Abstract

The decree of Pergamon, dated between the 8th October 135 BC and the spring of the 133 BC, contains three royal letters: the first letter (A) is addressed by the king Attalos II to Athenaios (I), his cousin; the second (B) is addressed by the king Attalos III to the city of Kyzikos; the third (C) is addressed by the king Attalos III to the city of Pergamon. The three letters deal with religious affairs: the letter (A) refers to the election of Athenaios (II), nephew of Athenaios (I), to the position of priest of Dionysos Kathegemon after the death of his father, Sosandros, which held this role, and is addressed to the grandfather of Athenaios (II), i.e. Athenaios (I). The second (B) relates to the privileges which the city of Kyzikos has to grant to Athenaios (II), citizen of Kyzikos, priest of Dionysos Kathegemon and of Zeus Sabazios, according to the will of Attalus III. The third letter (C), which the city has to enter into the sacred laws, ἱεροὶ νόμοι, states the reform of the cult of Zeus Sabazios, achieved by Attalus III: Zeus Sabazios becomes σύνναος θεός of Athena Nikephoros and the Athenaios (II) is confirmed as hereditary priest of Zeus Sabazios in the reformed cult.

Highlights

  • The decree of Pergamon, dated between the 8th October 135 BC and the spring of the 133 BC, contains three royal letters: the first letter (A) is addressed by the king Attalos i.e. Athenaios (II) to Athenaios (I), his cousin; the second (B) is addressed by the king Attalos III to the city of Kyzikos; the third (C) is addressed by the king Attalos III to the city of Pergamon

  • Attalo III, quindi, nel momento della creazione di un sacerdote per il culto riformato di Zeus Sabazios a Pergamo riconferma come sacerdote a vita per via ereditaria Athenaios (II), già sacerdote del dio prima della riforma del culto, ἐποήσαμεν δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἱερέα διὰ γένους Ἀθήναιον τὸν ἐμόν (l. 56)

  • (ed.), Attalid Asia Minor: Money, International Relations, and the State

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Summary

Struttura dell’iscrizione

Del decreto della città di Pergamo, inciso nella parte superiore della stele, restano le righe finali, ll. 1-4: compare il termine ψήφισμα (l. 4) ed è ri-. 26-31) e si fa riferimento alla carica di sacerdote di Zeus Sabazios, svolta già con Attalo II Quindi, sancita la sua funzione aggiuntiva di sacerdote di Dioniso Kathegemon, che era stata riferita da Attalo II ad Athenaios (I) sette anni prima (A). Un ulteriore riferimento alle decisioni prese insieme da Attalo II e da Attalo III rispetto alla carica aggiuntiva di Athenaios (II) come sacerdote di Dioniso Kathegemon è presente alle ll. 58), di Attalo III alla città di Pergamo: i nuovi onori tributati a Zeus Sabazios e i privilegi concessi ad Athenaios (II), τά τε πρὸ[ς] | τὸν θεὸν τίμια καὶ τὰ πρὸς τὸν Ἀθήναιομ φιλάνθρωπα Tale procedimento (cf. infra), infatti, avrebbe permesso che tali disposizioni acquisissero caratteristiche di durata e di immutabilità, εἰς τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον ἀκίνητα καὶ ἀμετάθετα (l. 58)

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61. Per un’analisi dello stile delle lettere di Attalo
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