CGRN 139

Sacrificial regulations for the Asklepieia on Kos

Date :

mid-3rd century BC

Justification: lettering (Hallof - Bosnakis).

Provenance

Kos . Found at the Asklepieion. Now in the storehouse of the Castle of Kos (inv. no. AS 53).

Support

Damaged and mutilated marble stele.

  • Height: 44 cm
  • Width: 21 cm
  • Depth: 11 cm

Layout

Letters: 0.7 cm high

Bibliography

Edition here based on Hallof - Bosnakis IG XII.4 286.

Other edition: Herzog HGK 15.

Cf. also: Sokolowski LSCG 159; Le Guen-Pollet CDE 35; IG-online , with the Greek text and translations into German and English.

Further bibliography: Rigsby 1996: 106-153; Paul 2013a: 167-187; Interdonato 2013; Carbon - Pirenne-Delforge 2013: 83-95.

Text


[..?..]
[..?..]στων γινε-
[..?..]ων τῶι θεῶι ++[..]
[..?.. κ]υρί[α] ἔστω ἁ ἐκκλησί[α]
[..?.. ὅπως οὖν ὑπαρχό]ντων χρημάτων vacat
5 [ἁ πανάγυρις συντελῆται καλῶς καὶ ἀξίως τοῦ θεοῦ, τοὶ ταμίαι διδό]ντω ἐς τὰς θυσίας
[ὑπὲρ τᾶς πόλιος τοῖς ἱεροποιοῖς ἐμ μηνὶ ..?.. δραχμὰς χιλ]ίας πεντακοσίας, vacat
[τοὶ δὲ ἱεροποιοὶ ὠνείσθων ..?.. βοῦς δύο χρυσ]οκέρως, τῶι μὲν Ἀσκλα-
[πιῶι μὴ ἐλάσσονος ἄξιον δραχμᾶν πεντακοσιᾶν, τῶι δὲ Ἀπόλλω]νι μὴ ἐλάσσονος ἄξι-
[ον δραχμᾶν τετρακοσιᾶν, τᾶι δὲ Ὑγιείαι καὶ τᾶι Ἠπιόναι δάμα]λιν ἑκατέραι μὴ ἐλάσ-
10 [σονος ἀξίαν δραχμᾶν τριακοσιᾶν· ἀνατιθέντω δὲ ἐς τὰν σπονδὰ]ν ὁ μόναρχος̣ καὶ τοὶ ἱε-
[ροποιοὶ καθ᾿ ἑκάσταν πανάγυριν τοῖς θεοῖς φιάλας δύο ἀργυρέα]ς, τὰν μὲν πόλις Ἀσκλα-
[πιῶι καὶ Ὑγιείαι καὶ Ἠπιόναι, τὰν δὲ ἱεροποιοὶ Ἀπόλλωνι] Κυπαρισσίωι· ἀγέτω δὲ Ἀ-
[λεξανδρείας δραχμὰς ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα ἑκατέρα· σπενδέτω ὁ ἱ]ερεύς· πενπέτω δὲ καὶ ὁ ἱε-
[ρεὺς τῶι μὲν Ἀσκλαπιῶι καὶ τῶι Ἀπόλλωνι οἶν τέλεων ἑκατέρω]ι μὴ ἐλάσσονος ἄξιον vacat
15 [δραχμᾶν πεντήκοντα· πενπέτω δὲ καὶ τᾶι Ὑγιείαι καὶ τᾶι Ἠπ]ιόναι οἶν τελέαμ ἑκατέ-
[ραι μὴ ἐλάσσονος ἀξίαν δραχμᾶν εἰκοσιπέντε vacat τ]οὶ δὲ προστάται καὶ τῶν δά-
[μων ὁ ἀεὶ δαμαρχῶν τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ ..?.. τᾶι νευμ]ηνίαι αἱρείσθων ἐπιμηνίος ἐξ ἑ-
[κάστου δάμου ..?.., τοῖς δὲ αἱρεθεῖσιν διδό]ντω τοὶ ταμίαι Ἰσθμιωτᾶμ
[μὲν ..?.. δραχμὰς ὀκτακοσίας ..?..ᾶ]ν δὲ καὶ Ἱππιωτᾶν καὶ Αἰγηλίων
20 [καὶ ..?.. ἄν κα]ὶ Πυξεωτᾶν ἑκάστωι δρα-
[χμὰς ..?..κοσίας· αἰ δέ κα μὴ ἀναλωθῆι ..?..]οις δραχμὰς τετρακοσίας
[..?..]εξο[..?..] vacat

Translation

[...] to the god [...] the assembly shall have the authority [... so that], the money being available, (5) [the festival be put on in an elegant manner, worthy of the god, the treasurers] are to give for the sacrifice [on behalf of the city, to the hieropoioi in the month ...] 1500 [drachmae. The hieropoioi are to buy ... two male oxen] with gilded horns, one for Asclepius, [worth not less than 500 dr., the other for Apollo], worth not less than (10) [400 dr., and to Hygieia and Epione a heifer] each, worth [not less than 300 dr.]. The monarchos and the [hieropoioi should dedicate for the libation during each festival two silver phialai to the gods], the city (should dedicate) one to Asclepius and [to Hygieia and to Epione, and the hieropoioi (should dedicate) the other one to Apollo] Kyparissios. These should weigh [150 dr. of Alexander each]. The priest [should make the libation]. And the priest should also escort (in the procession) [an adult wether each for Asclepius and Apollo], worth not less than (15) [50 dr. He should also escort for Hygieia and] Epione an adult ewe each, [worth not less than 25 dr.]. The prostatai and from the demes [the one who is demarch at the time ...] should choose epimenioi from each [deme on the first of the month ...]. The treasurers [should give to those who have been chosen], among the people from Isthmos (20) [... 800 dr., among the ...], the Hippiotai and the Aigelioi, [...] and the Phyxeotai [...] dr. each. [If ... is not spent...] 400 dr. [...]

Traduction

[...] au dieu [...] que l’assemblée soit souveraine [... afin que], l’argent étant disponible, (5) [la panégyrie soit accomplie d’une manière belle et digne du dieu, que les trésoriers] donnent, pour le sacrifice [au nom de la cité, aux hiéropes, au mois de ...] 1500 [drachmes. Que les hiéropes achètent ... deux boeufs] aux cornes dorées, l’un pour Asclépios [d’au moins 500 dr., l’autre pour Apollon] d’au moins (10) [400 dr., ainsi que pour Hygie et Épionè une génisse] d’au moins [300 dr.] chacune. Que le monarque et les [hiéropes consacrent aux dieux à chaque panégyrie deux phiales en argent pour la libation], que la cité (en consacre) une à Asclépios, [Hygie et Épionè, que les hiéropes (consacrent) l’autre à Apollon] Kyparissos. Qu’elles pèsent [chacune 150 dr. alexandrines]. Que le prêtre [répande les libations]. Que le prêtre mène également en procession, [pour Asclépios et Apollon, un mouton mâle adulte chacun] d’au moins (15) [50 dr. Qu’il mène également pour Hygie et Épionè] une brebis adulte chacune [d’au moins 25 dr.]. Que les prostates et, des dèmes, [le démarque en fonction au mois de ...] élisent au premier [du mois] des epimenioi de [chaque dème ...], que les trésoriers [donnent à ceux qui ont été élus] parmi les Isthmiotes [... 800 dr., parmi les ...], les Hippiotai, les Aigelioi, [...] et les Phyxeotai [...] dr. chacun. [Si ... n’est pas dépensé ...] 400 dr. [...]

(traduction S. Paul)

Commentary

The inscription regulates the funding of new—or additional and enhanced—sacrifices to be performed during the festival of Asclepius, the penteteric Asklepieia, by the city of Kos and its demes. It is very fragmentary and the restorations are partly based on a second copy (cf. IG XII.4 287). The first preserved part of the text discussed the purchase of two male oxen to be sacrificed to Asclepius and Apollo Kyparissios, and two young cows for Hygieia and Epione. The annual dedication of two silver phialai to make libations, performed by the priest (of Asclepius) are also specified. Next, the stipulations concerned the provision of adult sheep by the priest (of Asclepius) to be conducted in the procession and sacrificed to each of the four above-mentioned gods. In the final section, the selection of "monthly" officers, one from each deme, is regulated; on the possible function of these officials, see below at lines 16-20.

The sanctuary of Asclepius is located at approximately 3 km southwest of the city of Kos (see Interdonato). On the cults at the Asklepieion, see esp. Paul. Asclepius is frequently associated with his wife Epione and his daughter Hygieia in a kind of "familial pantheon". Epione seems to have had a special relationship with Kos because according to a narrative tradition, she was the daughter of Merops, the legendary king of the island (cf. Hes. fr. 53 Merkelbach-West). According to another story, she was the daughter of Heracles, which would also connect her to Kos in the sense that the cult of this hero was particularly developed on the island, and according to legend, Heracles stayed on the island during his return journey from Troy. The daughter of Asclepius, Hygieia, is generally mentioned before Epione in the epigraphical sources and the pair Asclepius - Hygieia also appear together, without Epione (both on Kos and elsewhere in the Greek world). For others instances of the cult of these three gods on Kos, cf. CGRN 161, line 1-2, and IG XII.4 311. Asclepius and Hygieia are found as a pair in Attica (CGRN 215). Apollo Kyparissos’ epithet refers to the Kyparisson, a sacred grove of cypress trees located on the upper terrace of the sanctuary, which probably was the original centre of the cult. Its integrity was protected by two inscriptions from the 4th and 3rd century BC (IG XII.4 283-284). It is believed that the cult of Asclepius, though it joined the Kyparisson at a later stage, probably in the late 4th-early 3rd century BC (see Paul, p. 173-178, for discussion), eventually gained precedence over the cult of Apollo. The latter, however, still remained an essential part of the rituals at the Asklepieion, as well evidenced here in the 3rd century BC, where both gods are worshipped together. Processions to the Kyparisson are also mentioned in the cult calendar of the gymnasium from Kos (IG XII.4 281, mid-2nd century BC). A priest is alluded to here (line 13); it is almost certain that this was that of Asclepius himself. For a probable contract of the sale of this priesthood at Kos, see here CGRN 218.

Lines 4-5: If this restoration is correct, we can only speculate about what would happen if money were not available to fund the rites at each major festival occasion (cf. καθ᾿ ἑκάσταν πανάγυριν, line 10). The penteteric festival of the Asklepieia was introduced in 242 BC, following the earliest major construction phase in the sanctuary in the first half of the 3rd century BC (see Paul, p. 179-181). The Asklepieia included processions and sacrifices to Asclepius and other gods worshipped at the Asklepieion, namely Apollo Kyparissos, Hygieia, and Epione, as well as musical, athletic, and equestrian contests. Note, however, that it is unclear if the regulation preserved here constitutes the total sum of the sacrifices performed at the penteteric Asklepieia by the city of Kos or perhaps additional sacrifices funded by civic money, so the festival was augmented and performed in a more suitable manner (ὅπως ... συντελῆται καλῶς καὶ ἀξίως τοῦ θεοῦ).

Line 7: Some of the oldest Greek sources refer to gilding the horns of animals to make a particularly beautiful or luxurious sacrifices (cf. Hom. Il. 10.294; Od. 3.385, 3.426). In the present Collection, oxen with gilded horns are sacrificed for example to Demeter, Persephone and Athena at Eleusis (CGRN 31, lines 37 and 40) and to Athena and Homonoia at Antiocheia-ad-Pyramum (CGRN 205, line 10). For such sacrifices to Artemis and Apollo Pythios on Kos, see IG XII.4 68 and 339).

Lines 13-16: The verb πέμπειν properly refers to the action of conducting animals in a procession, cf. e.g. CGRN 92 (Athens), lines 19, 28, 34-35, and CGRN 205 (Antiocheia-ad-Pyramum), lines 7-9, and also LSJ s.v. A. III.2. It may be assumed that the implicit requirement here is that the priest will ensure the correct provision of these animals for the procession during the Asklepieia (perhaps out of his own funds since these animals are not "bought" like the oxen mentioned previously; more likely, as financed by the regulation). More specifically, the verb signifies that the priest would escort these animals himself during the procession from the town of Kos to the Asklepieion in its hinterland.

Lines 16-20: A group of epimenioi, etymologically "monthly officials", were appointed by the city from each of the demes of Kos which participated in the Asklepieia. Though we only hear that these were to be given money by the tamiai, it can be reasonably hypothesised that these ritual agents were responsible for the provision of the sacrificial animals during the festival (and perhaps assisted the priest of Asclepius in the performance of the sacrifices). In this regard, it is noteworthy that the epimenioi were appointed at the beginning of a specific month (now lost, cf. τᾶι νευμ]η̣νίαι, line 17; the precise timing of the Asklepieia is also unclear): this would presumably have ensured that they would have sufficient time to purchase and supply the animals for the festival. The precise calculus of the supply of the offerings eludes us (for instance, the Isthmiotai are to be given 800 drachmae in lines 18-19; this might suffice to pay for the ox offered to Asclepius and one of the heifers; but the remaining transactions are unclear). For further discussion on the officials called epimenioi, see notably Carbon - Pirenne-Delforge.

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Authors

  • Jan-Mathieu Carbon
  • Stéphanie Paul
  • Saskia Peels

How To Cite

Brief citation of the Greek text : CGRN 139, lines x-x.

Reference to the file as a critical study of the inscription : Jan-Mathieu Carbon, Stéphanie Paul et Saskia Peels, "CGRN 139: Sacrificial regulations for the Asklepieia on Kos", in Collection of Greek Ritual Norms (CGRN), 2017-, consulted on December 22, 2024. URL: http://cgrn.ulg.ac.be/file/139/; DOI: https://doi.org/10.54510/CGRN139.

Full citation of the CGRN in a list of abbreviations or a bibliography is the following : Jan-Mathieu Carbon, Saskia Peels-Matthey, Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge, Collection of Greek Ritual Norms (CGRN), 2017-, consulted on December 22, 2024. URL: http://cgrn.ulg.ac.be; DOI: https://doi.org/10.54510/CGRN0. 

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	    			<p> Edition here based on Hallof - Bosnakis <bibl type="abbr" n="IG XII.4">IG XII.4</bibl> 286. </p>
	    			
	    			<p> Other edition: Herzog <bibl type="abbr" n="HGK">HGK</bibl> 15. </p>
	    			
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	    				Sokolowski <bibl type="abbr" n="LSCG">LSCG</bibl> 159; 
	    				Le Guen-Pollet <bibl type="abbr" n="CDE">CDE</bibl> 35; 
	    				<ref target="http://telota.bbaw.de/ig/digitale-edition/inschrift/IG%20XII%204,%201,%20286" type="external">IG-online</ref>, with the Greek text and translations into German and English.</p>
	    			
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	    				<bibl type="author_date" n="Rigsby 1996">Rigsby 1996</bibl>: 106-153;
	    				<bibl type="author_date" n="Paul 2013a">Paul 2013a</bibl>: 167-187;
	    				<bibl type="author_date" n="Interdonato 2013">Interdonato 2013</bibl>;
	    				<bibl type="author_date" n="Carbon - Pirenne-Delforge 2013">Carbon - Pirenne-Delforge 2013</bibl>: 83-95.
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<p>  [...] to the god [...] the assembly shall have the authority [... so that], the money being available, (5) [the festival be put on in an elegant manner, worthy of the god, the treasurers] are to give for the sacrifice [on behalf of the city, to the <foreign>hieropoioi</foreign> in the month ...] 1500 [drachmae. The <foreign>hieropoioi</foreign> are to buy ... two male oxen] with gilded horns, one for Asclepius, [worth not less than 500 dr., the other for Apollo], worth not less than (10) [400 dr., and to Hygieia and Epione a heifer] each, worth [not less than 300 dr.]. The <foreign>monarchos</foreign> and the [<foreign>hieropoioi</foreign> should dedicate for the libation during each festival two silver <foreign>phialai</foreign> to the gods], the city (should dedicate) one to Asclepius and [to Hygieia and to Epione, and the <foreign>hieropoioi</foreign> (should dedicate) the other one to Apollo] Kyparissios. These should weigh [150 dr. of Alexander each]. The priest [should make the libation]. And the priest should also escort (in the procession) [an adult wether each for Asclepius and Apollo], worth not less than (15) [50 dr. He should also escort for Hygieia and] Epione an adult ewe each, [worth not less than 25 dr.]. The <foreign>prostatai</foreign> and from the demes [the one who is demarch at the time ...] should choose <foreign>epimenioi</foreign> from each [deme on the first of the month ...]. The treasurers [should give to those who have been chosen], among the people from Isthmos (20) [... 800 dr., among the ...], the Hippiotai and the Aigelioi, [...] and the Phyxeotai [...] dr. each. [If ... is not spent...] 400 dr. [...]</p>
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<p> [...] au dieu [...] que l’assemblée soit souveraine [... afin que], l’argent étant disponible, (5) [la panégyrie soit accomplie d’une manière belle et digne du dieu, que les trésoriers] donnent, pour le sacrifice [au nom de la cité, aux hiéropes, au mois de ...] 1500 [drachmes. Que les hiéropes achètent ... deux boeufs] aux cornes dorées, l’un pour Asclépios [d’au moins 500 dr., l’autre pour Apollon] d’au moins (10) [400 dr., ainsi que pour Hygie et Épionè une génisse] d’au moins [300 dr.] chacune. Que le monarque et les [hiéropes consacrent aux dieux à chaque panégyrie deux phiales en argent pour la libation], que la cité (en consacre) une à Asclépios, [Hygie et Épionè, que les hiéropes (consacrent) l’autre à Apollon] Kyparissos. Qu’elles pèsent [chacune 150 dr. alexandrines]. Que le prêtre [répande les libations]. Que le prêtre mène également en procession, [pour Asclépios et Apollon, un mouton mâle adulte chacun] d’au moins (15) [50 dr. Qu’il mène également pour Hygie et Épionè] une brebis adulte chacune [d’au moins 25 dr.]. Que les prostates et, des dèmes, [le démarque en fonction au mois de ...] élisent au premier [du mois] des <foreign>epimenioi</foreign> de [chaque dème ...], que les trésoriers [donnent à ceux qui ont été élus] parmi les Isthmiotes [... 800 dr., parmi les ...], les Hippiotai, les Aigelioi, [...] et les Phyxeotai [...] dr. chacun. [Si ... n’est pas dépensé ...] 400 dr. [...]</p>
					<p>(traduction S. Paul)</p>
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<p> The inscription regulates the funding of new—or additional and enhanced—sacrifices to be performed during the festival of Asclepius, the penteteric Asklepieia, by the city of Kos and its demes. It is very fragmentary and the restorations are partly based on a second copy (cf. <bibl type="abbr" n="IG XII.4">IG XII.4</bibl> 287). The first preserved part of the text discussed the purchase of two male oxen to be sacrificed to Asclepius and Apollo Kyparissios, and two young cows for Hygieia and Epione. The annual dedication of two silver <foreign>phialai</foreign> to make libations, performed by the priest (of Asclepius) are also specified. Next, the stipulations concerned the provision of adult sheep by the priest (of Asclepius) to be conducted in the procession and sacrificed to each of the four above-mentioned gods. In the final section, the selection of "monthly" officers, one from each deme, is regulated; on the possible function of these officials, see below at lines 16-20.</p> 
	
<p> The sanctuary of Asclepius is located at approximately 3 km southwest of the city of Kos (see Interdonato). On the cults at the Asklepieion, see esp. Paul. Asclepius is frequently associated with his wife Epione and his daughter Hygieia in a kind of "familial pantheon". Epione seems to have had a special relationship with Kos because according to a narrative tradition, she was the daughter of Merops, the legendary king of the island (cf. Hes. fr. 53 Merkelbach-West). According to another story, she was the daughter of Heracles, which would also connect her to Kos in the sense that the cult of this hero was particularly developed on the island, and according to legend, Heracles stayed on the island during his return journey from Troy. The daughter of Asclepius, Hygieia, is generally mentioned before Epione in the epigraphical sources and the pair Asclepius - Hygieia also appear together, without Epione (both on Kos and elsewhere in the Greek world). For others instances of the cult of these three gods on Kos, cf. <ref target="CGRN_161">CGRN 161</ref>, line 1-2, and <bibl type="abbr" n="IG XII.4">IG XII.4</bibl> 311. Asclepius and Hygieia are found as a pair in Attica (<ref target="CGRN_215">CGRN 215</ref>). Apollo Kyparissos’ epithet refers to the Kyparisson, a sacred grove of cypress trees located on the upper terrace of the sanctuary, which probably was the original centre of the cult. Its integrity was protected by two inscriptions from the 4th and 3rd century BC (<bibl type="abbr" n="IG XII.4">IG XII.4</bibl> 283-284). It is believed that the cult of Asclepius, though it joined the Kyparisson at a later stage, probably in the late 4th-early 3rd century BC (see Paul, p. 173-178, for discussion), eventually gained precedence over the cult of Apollo. The latter, however, still remained an essential part of the rituals at the Asklepieion, as well evidenced here in the 3rd century BC, where both gods are worshipped together. Processions to the Kyparisson are also mentioned in the cult calendar of the gymnasium from Kos (<bibl type="abbr" n="IG XII.4">IG XII.4</bibl> 281, mid-2nd century BC). A priest is alluded to here (line 13); it is almost certain that this was that of Asclepius himself. For a probable contract of the sale of this priesthood at Kos, see here <ref target="CGRN_218">CGRN 218</ref>.</p>
						
<p> Lines 4-5: If this restoration is correct, we can only speculate about what would happen if money were not available to fund the rites at each major festival occasion (cf. καθ᾿ ἑκάσταν πανάγυριν, line 10). The penteteric festival of the Asklepieia was introduced in 242 BC, following the earliest major construction phase in the sanctuary in the first half of the 3rd century BC (see Paul, p. 179-181). The Asklepieia included processions and sacrifices to Asclepius and other gods worshipped at the Asklepieion, namely Apollo Kyparissos, Hygieia, and Epione, as well as musical, athletic, and equestrian contests. Note, however, that it is unclear if the regulation preserved here constitutes the total sum of the sacrifices performed at the penteteric Asklepieia by the city of Kos or perhaps additional sacrifices funded by civic money, so the festival was augmented and performed in a more suitable manner (ὅπως ... συντελῆται καλῶς καὶ ἀξίως τοῦ θεοῦ). </p>
	
<p> Line 7: Some of the oldest Greek sources refer to gilding the horns of animals to make a particularly beautiful or luxurious sacrifices (cf. Hom. <title>Il.</title> 10.294; <title>Od.</title> 3.385, 3.426). In the present Collection, oxen with gilded horns are sacrificed for example to Demeter, Persephone and Athena at Eleusis (<ref target="CGRN_31">CGRN 31</ref>, lines 37 and 40) and to Athena and Homonoia at Antiocheia-ad-Pyramum (<ref target="CGRN_205">CGRN 205</ref>, line 10). For such sacrifices to Artemis and Apollo Pythios on Kos, see <bibl type="abbr" n="IG XII.4">IG XII.4</bibl> 68 and 339). </p>
					
<p> Lines 13-16: The verb πέμπειν properly refers to the action of conducting animals in a procession, cf. e.g. <ref target="CGRN_92">CGRN 92</ref> (Athens), lines 19, 28, 34-35, and <ref target="CGRN_205">CGRN 205</ref> (Antiocheia-ad-Pyramum), lines 7-9, and also <bibl type="abbr" n="LSJ">LSJ</bibl> s.v. A. III.2. It may be assumed that the implicit requirement here is that the priest will ensure the correct provision of these animals for the procession during the Asklepieia (perhaps out of his own funds since these animals are not "bought" like the oxen mentioned previously; more likely, as financed by the regulation). More specifically, the verb signifies that the priest would escort these animals himself during the procession from the town of Kos to the Asklepieion in its hinterland.</p>
						
<p> Lines 16-20: A group of <foreign>epimenioi</foreign>, etymologically "monthly officials", were appointed by the city from each of the demes of Kos which participated in the Asklepieia. Though we only hear that these were to be given money by the <foreign>tamiai</foreign>, it can be reasonably hypothesised that these ritual agents were responsible for the provision of the sacrificial animals during the festival (and perhaps assisted the priest of Asclepius in the performance of the sacrifices). In this regard, it is noteworthy that the <foreign>epimenioi</foreign> were appointed at the beginning of a specific month (now lost, cf. τᾶι νευμ]η̣νίαι, line 17; the precise timing of the Asklepieia is also unclear): this would presumably have ensured that they would have sufficient time to purchase and supply the animals for the festival. The precise calculus of the supply of the offerings eludes us (for instance, the Isthmiotai are to be given 800 drachmae in lines 18-19; this might suffice to pay for the ox offered to Asclepius and one of the heifers; but the remaining transactions are unclear). For further discussion on the officials called <foreign>epimenioi</foreign>, see notably Carbon - Pirenne-Delforge.</p>
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