Abstract
Searching examination of Coan inscriptions mentioning civic oaths (homopoliteia between Cos and Calymnus, Coan arbitration for Telos) or magistrate oaths (accountants in a lex sacra, priestresses of Demeter, prostatai) lead to a better understanding of the functions of the oath in the Coan institutions : the one who takes it, enters into an agreement with the city and this agreement ensures, under the protection of Gods, an harmony essential to the democracy. The oaths also show that men or women who take them, are active members of the polis which remains at the Hellenistic period, in spite of Ptolemies' protectorate, an healthy community. By comparing these inscriptions with similar documents — particularly those of Athens — we cannot surely conclude to the diffusion of Attic models of institutions at the Hellenistic period.
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