Two Inscriptions from the Athenian Agora: I 7571 and I 7579

Abstract

Two inscriptions discovered in the Agora Excavations contribute new information about Athenian political history: Athenian interactions with Rhodes in the late 3rd or early 2nd century B.C., and prytany members during the late 2nd century A.D. A state decree, I 7571 names an Athenian proxenos to Rhodes at a time of particularly intense diplomatic activity. The content of I 7579, a prytany document, advances our knowledge of Eleusinian officials and Athenian state practices around A.D. 191/2. In addition, the tribal affiliation proposed for a secretary named in this inscription supports the applicability of Ferguson's Law to this period.