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16 FRANCIS PIEJKO
Jos., A.J. 12.139: Kal T'1v t6Aktv xV1W v av c43tV KwspOapgevflv l)1c TO 6V
irepit ou; irox~gox; 1gnE(Y&3vto0V, ccat GvoM(dat si; a1)uiiv icXikv
0aUvFX~o~vTrov ---. L. Robert, Villes d 'Asie Mineure2, p. 32: ~int6v-ra, T[s
iirvic]Xpljwxa -r, ot; 0rnVOuciaesia [Kai itonXX ] iXXOC irepurou71aaVT0
Q %& I 6;']rjpx K Fc'aitioV'aV &V'jov'ra.11 OGI 194,5: Ka'r
irp6-rEpov icapaXYEvOjisvo; tIr6 x)aXFir60V KaX1 itotUtXO)V npita~aceow
O(Pappgviv-div ir6Xo'kv OxXjig. 7-8: iolKxO6Xo01 nX irVr; [oT1%; 7CoXit'(X;
cocrcrar]1a(XgCVo; [cit; a& 6PaXFtaV Kai] cd; [T7'iv apx(Xicx.V c']8[atigovi~av
(FP) Moretti, Iscr. stor. ellenist. 1, 19, 8-9: Ka' &i-Vrov KtC"Cd XXcT X C& o
aoy1tipi nav apKi-tOot. 31: 'nF tc10ljOl iro); v wipc r 6j1tlKa
-0 xgovav ---. Cf. Arrian, Anab. 3.1.5.
12-13 The request for permission to inscribe and set up a
favorable decision forms a part of a great many petitions. Our stela is a
cumulative inscription, as it incorporates all the separate
communications, up to date, from this and from the immediately
preceding reign. Cf.- 29-30.
13-14 Cf. OGJ 56, 18-19: (6O(XV(XTO -rov pyFiicxV icd T7; ctO~v
6pcrij1; peyuvrov -0 u 0gvrlj~ua KcxTakFit'ovtc-; Toi; cc vi)v 01 (Y d - ot;
enriytvogEvot;. See also Syll., index s.v. F-irtYi'yvogcci.
In OGI 168, n. 17, Dittenberger was unable to decide whether
icopte~ouat is a verb or a participle: "Quare nescio an soloece pro
coniunctivo K1oiPu'ioxli a particula finali Uvcx] pendente incisum sit". I
think it stands for the subjunctive.
17-18 Diodorus tells us (1.70.6) that already in Pharaonic Egypt
it was a part of royal etiquette that in his daily prayers a priest recited
the king's virtues: X'yovra 6i6-ri irp6; T-rc Ocot; cKf3J iciip6;
aV0p(0iro1; iiT p6RCx-rcx 6ixxtKcvrl In fact this becamne a widespread
custom in Hellenistic monarchies when kings often predicated the
same about themselves. Cf. Letter of Aristeas 24: H16Yotv o^05v &vpd~not;
TO-rbt0 ica~o rtoVF-gci btVog~oyo3gevot. 36: icolfi~gf; ci; kpcccogevot -d1V
paockeXciav PXccv0por6rnCPov d& vr6'gc-v imoi. 37: TO')geykvrp OFc
xaptoiilpixx &vartO*,Vrc;. 38. Bo-oXoge'~wov 6' {itt6V cat roUTto;
Xapi'ýcaOcx. 225 (discussion on kingship; the king would do well):
Kc-XcPvrTicrect tpb; irav-c; &v~pOpnrou;. OGI 90, 12: ToiY; tc iexxuT o *
8lveigao irCei ~v0p(0r7t7c ir naai;, iLe. made benefits according to his
very best abilities. Ibid. 19: b6ioio); coaltb 6i Katov iraoYtVW &ovEtctv. JOS.
A.J. 16.176: To" 6iKcuoV 8~ r'_ noi~V &VOOpnrot; iritnTT8dovTc-;. III Macc. 3.18
11 1 would also supply the first line of this inscription: ['0 6ito; 'AttcTX]ov.
12This is also reflected in Ptolemaic documents, e.g. in the two Egyptian versions of the
Raphia Decree, Gauthier-Sottas, De'cret trilingue, hieroglyphic, p. 7: "pieux envers tous les
dieux, protecteur des humains", and demnotic, p. 32: "dont le coeur est lpieux envers les dieux,
le protecteur des humains".I
