On Two Greek Inscriptions, from Kamiros And

ON TWO GRE E K N R ON FROM I SC IPTI S, K A MIROS A ND Y O IN RH OD E S IAL S S , , Y RE SPE CTIV E L .

B NE WTON E S . M. A . Y 0 . T . , Q, ,

Fr m th e ran saction s of th e o al ociet of L iterat ure vol . xi. N ew eries [ o T R y S y , S ]

I HA V E to submit to the Society two Greek in scrip in B tions from Rhodes , both of which are the ritish n u . S Muse m They have a pecial i terest, not only on

u - acco nt of their subject matter , as I shall hope to

show, but also on account of their provenance, one t o being from Kamiros , the other from Ialysos , w of in are the three ancient cities Rhodes , which men t ion ed by Homer in the catalogue of the Greek ships

at Troy . The tombs on both sites have in recent years yielded a most remarkable series of ﬁctile vases

and other antiquities , the most archaic of which present a striking afﬁnity to many of the objects

. a t M ken ae discovered by Dr Schliemann y . The t wo inscriptions I h ave to submit this evening have r no claim to such remote antiquity . Thei date, pro bably, falls somewhere in the interval between the u 4 04 th b ilding of the city of Rhodes , and e x accession of Ale ander the Great .

The decree from Kamiros, which seems the later of the two , is as follows

20 5 8 54 4 2 ON TWO RIIODI A N P INSCRI TIONS .

EA O E EKA MIPEYZ ITAZ KTO IN AZTAI KA MIPEQNTAZ EN TA IN AZQIKA ITAX EN TA IA F EIPﬂ lA N A FPA ‘i’A IP A ZAI KA IEXG EMElN EZTO IEPO NTAZA G A N A IAZ EZTA AA I A lO IN A IXﬂ PIZXAA KH Z EE H MElN A EKA lXA A KHTA IZ

5 A N A FPAd’H MEIN A IKA XPH I I QN TlEA EZO A IA EA N A PAZ TPEIZAYT IKA MA A AO ITIN EX EF IMEA H O H Z EYN TITAY TA I TAZ F' PA E IO I QZTA XIZTA KA IA FO A QZ EYN TA I TQIXPH IE O NT IEA A XIZTO YF‘ A PA ZXEIN TA N ZTAAA N KA ITAZ KTO IN AZA N A FPA ‘ PA lKA IErKO A A ‘ PA IEN TA lZTA 1 0 A A IKA IZTAZ A IEN TQIIEPQITA ZA O A N AXKA IU EPIBO M B ZA IQZ EXH IQZ IZXYPO TATA KA lKA A A IZTATA A ETE A EYM EN A EZTAYTA F‘ A N TATO N TA M IA N F‘ A PEXEIN EFA ETAYTA N TA N KTO IN A N A F‘ O A EIKN YEIN TO YX KTO IN ATAX MA ZTPO N EN TQIlEPQITQlA FIQTATﬂ I 1 5 EN TA IKTO IN A IKATATO N N O MO N TO N TQN PO A IQN TO YTO IA EZYN A EFEZGQN EN KA M IPQIElZTO l EPO N TAZA GA N A lAZO KKATO IlEPO F’O lO lr'A PA r" QN TIKA | A O PEO N TQ M TA IEPATA KA lPEﬂN . T FA H FA N TA A IT '

' E 80 6 K a eﬁcn x7 0 t va K a éwv 51) 7 & 5 mp , 9 mp I ’ ’ wimp fea t 7 & aim 7rda a 9 I [ca l exeep ew ‘ ’ b {e 69 7 p cw e [v] I M ﬁlvq, xwpi9 Xdk I I 3, J 10 e ew Be [ca t a va f a c ew a u ca 79, fnp I yp pnp xpm

f f 3, h l f / an/7 0 eh ea ﬁa t 86 & V 3 & 7 et & v7 uc& o w n /6 { , p 9 I p 9 9 '

éwz eh ﬁ a eﬁvn 7r ci w a> 7 d w 7 a K a i, p n n I p 5 9 9 x ,

’ ’ ’ ' &7ro Bo a eGV7 & c I 7 g?) xpméo vn eh a xt a 'ro v wa p a a xeiv I a I 9 I a A a 7 & 7\& v I K a t x 7 o w& 9 a vaxyp a ea L [ca t e'yxoxa xIra t ev 7 & ' 0 7 & I M; xa t 7 98 iep ai fea t 77' p A C V C I I BoM Bw I o a t COS‘ exy (O 9 w xvp 0 7 & 7 & K a t 7 a 36

7 6 h el et/a Wail/7 a 7 6V wa é ew 6 83: I m p x , I 7 7 & v7 &v 7 &V x7 o w&V &7ro Beucm§ ew 7 0 159 I x7 o wd7 a 9 p da 7 p o v A t A a t I 3 A I I ev 7 9) mpg; 7 9> a y t w7 a 7 g) I 6 11 7 & x7 o w& 1c& 7 a T‘ O V vap o v 7 0 V i ’ ' 7 631, Po Szwv 7 0 177 0 L Sé a vvxef é o ﬁwv é v K a t c 65 7 6 , I y p p p 9 I c A 7 I 0! f I A 9& v& & re/ca cep o v c 9 o 7 0 1, cep o wo co c wa paxye I [v] a wn ICCLL , l Q f A ?0 I 9p eel/7 a) 7 & t ep a 7 & K a mp eco v [7 & 8 I 7 67k?) 7ra v7 & ON TWO H D I I 3 R O AN INSCR PTIONS .

This decree orders that the of the K am irean s both in the Island and on the Continent are to be

’ n s telé H zeron i scribed on a marble , and set up in the

' IC Zva l. of Athena . The ro of Chalke are not included

in this order, but the people of that island may , if

n x7 0 2va l. they thi k ﬁt, also have their entered in the

elected , who are to superintend the carrying out the stelé decree , and are to contract for providing a , for which the lowest tender is to be accepted . The con

m oZva t s telé tractor is to inscribe the on the , to erect

’ H zeron ﬁx it in the of Athena, and to it ﬁrmly all round with lead . The Treasurer is to defray the cost

x-rowafm t of all these operations . The or members of ’ - ' k 7 oZva l, x raZva c a a r os the are to select out of these a p p ,

’ who is to be appointed in the most holy H zeron in

w aiver law th e di the , according to the of Rho ans .

m owdm t These , the are to be assembled in Kamiros , A in the Hieron of thena, and on the arrival of the ' ’ Ze ovrot o E zem am irean s p t are to inspect the of the K . The ﬁrst question which presents itself in this

x7 o wci7 a c x7 oiva c decree is , who and What are the and . The word m oZva is not found in ordinary Greek

x . x Le icons I had, however, inferred from the conte t that in this inscription it was used in the sense of

n a district or local division of land . Agai , the men ' ~ ' Of u. afa 7 os . 1 4 Ze o lrowt . 1 7 tion the , p l , and the p l , seemed to point to some religious rites in connection

x7 0 a l with the 2v c. I had a ready come to this conclu H es chios sion , when I stumbled on the word in y , placed out of its true alphabetical order as follows

I 3/ a A Q I 3/ A x7 vva t 7 K TOlJ/a t w a et s W o ovucwv t e et wv 7 , 7 , x pn p y p 7 ’ p ep epw p é uo g . Schmidt in his recent edition of H esy A 2 4 m PTI ON TWO RIIOD IAN iNsc ONs .

u chios marks this entry with an asterisk , beca se it is out of its alphabetical order, but, since the discovery of this inscription , there is no ground for z stigmati ing this entry . The gloss is somewhat

w 'r a ' o éi obscure . If the words had been x p i ew Wpo y vm v ’ “ Ze oBu p , we might have interpreted them the setting apart of ancestral rites or of sacred precincts inherited ” ' ie eaa from ancestors , but I cannot ﬁnd that p is ever used in that sense , though in the Septuagint it bears “ ” “ the sense of festival, sacriﬁce The second part

Of e e w evo ‘ t IC'TOZVCL the gloss , p p p p s suggests tha the was a deme divided into allotments . hi So far as we can gather from t s inscription, the w a iver had some analogy with the Attic demes , the

K leisth en es introduction of which is attributed to , and which were districts or parishes which had a common temple or place of assembly within their t erritory , and in which all the citiz ens resident in the district were registered . These local demes in Attica must be distinguished from the more ancient g entes or groups of families united by a common band of kinsmanship and common rites , though in some instances these

entes g may have been absorbed into demes . r In an unedited inscription f om Kamiros, we have a wdr a c u long list of p ranged nder larger classes , ' ' h a r t a l, s 7rd7 a perhaps, g p p or and the e p l. may have t 6m i corresponded at Kamiros with the A tic 7 ), wh le

m oZz/a z the may have been local divisions , introduced (167725 K leisth en es like the of , in the course of some

B u t n ot in di political revolution . I am a con tion yet to determine the connection between the K amirean '

7ra 7 a c. m oiva l. and p ' cia 7 o ~ x7 a wa 7 a c The p p s who is to be chosen by the , ON TWO H D IN R ’ ‘ I N 5 R O IAN SC IPI O S. was a magistrate whose name occurs in several Rhodian inscriptions . That from Ialysos , which I publish in ’ t 580 s 7 0 29 M a a -r ow this memoir , begins wi h the heading 5 p m i I n like m anner a decree of the people

F A N X V . of Lindos , edited by oucart , Rev . rch . . S . ' 20 330 5 M a a 7 O/o B u t 7 o fca i A w w. . w p , commences 8 p it would seem from a comparison of these three

ic -r m Rhodian decrees , that the m p constituted a board i xTowc Ta l. of magistrates , chosen by the for the regula i t On of various religious matters . Their authority must have been great, otherwise their name would

dem os t not have preceded that of the , bo h at Lindos and at Ialysos . They are also mentioned in another

I n d . . N e . Rhodian inscription , Ross , Inscript . III o c hios S &a & Poe/ow 1 8. H es c . V . u. 7 oc 7ra 271 . , l y says , p p ’ Bovk ev-rﬁpes where we must a dept Schmidt s restoration

H ra o ration . ovk ev7 & i oi K a i u. & o k V . B ( , p s

cia ' T OL Pellen e states that there were p P in , citing as his authority Aristotle de Pellen e republica (Frag m .

' H ar okration eon 1 91 . . , ed Didot ) p in this passage ’ siders the a a a f rpoa of Fellen e as magistrates with function s analogous to the Attic §n7 n7 a i an d the

a m eg f r n fip elsewhere , and defines their o fice as cX I ’ ‘ ‘ 21} & icon/ti 7 0 17 Tt S dwe SeOeuy/t evn 7 2) {377 6 7 and ’ this is confirmed by the use of o na a -rpa c in the

n v sw an/a c A n dania i scription as the equi alent of , l M a cf ' a H es ch o a and by the ex pl anation of rp t l, in y i s s ’ ’ ﬁ Sau e A n an i a t 7 631; cipxo vr wv ezz ﬁva t (see pp on the d a F n . 20 inscriptio , p , and oucart on the same inscription 5 V A e . . . . . in Lebas , oyage rch ol Pt ii p ’ The assembly of m owa m t is to meet in the temple of ’ Ze ovrot o c Athena when the p come , and are to inspect the W Zepei of the people of Kamiros . hether we interpret 6 I ON TWO R IOD IA N INSCRIPTIONS .

“ tepci here in its moie usual sense th e sacred precincts ” “ ” round temples , or as sacred rites , the function aries assembled were e vidently invested with the

t v n du y of general super isio , for we can attach no other ’ cie eo vn o meaning to the word p .

In the Lindian inscription , already referred to , the ’ ' ie owowl. th e ie eir an d Ze 0 9v7 a t p are associated With p p , “ ” sa criﬁeers n th e , standi g third in order of prece A dence . ll three classes were to be elected at Lindos under the supervision of ten commissioners chosen i i ’ a d hoe by the L n d an s . The Zepm ro t o t also occur in a list of sacred ministers , inscribed on one of the th e A m arbles of temple of pollo E rethim ios in Rhodes . I n ed wo . N We t (Ross, Inscript . o . learn from

N 81 4 E h em . e . Athenian inscriptions (Rangab , o and p

' ' ' ai l N 3 54 5 H zero ozoz A rch o . o . ) that at Athens the p were charged with the duty of conducting the sacri d ﬁces . These functions correspond with what is state E about them in the . Magnum and Schol . ad ‘ tym 1 1 5 D m th . . e os . 1 7 1 Mid , ed Meier, and § , who savs that part of their d uty was to inspect sacriﬁces and victims .

‘ -rotva We ﬁnd from this inscription that some of the x z. were in the small island of Chalke , which lies on the west of Rhodes , and was probably subject to it at all a X I 4 N t . V times ; (see Pliny, Hist . I . , In the ’ m owa m t i matter of registering their at Kam ros , the people of Chalke appear to have been left free , as

[ wail/a t, would be natural if the were local divisions, having reference to common rites . i [w eir/a t f wet os‘ 2 The in the p line , must have been on that part of the c oast of Asia Minor lying opposite

. hi to Rhodes , and called the Peraia T s belonged to ON TWO H D 7 R O IAN INSCRIPTIONS . the Rhodians during the time of their in dep en dence .

This inscription is written in a strong Dorie , in b e I 4 . E e . . é fieu ew . w 2 Which may noted , , ffip l , x i m i i ew u. ey The infinitive ter nation , n for , , is cons dered n 3 5 . . 1 by Ahre s , De Dorica dial p , peculiar to

Rhodes and its colonies in Sicily . He notices traces

E i h a r e m os . of it in the Sicilian poet , p Compare the

A ri en t u o N 4 9 m R . 1 o O . 5 inscription from g g , kh , . I o , 54 5 . 7 R 2525 ibid , and the hodian inscriptions , ibid . b 9 . 2 5. , 0 6 ’ . em i eh ﬁ a eﬁvn l , / n n , compare infra ,

’’ lc weiivn St a l wa eﬁvn dwa eﬁvn in and p , , pg in an K al m n a B Ockh 26 1 7 . scription from y , ,

. 1 0 we L oM oba a c we o ScBa a t OM “ l , p B B for pm v “ B , ’ noMBow are given in the Lex icons as poetic forms ’ ’ oh v do ‘ o s Oom . of p ﬁ , p k

h i s . o r H e s c o . v According to u reading of y , s , the

at a a t a A . Syracusans wrote B aB , for B p / , but hrens , p

86 H es ch ios t f , doubts whether y was righ in identi y ing these two words , and Schmidt , in his edition of ’ H es chios a a a. . y , corrects B aa for d B The converse i n u. L akon a change of , for B is noted in certain words H es ehi 8 os 5. by y , Ahrens , p .

. 3 1 We 1 . I O l and 7 have , the 3 ﬁrst, would , probably , be the older form . line , ’ e the v has been omitted through oversight in the preposition .

I have now to submit the inscription from Ialysos . ON TWO R IIO D IA N SC IN RIPTIONS .

EA O E ETO II MAZT PO IZ KA IIA AYXIO I XTPATH ZAA KIMEA O N TO Z EIP E O P QXTO IEPO N KA ITO T E MEN O Z TA ZAA EKTPQN AI EYA FH TA IKA TATA T‘ ATPIA EF‘ IMEA H O H M EIN TO YZ IEPO TA MIAZO F‘ QZZTA A A I EPI' A ZO EQN TITPEIZA IO O YA A PT O Y KA IA N A I' PN DH IEZTA ZZTAA A ZTO TE‘ I’A MZ MATO A E ( A IAO YXO Z IO N EN TIEKTQN N O MQN EZ¢ E PEIN O YA EEIXO A O IPO PEIN EZTO TE PA Z MEN O Z KA ITA EF IT IMIATQ . P XG N TIP A PATO N N O MO N G EMEIN A E TA ZZTAA AZM IA N MEN EF' ITAZ EXO A O YTA Z EK F O A IO Z F‘ O TIFO PEYO ME N O IZ M IA N A EY F‘ EPTO IZT IATO PIO N A A A A N A EEI" ITA Z KATA B AZ IO ZTA EE A XA IAZ I’ O A IO N O MO I AO YXO Z IO N EZ IMEIN O YA E

EX¢EPEIN EZTO IEPO N KA ITO TE. MEN O ZTAZAA EKTPQN AZ MH EZ I TQIP P O ZO N O XH MIO N O Z FIN O Z MH A EAAA O AO O YPO N MH 6)EN MH A EEZA I’ ETQEIZTO TEMEN O Z MH O EIXTO YTQN MH O EN MH A EY P O A I MATA G EN O TIA EKATI_ F‘ A PATO N N O MO I\ P O IH ZH ITO TEIEPO N KA ITO - EMEN O Z KA O A IPETQKA IEP IPE I ETQH EN O XO Z EZTQTA IAZ EB EIA IEIA EKA F PO BATA EIZ BAA H IA F O TEIZATQY I" EPEKAZTO YF‘ PO BATO YO BO AO N O EZ BAAQN F‘ O TA FI' EAA ETQA E TO N TO YTQN TIPO IEYN TAO XPH I I QN EZTO YZ MAZTPO YX 9 ON TWO RH ODIAN I NSCRIPTIONS .

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Ma stroi Ial sian s This is a decree of the and y , order ing the consecration , according to the ancient pre

’ lcd 7 21 7T&7 1 & H zeron teme scription , p , of the and nos

l a of the Goddess A ektron a . The H ierot m im are ordered

s take to engrave the decree on three marble , and to place one of them in the entrance from the city (to ' ' temenos H es tza torzon the ), another above the , and a third on the road leading downwards from the city

Ach aia .

Then follows the law itself, which declares what animals and objects it is not permitted to introduce

' H zeron temenos A lek r n into the and of t o a . The

th e « 211 0 9 animals are horse , the ass, the mule , the 7 , r a which , according to A istotle , was the fo l of a mare 1 0 ON T O RI IODI AN R W INSC IPTIONS .

u N by a mule , and all other beasts of b rthen . o one is to enter the lemm as with sandals or any article ’ m ade of hog s leather ; any one transgressing this pro

' h ib ition H zcron tame/ nos will have to purify the and ,

and to offer sacriﬁces , or to be liable to a prosecution ’ ’

a a e et a . for impiety, B Any one introducing sheep into

060 103 the sacred precinct must pay an for each sheep . Any one who thinks preper may denounce such ro transgressors to the Mas t z . A lektron a The goddess , whose sacred precinct is thus jealously guarded by this law , is evidently identical E lektr on é 56 with y , who , according to Diodoros , v . , was the daughter of the god Helios and the nymph Rh odes , and who, dying a virgin, was worshipped A with heroic honours by the Rhodians . ccording to E lektr on e Diodoros , y had seven brothers called the a m K erka h os O chim os Heliad e , two of who , p and ,

settled in the territory of Ialysos , and there founded

the strong city of Achaia , reigning there in succession .

K erka h os p , who succeeded his brother in the kingdom ,

had three sons, Lindos , Ialysos , Kamiros , each of

whom gave his name to the city which he founded . A lektron a E lektr on e The name or y , as Diodoros gives l h elc'rw it, is evidently derived from the same root as ﬁ p,

k erw ov the name for the sun in Homer , ﬁ p , ‘ Gr. See Curtius , Grund ’ 1 3 4 6 . . N z ii e 4 th 2 . g , edition, p , o

‘ 3 é L GVO S . 3 7 3 7.6 xa i. 7 T l . , v / Here these two sacred

' u H z ro precincts are clearly disting ished . The e n is usually considered to be the sacred grou nd rou nd the ’ a temple v og , corresponding with the Close of a cathe temenos dral . The was probably an outer precinct . ' ' i 7 o ‘ . 7 M Gov 7t a 7 ov. Xc s u n l , p The word p is nk own to 1 1 ON TWO RH ODIAN INSCR IPTIONS .

x i the Le icographers , but occurs in the slightly mod ’ ﬁed h a n os‘ form, p , in two other Rhodian inscriptions e in Mit th eil one from Rhodes published by R hl , the ’ 28 . 1 8 . 2 77 . ungen d . Deutsch . Inst . in Athen , p , l ' ' ’ ’ 7 677 2 eic M Hov M n ov 3 ci 7 t o v e , B n os p not p , as R hl reads ; H iera t n a the other from py in Krete , published in ' 99 6 ' a a e 77 67 a s' 56 . 377 01 9 Cauer, Delectus , p . , l . py fj p ' M n a ' K ci ﬂro Mi n o ' p s . The epithet p s or p s must denote either the kind of stone to be employed , or the locality

O u r n i whence it was to be obtained . only i format on as to this is furnished by an ex amination of the stone d on which the Ialysos ecree is engraved , which is the n o blue limestone know as f etid , from the smell which it o emits when fractured . I have not been able to as er i i ta n whether the other two nscriptions , in which the

' ' A ci n os . word p occurs, are on the same kind of stone ’ 1 1 8 é A a ta . f X s . This is the name of the strong I al sian fortress in the y territory, mentioned by

. 57 Diodoros , v , and in a fragment of the Rhodian

E r eia I 3 s a V . . 60. writer, g , preserved in Athen eus, I I p It is probably the same fortress as that which Strabo ’

O 6 w . a citadal calls x p p , the of Ialysos , now called l Phi erem o . 25 l . . The prohibition of the wearing sandals within the temenos reminds us of the injunction to E Pu t x . . 5. off Moses , III off thy shoes from thy feet, ” for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground . In the A n dan ia decree regulating the Mv st eries of the Great Gods , it is ordered that those who celebrate

M - r the ysteries shall be bare footed , and in the p oces u sion no one is to wear shoes , nless they are made either of felt or of the skins of the victims offered in the festival . 1 2 ON T H D I ’ WO R O IAN NSC RH TI ON S.

u M ctG T OL The f nctions of the P , mentioned in the ﬁrst

and last lines , have been described by me in the

earlier part of this memoir . According to the fragment of E rg eia s in Atb o

ac n us, to which I have already referred , there was a

P oe h nician settlement at Achaia, in Rhodes , governed

Ph alan th os wa s by , which taken after a long siege

I h iklos. A by the Greek settler, p ccording to 5 . 8 another tradition, preserved by Diodoros , v ,

K a dm os tem enos , having dedicated a to Poseidon, in o Rhodes, left some Ph enicians there to have care of

Ial sian s it , and these united with the y in one com munity . He adds that the priests in Ialysos are said to have traced the descent of their hereditary priesthood up to these Phoenician settlers . It seems at ﬁrst sight a plausible theory to connect the worship of the solar deity A lektron a at Ialysos B t with the Phoenician worship of aal , and the stric ness with which all that was u nclean was debarred

temenos access to her , seems to indicate a Semitic

i x xa 7 & 7 8: source for the ritual , wh ch the e pression m irpm. shows to have been handed down from remote times . Such a connection with an earlier Semitic religion seems more clearly indicated by the human

ab stin sacriﬁces , which , according to Porphyry , De . 54 Rh o des II . , were anciently offered in to Kronos , and of which the barbarity was in after times miti gated by the substitution of a criminal whose life was already forfeit to the law for the victim of earlier u t times . B we hardly know enough yet either of Greek or of Semitic ritual to establish traces of a connection between them . I would observe in con a u elu sion that this af lc was fo nd by Mr . Consul 3 ON TWO RH OD IAN INSCRIPTIONS . 1

B iliotti in the cou rse of ex cavations a little to the Philerem o east of the hill now called , and on which must have stood the Akropolis of Ialysos .

If, as I suppose , this Akropolis was the Achaia of o the early legends, from which the Ph enicians were x s tale e pelled by the Greeks , the place where the was

’‘ found might well be the ég where

s telae one of the was to be set up , for here the ground slopes gradually from Philerem o to t he plain below . B e Mr . iliotti states that the s id when found was u six standing upright in its original socket, abo t feet u below the surface of the gro nd , but that no trace of foundations could be found near it . It may be that the spot where the 3 09123 was standing was its original site on the road leading from the Akr opolis to the plain below .

P . S. Since I wrote the above , my colleague, Mr . Perc y Gardiner, has pointed out to me , on small r gold and copper coins of Rhodes , dating f om the 3 0 third century , , a head which is probably intended A lectrona for that of . This head is radiate , but dis tin ctl y female in type , and bearing the female adorn Ste /l ane ments of p and earrings . Its solar character would better suit A lectron a than th e sea - nymph Rh d s c in o e . o u The is ﬁgured in the Hunter Catalog e, I l Mi x 1 onn et . P . v . 5. . . 4 Suppl vol vi Pl . viii . .