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The Hieropoioi On Kos

The Hieropoioi On Kos THE HIEROPOIOI ON KOS BY DAVID R. SMITH Pomona, California In the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. the hieropoioi were important religious officials in several Greek states, especially in Athens and Delos. The general nature of their title (i ερ πΟ l ευ - 'to do some- thing holy') seems to have made the position of hieropoioi an extremely flexible office. At Athens the chief roles of these officials were as commissioners of sacrifice and managers of festivals 1). On Delos they became the chief religious magistrates of the state 2). The hieropoioi were important officials on Kos also, but there has never been a scholarly investigation of their role. Accordingly, it is the purpose of this paper to examine the Koan evidence carefully in order to discover what the duties of the hieropoioi were and what their relationship was to other officials and to Koan institutions. The topic naturally divides itself into three parts: the evidence, the relationship to other officials, and the relationship to institutions. The Evidence The direct evidence for the activities of the hieropoioi is limited to a small number of inscriptions dating from the mid-fourth century to the second century B.C. These inscriptions http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Numen Brill

The Hieropoioi On Kos

Numen , Volume 20 (1-3): 38 – Jan 1, 1973

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Brill
Copyright
© 1973 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0029-5973
eISSN
1568-5276
DOI
10.1163/156852773X00231
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THE HIEROPOIOI ON KOS BY DAVID R. SMITH Pomona, California In the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. the hieropoioi were important religious officials in several Greek states, especially in Athens and Delos. The general nature of their title (i ερ πΟ l ευ - 'to do some- thing holy') seems to have made the position of hieropoioi an extremely flexible office. At Athens the chief roles of these officials were as commissioners of sacrifice and managers of festivals 1). On Delos they became the chief religious magistrates of the state 2). The hieropoioi were important officials on Kos also, but there has never been a scholarly investigation of their role. Accordingly, it is the purpose of this paper to examine the Koan evidence carefully in order to discover what the duties of the hieropoioi were and what their relationship was to other officials and to Koan institutions. The topic naturally divides itself into three parts: the evidence, the relationship to other officials, and the relationship to institutions. The Evidence The direct evidence for the activities of the hieropoioi is limited to a small number of inscriptions dating from the mid-fourth century to the second century B.C. These inscriptions

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Published: Jan 1, 1973

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