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Aglokreon of Torone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2013

Alan Henry  and
John Traill
Alan Henry
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews
John Traill
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Abstract

In the sepulchral inscription IG ii2. 10453 we are offered Άγλώκρ[ιτος] Τορωνα[ος]. The name Aglokritos, however, cannot stand, for there is room only for a name with a maximum of nine letters. The two extant transcriptions by George Finlay appear to offer two additional letters (AT/IA) at the end of each line, letters which were read by no-one else, Koumanoudes included. It is suggested in this article that Finlay failed to maintain his customary accuracy in making his sketches, and that we should place no faith in the supposed letters AT/IA at the right-hand edge of the stone. We believe that the only nine-lettered male candidate—the female name Aglokrate being less likely than the expected, but ten-lettered Aglokrateia—is Aglokreon.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 96 , November 2001 , pp. 321 - 325
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 2001

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References

1 This sojourn was generously funded and supported by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation. AH wishes to express his gratitude to the Foundation, in particular to its Deputy Director, Mrs Effie Tsiotsiou.

2 We are greatly indebted to the British School at Athens and its Director, David Blaekman, for permission to examine the stone which is the subject of this paper.

3 See Lambert, S. D., ‘The Greek inscriptions on stone in the British School at Athens’, BSA 95 (2000), 485–516Google Scholar.

4 Αττικῆς Επιγραφαὶ Επιτύμβιοι, ed. Koumanoudes, S. A. (Athens, 1871Google Scholar; repr. by the Athens Archaeological Society as no. 131 of its Bibliotheca, 1993).

5 See Miller, W., ‘The Finlay Library’, BSA 26 (1923/1925) 63Google Scholar.

6 We are grateful to Angelos Matthaiou, who joined us in a happy session of autopsy at the British School on 10 May 2000. He is, of course, absolved of any responsibility for the conclusions drawn in this paper.

7 The reference is to a manuscript notebook of George Finlay, entitled ‘Catalogue’, held in the British School at Athens.

8 The reference is to another manuscript notebook of Finlay's, entitled ‘Collectanea Graeca’, likewise held in the British School.

9 Finlay may have inherited his attention to detail from his father, Major John Finlay R. E. Major Finlay was on active service in the Netherlands in 1799. In his notebook from August 5 to 25 he lists the kit he took with him: inter alia, ‘1 Pair White Worsted Stockings, 3 Pair White Cotton Stockings, 2 Pair Blue Fleecy Stockings, 2 Pair New White Silk Stockings, 4 Pair Old White Silk Stockings, 3 Pair Brown Cotton Gloves, 3 Nets, 3 Night Caps, 18 Shirts, 18 Pocket Handkerchiefs, 2 Flannel Shirts, 3 Pair Flannel Drawers, 4 Towels, 4 Pillow Slips, 2 Pair of Sheets, 2 Uniform Vests, 6 White Vests, 1 Pair Warm Gloves, … Flannel Roller, Spare Screws, Army List.’ Finlay père was clearly taking no risks of being cold or found dead in soiled clothing or bed-linen. See Wace, A. J. B., ‘A British officer on active service, 1799’, BSA 23 (1918/1919), 128–9Google Scholar.

10 See Fraser, P. M. and Matthews, E. (eds), A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, i. The Aegean Islands, Cyprus, Cyrenaica (Oxford, 1987Google Scholar).

11 Protho and Pamphilos appear on IG ii2. 10454, a pedimental stele depicting, under the inscription, the wife on the right holding out her hand to her husband on the left.

12 The credit for Aglokreon's candidature belongs to JT.