A Family of Eumolpidai and Kerykes Descended from Pericles

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ID9350151
AuthorsKevin Clinton (corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume73
Issue1
Pages39-57
Publication date2004-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHesperia The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-098X • E-ISSN: 1553-5622
PublisherAmerican School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2972/hesp.2004.73.1.39
OpenAlexW2037060252
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited15

The inscription on a statue base (I 7483) found in the Agora Excavations provides information from the late second and early third century A.D. on intermarriage between families of the Eumolpidai and Kerykes, specifically the Casiani of Steiria of the genos of Eumolpidai and the Claudii of Melite of the genos of Kerykes. It allows us also to identify with high probability members of the Casiani with Eleusinian priests whose names have hitherto been known to us only in their hieronymous form. In addition, it provides important new evidence from the third century A.D. of the display of noble ancestry

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