Cirene Ellenistica. Ricerche sulla storia costituzionale di una città greca

Ad una breve introduzione relativa alla storia politica della città di Cirene fanno seguito due diverse parti. La prima di queste esamina le fonti letterarie che ci consentono di ricostruire eventi di riforma delle istituzioni oppure situazioni di grave crisi politica cui la città è stata più volte soggetta durante il periodo ellenistico, mentre la seconda, più articolata, si propone di riesaminare il dossier epigrafico cirenaico relativo alle magistrature per poter ricostruire nei limiti del possibile la struttura politica di una città importante come Cirene nei circa due secoli e mezzo che vanno dalla Guerra di Thibron (324-321 a.C.) all’effettivo passaggio sotto il pieno controllo romano (74 a.C.). Dall’analisi emergono la natura composita delle magistrature di Cirene e le tracce di ulteriori mutamenti del sistema non noti dalle fonti letterarie di cui si cerca di rendere conto

Coroplasti e onomastica a Taranto fra IV e III secolo a.C.

A partire dal V secolo a.C. i coroplasti tarantini iniziano a scrivere il loro nome sul retro delle matrici. Grazie al grande numero di coroplasti attestati, è possibi-le analizzare questa componente subalterna della società tarantina da un punto di vista onomastico. Dall’analisi emerge una prevalenza di coroplasti di origine locale, cui si affianca una piccola percentuale di artigiani probabilmente provenienti da Atene. Il confronto fra gli antroponimi presenti fra i coroplasti e altri dossier onomastici da Taranto ed Eraclea Lucana consente di determinare se esistano e quali siano le differenze fra i nomi usati dall’élite tarantina e dalle altre classi sociali.From the 5th century BC onwards, coroplasts from Taras started to inscribe their names on the back of their moulds. Thanks to the many coroplasts attested, it is possible to analyse this subordinate part of Tarentine society from an ono-mastic point of view. The analysis shows a prevalence of local coroplasts, plus a small number of craftsmen likely coming from Athens. Furthermore, a comparison between coroplasts’ names and other onomastic dossiers from Taras and Heraclea Lucaniae is instrumental in determining whether and in which ways names used by Tarentine élite and other social classes differed

Coroplasti e onomastica a Taranto fra IV e III secolo a.C.

A partire dal V secolo a.C. i coroplasti tarantini iniziano a scrivere il loro nome sul retro delle matrici. Grazie al grande numero di coroplasti attestati, è possibi-le analizzare questa componente subalterna della società tarantina da un punto di vista onomastico. Dall’analisi emerge una prevalenza di coroplasti di origine locale, cui si affianca una piccola percentuale di artigiani probabilmente provenienti da Atene. Il confronto fra gli antroponimi presenti fra i coroplasti e altri dossier onomastici da Taranto ed Eraclea Lucana consente di determinare se esistano e quali siano le differenze fra i nomi usati dall’élite tarantina e dalle altre classi sociali.From the 5th century BC onwards, coroplasts from Taras started to inscribe their names on the back of their moulds. Thanks to the many coroplasts attested, it is possible to analyse this subordinate part of Tarentine society from an ono-mastic point of view. The analysis shows a prevalence of local coroplasts, plus a small number of craftsmen likely coming from Athens. Furthermore, a comparison between coroplasts’ names and other onomastic dossiers from Taras and Heraclea Lucaniae is instrumental in determining whether and in which ways names used by Tarentine élite and other social classes differed

Grammasin eusemois: norme sulla realizzazione dei caratteri nelle iscrizioni greche

Grammasin Eusemois: Provisions on Letter-Writing in Greek Inscriptions · Ancient Greek decrees and other official documents written in the same language hardly ever include any disposition about the characteristics of the letters that should be employed in publishing them. The very few exceptions are all examined here together for the first time. According to the detail they focus on, these dispositions fall into three different groups : depth of the engraving, letter size, and generic readability. While letter size is taken into account in a few very detailed documents from the Hellenistic period (for which some new readings are proposed), a preference for deep-engraved letters is attested only in Kalchedon and one of its sub-colonies. On the the other hand, explicit attention for letter readability is not uncommon in Roman times. Local magistrates and Roman governors at times call for the use of grammata eusema, i.e. clear letters. However, in the Antonine period this expression came to be perceived as ‘cheap’ and was supplanted by similar ones

Silver Cups from Cyrene: Between Royal Gifts and Numismatic Implications

L'articolo presenta alcune note preliminari sullo studio del vasellame in metallo prezioso da un punto di vista storico-economico in età greca, con particolare attenzione per un inventario su pietra da Cirene della tarda età tolemaica

Produzioni, committenze, intermediari: le documentazioni epigrafiche. Firme di artista in Magna Grecia

Analisi e catalogo della documentazione epigrafica relativa alle firme di artista in Magna Grecia, con particolare attenzione ai tipi di supporto, alla cronologia e alle formule impiegate

Aspetti economici di un nuovo calendario sacrificale arcade del V secolo a.C.

In 2015, a new 22-line-long fifth-century-BC Arkadian inscription was published for the first time. While prior editors thought that the document dealt with rites pertaining to a single festival, a new interpretation of the text as a sacrificial calendar covering a few months is here envisaged. In addition, closer examination of the inscription’s economic aspects calls for a lower dating. Although spits recur twice, local silver coinage is likely mentioned in line 22. Therefore, the text cannot be earlier than the mid-fifth century BC. Lastly, an educated guess is made about the nature of the “onehundred” mentioned in line 10

From Magas to Glaukon. The Long Life of Glaukon of Aithalidai and the Chronology of Ptolemaic Re-Annexation of Cyrene (ca. 250 BCE)

The death of king Magas around the mid-third century BCE left Cyrene in a state of civic turmoil. Various factions and people took control of the city before Ptolemy II re-annexed it near the end of his reign. Although both the sequence and the dating of these events are still debated, an inscription sheds new light on the history of mid-third-century Cyrene. A closer look at a fragmentary catalogue of eponymous priests of Apollo dating from the same period shows that a few names are compatible with Ptolemaic commissioners who seem to have held the priesthood for a few years in a row. Among them, one name stands out: [Glau]kon son of Eteokles. This Athenian statesman was the younger brother of the famous Chremonides of Aithalidai, after whom the Chremonidean war is named. Therefore, an analysis of all available sources on Glaukon’s life provides new data on the chronology of events in mid-third-century Cyrenaica as well as Glaukon’s presence in the region and death.La mort du roi Magas vers la moitié du IIIe siècle av. J.-C. livra Cyrène aux troubles civiques. Plusieurs factions et personnes se rendirent maîtres de la ville avant que Ptolémée II la ré-annexât près de la fin de son règne. Bien que l’ordre et la datation de ces événements soient encore débattus, une inscription jette une nouvelle lumière sur l’histoire de Cyrène à la moitié du IIIe siècle. Un examen plus attentif d’un catalogue fragmentaire de prêtres éponymes d’Apollon datant de la même période a démontré que certains noms sont compatibles avec des commissaires Lagides qui semblent avoir occupé la prêtrise pour quelques années d’affilée. Entre eux, un nom se distingue : [Glau]kon fils d’Étéoklès. Cet homme politique athénien était le frère cadet du fameux Chrémonidès qui donna son nom à la guerre Chrémonidéenne. Par conséquent, un examen de toutes les sources dont l’on dispose sur la vie de Glaukon nous offre de nouvelles données à propos de la chronologie des événements qui eurent lieu en Cyrénaïque vers la moitié du IIIe siècle ainsi que sur la présence de Glaukon à Cyrene et sur sa mort

Un caso di appalto a Locri Epizefiri

The archive of the temple of Olympian Zeus at Lokroi Epizephyrioi is among the most important sources for public-funded building activity in Magna Graecia. Because of the nature of the documents, however, procedural details are frequently omitted. One of the Lokrian tablets (I.Locri, no. 9) preserves a telling expression. Thanks to parallels from contemporary building accounts from Delphi, Epidaurus, and Delos, a procedure can now be identified: works on temple doors were let out on contract, as was customary in other areas of the Greek world

From Magas to Glaukon: The Long Life of Glaukon of Aithalidai and the Chronology of Ptolemaic Re-Annexation of Cyrene (ca. 250 BCE)

Der Tod von König Magas um die Mitte des 3. Jh. v.Chr. hinterließ Kyrene in einem Zustand innerer Unruhe. Verschiedene Gruppen und Einzelpersonen rangen um die Kontrolle der Stadt, bis Ptolemaios II. sie schließlich gegen Ende seiner Herrschaftszeit erneut annektierte. Obgleich sowohl der Ablauf als auch die Datierung dieser Ereignisse noch umstritten sind, wirft nun eine Inschrift neues Licht auf die Geschichte Kyrenes in der Mitte des 3. Jh. Eine genauere Untersuchung eines fragmentarischen Katalogs eponymer Apollonpriester, der in diese Zeit datiert, zeigt, dass einige Namen zu ptolemäischen Kommissaren passen, die das Amt jeweils mehrere Jahre hintereinander ausübten. Darunter sticht einer besonders hervor: [Glau]kon, Sohn des Eteokles. Dieser Athener Politiker war der jüngere Bruder des berühmte Chremonides von Aithalidai, nach dem der Chremonideische Krieg benannt ist. Eine Analyse aller verfügbaren Quellen zum Leben des Glaukon liefert daher neue Informationen zur Chronologie der Ereignisse in Kyrene in der Mitte des 3. Jh. sowie zu Glaukons Wirken in der Region und zu seinem TodThe death of king Magas around the mid-third century BCE left Cyrene in a state of civic turmoil. Various factions and people took control of the city before Ptolemy II re-annexed it near the end of his reign. Although both the sequence and the dating of these events are still debated, an inscription sheds new light on the history of mid-third-century Cyrene. A closer look at a fragmentary catalogue of eponymous priests of Apollo dating from the same period shows that a few names are compatible with Ptolemaic commissioners who seem to have held the priesthood for a few years in a row. Among them, one name stands out: [Glau]kon son of Eteokles. This Athenian statesman was the younger brother of the famous Chremonides of Aithalidai, after whom the Chremonidean war is named. Therefore, an analysis of all available sources on Glaukon’ s life provides new data on the chronology of events in mid-third-century Cyrenaica as well as Glaukon’ s presence in the region and death