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ROMAN PELOPONNESE I
Olympia; list of cult personnel; here attested as Μ(αρκος) Άττήδιος Κόγνιτορ.
grammateus
Remarks: In the inscription IvO 86 the form Κόγνιτορ appears instead of Κόγνιτος as a result
of the Elean rotacism. For the name Attedius see Schulze, 427. 457. 558; Solin and
Salomies, 26; it is often attested in Gallia Narbonensis and Moesia Superior (cf.
Mócsy, Nomenciator, 35), but it is uncommon in the Greek mainland. It should be
noted however that â praetor in Achaia before A.D. 25 was named Attedius Geminus
(see Thomasson, 197; Groag, Reichsbeamten, 17). The name is also attested in
Koroni in Messenia (IG V 1, 1398, MES s.v. Attedii). For the person see also
Zoumbaki, Elis und Olympia, A 160.
59. ΑΥΛΟΣ [- - -]
7v0 56,1. 2 facsimile [lst/2nd c. A.D.].
Olympia; seven fragments of a plaque of Pentelic marble bearing the rules of the organisation
of the games 'Ιταλικά Σεβαστά Ίσολύμπια at Naples. The named person is one of the πρεσβεύσαντες.
Remarks: Dittenberger and Purgold date the inscription after the year 2 B.C. when the first
Ίταλίς is dated. Its publication in the panhellenic sanctuary at Olympia is to be
explained as an announcement to the athletes who came for the Olympic games; cf.
also P. Siewert, "The Olympic rules", in: W. Coulson-H. Kyrieleis (eds.),
Proceedings of an international symposium on the Olympic games, Athens 5-9
September 1988 (Athens 1992) 113-114.
60. Μ(ΑΡΚΟΣ) ΩΡΑ[Ρ]ΙΟΣ ΣΑΒ(Ε)ΙΝΟΣ
[1] /v0 91,1. 15 facsimile [A.D. 113-117].
Olympia; list of cult personnel: Ώρά[ρι]ος Σαβίνος A. For the abbreviation A. cf. EL 82.
[2] IvO 92,1. 16 facsimile [1st quarter of the 2nd c. A.D., after A.D. 117].
Olympia; list of cult personnel: Μ(άρκος) Ώρά[ρ]ιος Σαβειν[ος].
exegetes
Remarks: According to Dittenberger and Purgold another possibility for completing the
gentilicium could be Ώράτιος. Because of the initial letter "Ω", it seems unlikely to
regard the name as the Greek transcription of the name Orarius, since "Ω" is the
usual equivalent of the Latin "Au". For Aurarius see E. Habel, RE II 2 (1896) 2425,
who believes that the name is derived from aurum (gold) and means the goldsmith
(aurarius); Solin and Salomies, 28. For the person see also Zoumbaki, Elis und
Olympia, Ω 1.
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