ProQuest Dissertations - Historia Antigua

analogy to other Greek towns such as Metapontum as well as the inscription on theLucanian stele. 9As with the heroon, the Latin colonists ritually buried the ekklesiasterion andeventually constructed their own sanctuary above and slightly to the north of it. 91Curti,Dench, and Patterson assert that the colonists of 273 BCE destroyed the structure justafter the colonization, 92 but the contents of the fill over the cavea suggests that theekklesiasterion was not buried until c. 200 BCE.This does not indicate that it was stillin use as a meeting place in the early generations of the Latin colony, while the comitiumwas under construction, although this is possible. 4The Lucanian stele was left in place,so probably the destruction was not immediate and total. After the ritual burial of theekklesiasterion, the citizens of Paestum built a new sacred complex over the top;subsequent use as a Medieval cemetery and poor excavation record-keeping prevent asecure attribution to any particular deity. 95A small bronze plaque from the third centuryBCE, inscribed with 'IVE' and found in the forum area suggests that a cult to Jupitercontinued in Paestum, but this artifact cannot be connected to any particular structure. 9690 Greco (2001b), p. 53. Cf. Crawford (2006), p. 63; Greco, D'Ambrosio, and Theodorescu (1996), pp. 42-43. The stele was dedicated c. 300 BCE in fulfillment of a vow by Statis Statilies to Jupiter, whichindicates that the Lucanians probably continued use of the ekklesiasterion and worship of its patron god,although under a different name.91 Torelli (1999a), p. 16. Cf. Greco, D'Ambrosio, and Theodorescu (1996), pp. 43-46.92 Curti, Dench, and Patterson (1996), p. 186.93 Crawford (2006), p. 65.94 Torelli (1999a), p. 23. See Crawford (2006), pp. 65-66 for the caution on whether it was in use or not.95 Greco, D'Ambrosio, and Theodorescu (1996), p. 46.96 Torelli (1999a), p. 34. IVE is an archaic formulation: Iu(v)e(i) = '(sacred) to Jove' Torelli would like toassociate this piece with the North Sanctuary, where a block inscribed with lovei {ILP 5 = CIL I 2 3147) wasfound (Torelli (1999b), pp. 52-53). I see no reason why there could not have been two altars or shrinesdedicated to Jupiter in Paestum. In any case, we do not have enough evidence for the exact location(s).173