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ities. Discussion embraces the date of the
inscription given that it is unusual for the date
to be stated explicitly in the text; more commonly
it is deduced indirectly from imperial
titles or officials belonging to imperial circles
or to the provincial administration. In this way,
the process of dating is grounded, in the majority
of cases, on a sequence of evidence deriving
either from onomastic information, 33 or other
material such as characteristic funerary language,
34 the architectural style of the monument,
or its decoration. Resort to palaeogra-
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1. Transcription of Greek names and
toponyms
Greek names are usually transcribed in their
Latin form when this is attested, or when there
exists a conventionally agreed version (e.g.
\Απολλώνιος=Αρο11οηύΐ8, Άπολλωνίδης=
Apollonides, T^(oç=Eros, Πριμίων=ΡΐΊΐτιΐο).
Where a Greek type of name is not otherwise
attested in Latin, the name is simply transliterated
(e.g. 'AvTO&xiôaç=Antalcidas). Transcription
of Greek toponyms is according to The
Princeton encyclopedia of Classical sites, edited
by W.L. MacDonald and M.H. McAllister
(Princeton, 1976); names of small localities are
transliterated phonetically.
2. Cross-references
The names are presented by geographical
area (Achaia, Arcadia, Argolis, Corinthia and
Eleia) according to the Latin alphabet, starting
with the nomen gentis. Cross references to
other areas dealt with either in this volume or
phy is necessary only when there are no other
clues, but is used in full awareness of its speculative
nature and the risks involved in attempting
a dating on such grounds, especially in the
case of inscriptions from a period that experienced
significant orthographic changes. 35
In the last paragraph of the comments, personal
ties of both kinship and marriage are
analyzed. A stemma is included in exceptional
cases of large families in order to clarify
further the relationships between the family
members.
III. TRANSCRIPTION, CROSS-REFERENCES, SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
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the next (Messenia and Laconia) are given in
the following form: abbreviated name of geographic
area (i.e. ACH, ARC, ARG, COR and
EL) + catalogue number. The only exception is
Messenia to which catalogue numbers will be
assigned after the addition of further names
from still unpublished inscriptions.
Provisionally we refer to names only (e.g.
MES, s.v. Ti. Claudius Apollonius). Stemmata
of the major families are included at the end of
the present volume (Appendix I).
3. Signs and symbols
The transcriptions of Greek or Latin texts
have been made according to the Leiden
(SEG) system rules. Names of individuals
holding offices related to the provincial or
imperial administration are marked with an
asterisk; a cross precedes false or ambiguous
names.
A.D. RIZAKIS