence
may yet be discovered to disprove or to confirm the suspicion. It would
not be strange that the same person should hold municipal and Church
dignity. As yet the clerical office was not a profession, which should
be kept apart from secular cares and employments. Cyprian would have