Prytaneis: A Study of the Inscriptions Honoring the Athenian Councillors (Hesperia Supplement) - Softcover

Dow, Sterling

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0876615019 ISBN 13: 9780876615010

Publisher: American School of Classical Studies, 1937

Synopsis

Prytaneis were the executive officers in charge of the Athenian council (or boule) after its reorganization by Cleisthenes in the 6th century B.C. This study presents all documents recovered from the Athenian Agora relating to the prytaneis, beginning in 327/6 B.C. and ending in the reign of Augustus. 121 of the inscriptions are previously unpublished. Each inscription is presented with detailed epigraphic apparatus, and most are illustrated.

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Review

"The most praiseworthy features of this work are the careful transcription of texts and the prudent restoration of epigraphical formulae. The advance that Dow has made is more apparent in a comparison of his texts with those of earlier editors. By limiting himself to one type of document, the author has been enabled to make a definitive study of all phrases that occur in the prytany decrees and of all the officials honored therein." Kendrick Pritchett, AJP 60 (1939), pp. 257-260.

Edition details

• Publisher: American School of Classical Studies
• Publication date: 1937
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0876615019
• ISBN 13: 9780876615010
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 259