Honorary decree of the boule and demos of Priene for Aulus Aemilius Zosimos
| TITLE: |
| Honorary decree of the boule and demos of Priene for Aulus Aemilius Zosimos |
| DATE: |
| c. 84/81 BC |
| TEXT: |
| I.Pri. 112-113 = SEG 39 1264 HILLER VON GAERTRINGEN (1906): Inschriften Von Priene, Georg Reimer, Berlin |
| EDITIONS/TRANSLATIONS: |
| I.Pri. 111 (English) CARBONNEAU, I (1988): “L’évergétisme à Priène à la fin de l’époque hellénistique”, PhD Dissertation, Université Laval, pp. 45-52 (French) |
| KEYWORDS: |
| Word used to mean procession: |
| ἐπόμ̣πευσε (I.Pri. 112, l. 117) |
| Word used to mean the cult images: |
| ἑρμᾶς δύο (I.Pri. 112, l. 114) |
| Gods or other entities named: |
| The goddess Athena (I.Pri. 112, l. 103) |
| Description of the cult images: |
| Zosimos adorned the gymnasium, setting up two herms in front of the exedra of the ephebes (I.Pri. 112, l. 114-115, τὸ γυμνάσιον ἐκόσμησε, ἀναθ[ε]ὶς ἑρμᾶς δύο πρὸ τῆς ἐφηβικῆ[ς] ἐξέ[δρας) |
| Procession’s route: |
| In the streets of Priene |
| Frequency with which the procession takes place: |
| Yearly, the festival of Panathenaia (I.Pri. 112, l. 102) |
| Performers: |
| As the supervisor of the Panathenaia festival, Zosimos led the procession (I.Pri. 112, l. 104-106, [ἡ]μ̣ῶν προσ[τάτιδ]α θε̣ό<ν,> ἐπόμ̣πευσε μὲν κατὰ τὰ εἰθισ[μέ]να [μ]ετὰ τῶν [βο?]ηγῶν) |
| References to the public attending the procession: |
| Rites related to the procession: |
| As the leader of the Panathenea procession, Zosimos offered a sacrifice of oxen on behalf of the city, he presented a prize to the ephebes for wearing fine armour, and he distributed the meat from the sacrifice to the magistracies and the councillors and to those who ran the long distance race and to the trainers around the place and to the public officials (I.Pri. 112, l. 108-112, π[αρ]έσστησεν δὲ ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως βοϊ[κ]ὴν θυσίαν· ἔθη[κε]ν δὲ καλλιοπλίας τοῖς ἐφήβοις ἆθλον· διένειμεν [δὲ τ]ὰ ἀπὸ τῆς ἱερουργίας ταῖς τε συναρχίαις καὶ βουλευταῖς κα[ὶ τ]οῖς τὸν μακρὸν τροχάσασιν δρόμον κ[αὶ] τοῖς περὶ τὸν τό[π]ον̣ π̣α̣[ι]δευταῖς καὶ δημοσίοις) |
| Allusions to conduct or forms of reverence: |
| Other remarkable elements: |
| Zosimos was honoured in these two decrees for his service as gymnasiarch and for his service as stephanephoros (“city presient/governor” of Priene). It is noticeable that Zosimos had adopted a Roman name |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY: |
| BÖMMER (1952), RE: s.v. Pompa. Herrscher, Vol. XXI.2, p. 1972, n.337 PLEKET, H.W., “SEG 39-1264. Priene. Honorary decree for Zosimos, after 84 B.C.”, in: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Current editors: A. T. E. N. Chaniotis Corsten Stavrianopolou Papazarkadas. Consulted online on 29 October 2021 |
