Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of plates
- Preface
- Systems of reference
- GENERAL
- ATHENIAN
- NEAR EASTERN
- 31 The Persepolis Fortification Texts
- 32 The King's dinner
- 33 Datis the Mede
- 34 Persians in Herodotus
- 35 The Phoenician fleet in 411
- 36 Persian gold in Greek international relations
- 37 The first Greek Jew
- 38 Review of J. N. Sevenster, Do You Know Greek?
- Bibliography
- Publications of David M. Lewis
- Indexes
37 - The first Greek Jew
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of plates
- Preface
- Systems of reference
- GENERAL
- ATHENIAN
- NEAR EASTERN
- 31 The Persepolis Fortification Texts
- 32 The King's dinner
- 33 Datis the Mede
- 34 Persians in Herodotus
- 35 The Phoenician fleet in 411
- 36 Persian gold in Greek international relations
- 37 The first Greek Jew
- 38 Review of J. N. Sevenster, Do You Know Greek?
- Bibliography
- Publications of David M. Lewis
- Indexes
Summary
Dr M. Mitsos publishes in'Aρχ.'Eφ).(1952), (published 1955), 194-ff., an inscription which may be of interest to a wider public. It is from the Amphiareion of Oropos, the small border state between Athens and Boeotia which continually changed hands between them and sometimes had a precarious independence. The Amphiareion, dedicated to the healing-hero Amphiaraos, was of more than local importance, and attracted pilgrims and dedications from all Attica and Boeotia.
Móσχoν Φρ[∪νίδας …]
Τoν καί ɛiναι Eλɛύθɛρoν μη[δɛνί μηδ]Eν
πoσήκoνΤα. Eάν δE Τι πάθηι ρρ∪νίδας
πρoΤoũ Τòγ χρóνoν διɛξɛλθɛĩν, Eλɛύθɛρoς
aπίΤω Móσχoς, oU aν αUΤòς βoύληΤαι
Tύχηι aγαθñι. MάρΤ∪ρɛς. 'Aθηνóδωρoς
MνασικῶνΤoς'Ωρώπιoς, BίoΤΤoς EUδίκo∪
'Aθηναĩoς, Xαρĩνoς 'AνΤιχάρμo∪'Aθηναĩoς
'Athgr;ηνάδης'Eπιγóνo∪'OHgr;ρώιoς,'Iππων Aiσχύ-
λo∪'Ωρώπιoς. Móoσχoς Moσχiωνς 'Io∪δαĩoς
Eνύπνιoν iδών πρoσΤάξανΤoς Τoũ θɛoũ
'Aμϕιαράo∪ καί Τñς'Yγιɛίας, καθά σ∪νέΤασɛ
O 'Aμϕιάραoς καί n 'Yγίɛια Eν σΤήληι γράψανΤα
aναθɛĩναι πρòς Τῶι βωμῶι.
[… Phrynidas (will release) Moschos to be free, dependent on no man.
But if anything happens to Phrynidas (i.e. if he dies) before the time elapses, let Moschos go free wherever he wishes. To Good Fortune. Witnesses:
Athenodoros son of Mnasikon of Oropos, Biottos son of Eudikos of Athens, Charinos son of Anticharmos of Athens, Athenades son of Epigonos of Oropos, Hippon son of Aeschylos of Oropos. (Set up by) Moschos son of Moschion the Jew at the command of the god Amphiaraos and the goddess Health, having seen a dream in which Amphiaraos and Health commanded him to write it on stone and set it up by the altar.]
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- Selected Papers in Greek and Near Eastern History , pp. 380 - 382Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1997