Hesperia
Two Horos Inscriptions of the Bouleuterion of the Areopagus: Epigraphy and Topography
by Gerald V. Lalonde
Hesperia, Volume 82, Issue 3
Page(s): 435-457
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Year: 2013
ABSTRACT:
Agora I 5054, an inscription excavated in 1937 on the northeast slope of the Areopagus, was first published as a dedication of the Boule of the Areopagus with traces of a failed earlier version of the text. Reexamination of the stone has revealed that the inscription is a palimpsest of two successive horoi of the Bouleuterion of the Areopagus from the 5th and 4th centuries. The stone's architecture and the textual layout suggest that the inscription was built into a peribolos wall at the bouleuterion's entrance. Replacement of the older horos (岣ハ屘�ρ蹋[ος τε虘ς(?)] β[ο]λε虘ς) with the later one (βολη虘ς 峒�ξ 峒�ρείο πάγο) may reflect the renewed importance of the Areopagus beginning ca. mid-4th century B.C.