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<title><idno type="filename">CGRN 205</idno>: <rs type="textType" key="decree">Decree</rs> concerning the fondation of the cult of Homonoia at Antiocheia-ad-Pyramum </title>
<author>Jan-Mathieu Carbon</author>
<author>Saskia Peels</author>
<author>Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge</author></titleStmt>
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<authority>Collection of Greek Ritual Norms, F.R.S.-FNRS Project no. 2.4561.12, University of Liège.</authority>
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<p> <rs type="objectType">Stele</rs> of white marble, broken above. </p>
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<p>About 50 letters per line, but in lines 20 and 21, there are only 36 and 30 letters respectively, very widely spaced. This appears to be an aberration due to the stonecutter.</p>
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<p><origDate notBefore="-0200" notAfter="-0150">ca. 200-150 BC</origDate></p>
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<head>Bibliography</head>
<p> Edition here based on <bibl type="author_date" n="Savalli-Lestrade 2006">Savalli-Lestrade 2006</bibl>, with ph. fig. 2 and squeeze fig 3.</p>
<p> Other edition:
<bibl type="author_date" n="Werner - Werner 1951">Werner - Werner 1951</bibl>, with ph. pl. 32.</p>
<p> Cf. also:
Sokolowski <bibl type="abbr" n="LSAM">LSAM</bibl> 81;
<bibl type="author_date" n="Sayar 2004">Sayar 2004</bibl>: 221-223 no. 1;
<bibl type="abbr" n="SEG">SEG</bibl> 12, 511.</p>
<p> Further bibliography:
<bibl type="author_date" n="Robert 1951">Robert 1951</bibl>: 256-258;
<bibl type="author_date" n="Merkelbach 1980">Merkelbach 1980</bibl>;
<bibl type="author_date" n="Thériault 1996">Thériault 1996</bibl>: 85-88.</p>
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<p> [...] for the safety of our people and that of the [Antiocheians-on-the-]Kydnos and of those who assist in increasing the justice that comes from kinship, friendship and concord. May it be decided by the council and the people: (5) the things that were made clear beforehand should be completed as it appears (best) to the people, the <foreign>prytaneis</foreign> should take care of the construction of the altar. On the day on which the altar is consecrated, a most beautiful and splendid procession should be sent from (the hearth of) Hestia Boulaia, led by the <foreign>demiourgos</foreign> and the <foreign>prytaneis</foreign>, to the sanctuary of Athena Magarsia. A sacrifice should be made (10) to Athena and Homonoia, for each (goddess) a young cow with gilded horns. The priests are to walk in the procession and all the magistrates and the prize-winners of the contests in which the prize is a crown and the gymnasiarch together with the ephebes and the youths, and the <foreign>paidonomos</foreign> for the boys. This day should be a judicial truce; there shall be wearing of crowns and all shall be released from work and chains. (15) The archons and the crown-wearers shall gather together in the sanctuary of Athena Magarsia, the citizens (shall gather together) according to tribe. The <foreign>hieromnemon</foreign> and the presidents of the tribes should take care of the orderliness of the festival. After this, a sacrificial animal is to be sacrificed on the altar each month on the first day; each year, (20) the procession and the sacrifice and all the other things are to take place, in accordance with what is written above; the things that were made clear beforehand should be arranged by the treasurers from the public funds. So that the genuine and friendly disposition of the people towards their kinsmen becomes manifest to all, the Antiocheians-on-the-Kydnos, our kinsmen and friends, are to be called to take the front seat in the musical contest (25) by the sacred herald. And when the customary prayers and libations have been performed in the theatre for the gods and the kings, he (the sacred herald) should pray according to ancestral custom for all good things to happen to the Antiocheians-(30)-on-the-Kydnos, the same things which are prayed for the sake of our people. The secretary of the council and the assembly, Lysis, son of Mnaseas, having inscribed this decree on a stele of Parian marble of the best quality, should set it up beside the altar. The treasurers should give the money towards the preparation and inscribing and setting up of the stele (35) from the public funds. The <foreign>demiourgos</foreign>, Demetrios, son of Demetrios, grandson of Anaxippos, and two other ambassadors chosen by the assembly, when they have gone to visit the Antiocheians (on-the-Kydnos) and have given them the decree, should greet them in the name of the people and having made clear the goodwill of the citizens, should discuss the interests (40) of both cities. (The following) have been chosen: Dionysios, son of Alexandros, Mousaios, son of Nikolaos.</p>
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<p>[...] pour le salut de notre peuple et de celui des [Antiochéens-du-]Kydnos et de ceux qui accroîtront les justes liens de [parenté], d'amitié et de concorde. Qu'il plaise au conseil et au peuple (5) que ce qui a été exposé ci-dessus soit exécuté, comme il a paru bon à la communauté; que les prytanes veillent à la construction de l'autel. Le jour où l'autel aura été consacré, que le démiurge et les prytanes fassent partir une procession, la plus belle et la plus éclatante possible, depuis (le foyer d')Hestia Boulaia jusqu'au sanctuaire d'Athéna Magarsia. Que l'on sacrifie (10) à Athéna et à Homonoia, à chacune une génisse aux cornes dorées. Que prennent part à la procession les prêtres, les collèges des magistrats, les vainqueurs aux concours stéphanites, le gymnasiarque avec les éphèbes et les jeunes gens, et le pédonome avec les garçons. Qu'il y ait aussi une trêve judiciaire et une stéphanéphorie, et que tous soient exempts de travaux et délivrés de liens. (15) Que les magistrats et les stéphanites se réunissent pour un banquet dans le sanctuaire d'Athéna Magarsia, et que les citoyens (fassent de même) par tribu. Que le hiéromnémon et les présidents de tribu veillent au bon ordre de la panégyrie. Qu'à l'avenir, un animal soit sacrifié sur l'autel le premier jour de chaque mois et que chaque année aient lieu (20) la procession, les sacrifices et tout le reste conformément aux prescriptions ci-dessus. Que les trésoriers exécutent les dispositions ci-dessus exposées en puisant dans les fonds publics. Afin que soit évidente pour tous la disposition sincère et amicale du peuple envers ses parents, (25) que le héraut sacré invite les Antiochéens-du-Kydnos à occuper des places de choix dans les concours musicaux, en tant qu'ils sont nos parents et amis, et, après l'accomplissement dans le théâtre des voeux et des libations d'usage aux dieux et aux rois, qu'il (le héraut) fasse des voeux selon la tradition ancestrale afin qu'il en aille en tout point aussi bien pour les Antiochéens-(30)-du-Kydnos que pour notre peuple. Que le secrétaire du conseil et du peuple, Lysis, fils de Mnaséas, fasse graver ce décret sur une stèle de marbre de Paros, de la plus belle qualité possible, et qu'il l'érige à côté de l'autel. Que les trésoriers versent l'argent pour la confection, la gravure et la consécration de la stèle, (35) sur les fonds publics. Que le démiurge Démétrios, fils de Démétrios, petit-fils d'Anaxippos, et deux autres ambassadeurs, désignés par l'assemblée, après s'être rendus chez les Antiochéens-du-Kydnos et leur avoir remis le décret, les saluent au nom de notre communauté et, ayant manifesté le dévouement de nos concitoyens, discutent avec eux des intérêts (40) de l'une et de l'autre cité. Ont été désignés : Dionysios, fils d'Alexandros, Mousaios, fils de Nikolaos.</p>
<p> (traduction d'après I. <bibl type="author_date" n="Savalli-Lestrade 2006">Savalli-Lestrade 2006</bibl>)</p>
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<p> This decree from Antiocheia-ad-Pyramum (the name adopted by the city of Magarsos, a port on the territory of Mallos, during the 3rd century BC) concerns the construction of an altar, presumably that of Homonoia (Concord) in the santuary of Athena Magarsia (cf. Robert for this plausible hypothesis). Together with this, we find the institution of monthly sacrifices as well as an annual celebration, in which the inhabitants of Antiochia-on-the-Kydnos (the alternative name of Tarsos in this period) were invited to participate and to be especially honoured. This decree is thus an interesting case in which the political agenda drove the institution of cultic activities. Thériault, in a study of the cult of Homonoia in Greek cities, compares the decree of Antiocheia-ad-Pyramum to an inscription of Entella and Nakona (<bibl type="abbr" n="SEG">SEG</bibl> 30, 1119), instituting, after a period of internal conflict, annual sacrifices to Homonoia and involving all citizens in the celebrations. According to Thériault, we should think the present decree intended to solve a conflict or boost the relationship between Antiocheia-ad-Pyramum and the homonymous inhabitants of Anchiochos-on-the-Kydnos. The precise political circumstances of the diplomatic situation between the two cities remain unclear, however.</p>
<p>As preserved, the decree starts (lines 1-18) by prescribing the festivities surrounding the consecration of an altar that is to be constructed under the supervision of the prytaneis. These include a procession from the council altar to the sanctuary of Athena Magarsia, the organisation of a festival and the sacrifice of a cow to Athena and Homonoia each. The text goes on (lines 18-21) to discuss subsequent sacrifices on a monthly basis. The Antiocheians-on-the-Kydnos are to received special honours during annual festivities, the musical contests (lines 23-31): a front seat during the musical contests, and a separate mention during the prayers. The final part of the text (lines 31ff.) notably discusses the inscribing and setting up of the inscription, together with its financing. Various aspects of the inscription testify to the perceived importance of these regulations. First, the material: all other inscriptions found at the site were made of a local stone, but for this regulation more expensive, imported Parian marble was used. Second, and more importantly, the proposed religious activities that were to be added to the city's cultic calendar were on a large scale: monthly sacrifices, and a yearly festival and procession in which the majority of the community of Antiochia-ad-Pyramum was intended to participate. Robert calls this "une bonne préface psychologique et religieuse pour les négociations que l'on décide de faire mener". Indeed, the final part of the inscription (lines 35-41) discusses the sending of three ambassadors to discuss "the common interests of the two cities".</p>
<p>For a more extensive commentary, cf. Savalli-Lestrade.</p>
<p> Line 3: The phrase τὰ τῆ[ς] σ̣[υγγε]ν̣ίας ... δίκαια refers to the privileges that derive from the perceived kinship between the two cities: for parallels, cf. Savalli-Lestrade.</p>
<p> Lines 5 and 21: The phrase τὰ προδεδηλωμένα most probably refers to what was discussed earlier in the decree, in a lost part of it (perhaps above the current line 1), or possibly in earlier decrees connected to this context.</p>
<p> Line 6: This was most probably an altar of Homonoia to be placed in the sanctuary of Athena Magarsia, who seems to have been the city's main deity. It is unclear if a priesthood of Homonoia was also instituted; more probably, the priests of Athena (cf. line 11) would incorporate the cult of Homonoia into their duties.</p>
<p> Line 7: Savalli-Lestrade interpret the phrase ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑστίας τῆς Βουλαίας as referring not the the hearth of the council (Boule; or the prytaneion), but to a sacred structure (i.e. an enclosure) belonging to the goddess Hestia Boulaia, attested infrequently in different parts of the Greek world in association with Zeus Boulaios and Athena Boulaia. However, parallels from Athens suggest that important civic processions would start from the hearth in the prytaneion: <bibl type="abbr" n="IG II³">IG II³</bibl> 1176 (203/2 BC), lines 7-8, and <bibl type="abbr" n="IG II²">IG II²</bibl> 1283 (ca. 250 BC), lines 6-7. On the cult of the goddess Hestia in the prytaneion, see Merkelbach.</p>
<p> Lines 9-11: The fact that the sacrifices to Athena Magarsia and Homonoia are equal and conspicuously decorated testifies to the perceived importance of this cult of Homonoia. For the sacrifice of cows with gilded horns, cp. <ref target="http://cgrn.ulg.ac.be/CGRN_139/">CGRN 139</ref>, Commentary at line 7.</p>
<p> Lines 11-16: The procession is organised on a large scale, with the participation of many citizens and involving a suspension of judicial activities and even a temporary release of prisoners: cp. the sacred day instituted at <ref target="http://cgrn.ulg.ac.be/CGRN_200/">CGRN 200</ref> (Magnesia-on-the-Maiander), lines 24-25.</p>
<p> Line 28: The reference to 'kings' includes both the present and the previous kings (Savalli-Lestrade); the reference to 'gods' is probably meant to be even wider or more generic.</p>
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