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Tracy for his constant support and daily encouragement. His suggestions have improved this study,: immeasurably. Also to A. G. Woodhead, for his support and suggestions; he has saved me from many errors. R. J. Lenardon has also made many helpful suggestions. Any errors that remain are my own. I am grateful to the following institutions for their material support: The Graduate School and Department of Classics of The Ohio State University; The International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation; The Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The British School of Archaeology in Athens and The American School of Classical Studies both obtained permits for me to study the inscriptions and provided me with a marvelous place to live and study while in Athens; I am grateful to the Directors of both institutions, H. Catling and H. Immerwahr respectively for their support and encouragement. I am also grateful to the Greek Archaeological Service for their permission to study the iii inscriptions, and to Dr. Delmousou and the staff of the Epigraphical Museum for their help. The photographs are courtesy of the.Greek Archeological Service. I cannot list all the friends who have helped in so many ways in Columbus, Cambridge, and Athens: my thanks to all of them. To Helen, for her love, support, and encouragement: I look forward to spending the rest of our lives together. Finally, and most importantly, my thanks to my parents, John T. and Grace D. Adams, to whom this study is dedicated with loye. IV VITA March 26, 1952........ Born - Framingham, Massachusetts 197 4 ................. A.B., College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts 1974-1975 ........... University Fellow, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 197 5 ................. A.M., The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1975-1977 ........... Teaching Associate, Department of Classics, The Ohio State Univer­ sity, Columbus, Ohio 1977-1978 ........... Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, England 1978................. Member, British School of Archaeology in Athens 1978-1979 ........... Teaching Associate, Department of Classics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1979-1980 ........... I.T.T. International Fellow to Greece; Associate Member, The American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece 1980-1981 ........... Teaching Associate, Department of Classics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio TABLE OF CONTENTS Page DEDICATION............ Ü ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................................. iii VITA ............................................................. V LIST OF TABLES .................................... viii LIST OF PLATES .................................... ix ABBREVIATIONS .......................................... x INTRODUCTION ...................................... 1 Notes to the Introduction......................... 5 Chapter I. THE PUBLICATION FORMULA ....................... 6 Notes to Chapter O n ...................... 15 II. DRERUP'S INTERPRETATION OF THE EVIDENCE .... 18 Notes to Chapter T w o ...................... 45 III. THE EVIDENCE RECONSIDERED..................... 48 Notes to Chapter Three .................. 85 IV. THE ECONOMIC AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT ........... 90 Notes to Chapter F o u r .................... 104 V. CONCLUSIONS.................................108 Notes to Chapter F i v e .................... 110 vx Page PART TWO: THE INSCRIPTIONS........................ Ill BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................... 181 PLATES .......................................... 186 VIX LIST OF TABLES Page Table 1. Number of Letters per Inscription 24 2. The Size of the Inscriptions 62 3. Quality of Lettering 70 4. Chronological List of Inscriptions 75 5. Publication Formulae 79 vxri LIST OF PLATES Page Plate I. 11^ 31 187 II. 19. 11^ 106 188 III. IG Il2 109 (detail) 189 IV. II" 111 190 V. 19 Il2 116 . 191 VI. 1 9 11^ 235 192 VII. 1 9 11^ 237 193 VIII. 1 9 Il2 373 194 IX. IG Il2 226 195 XX ABBREVIATIONS In addition to the standard abbreviations for Classic­ al journals and the corpora of inscriptions, the following abbreviations have been used in the notes: Burford, GTBE = A. Burford, The Greek Temple Builders at Epidaurus (Liverpool, 1969). Drerup = E. Drerup, "Oeber die Publicationskosten der attischen Volksbeschlüsse," Neue Jahrbücher für klassische Philologie, 1896, 227-257. Drerup, Nachtrag = E. Drerup, "zu den Publications­ kosten der attischen Volksbeschlüsse: Nachtrag zu Jahrg. 1896 s. 227-57," Neue Jahrbücher für klassische Philo-. logie, 1897, 871-3. Hartel I, II, III = W. von Hartel, "Studien über attisches Staatsrecht und Drkundenwesen," Sb. Wien XC (May 1878),543-624 (=1); XCI (June 1878), 101-94 (=11); XCII (October 1878), 87-184. Orlandos = A. Orlandos, Ta *YXtKa Aou^c t 8v *AoYatffiv (Athens, 1959) Tod, GHI = M. Tod, A Selection of Greek Historical Inscriptions, vol. II:from 403 to 323 B.C. (Oxford, 1948). The abbreviations used in Part Two are the same as those used by Kirchner in IG 11^ and by Tod in GHI. Throughout the study, dr is used for both drachma and drachmai. C X INTRODUCTION During most of the fourth century B.C., and some­ times in the third, the Athenians specified in their public decrees how much money was to be paid for inscribed stelai. The study of these prices for inscribing is intrinsically important for several reasons. First, the prices form a significant body of primary economic data. Close study of this group of inscriptions can provide us with important insights, especially when considered in conjunction with other economic data. Secondly, prices provide a unifying element by which a sizeable number of inscriptions on diverse topics may usefully be examined and