Termessos’taki Pamphyliarkhlar ve Pamphylia’daki Roma Valileri İçin Epigramlar. Öncelik ve Onurlar

Year 2023, , 69 - 80, 12.11.2023

Héctor Arroyo-quirce

https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.1321119

Abstract

Geç İmparatorluk Dönemi’nde ister Romalı yetkililer ister yerel hayırseverler olsun, önemli kişileri onurlandırmak için taş üzerine epigramların kullanımı iyi bilinen bir olgudur, ancak siyasi ve kurumsal tarihle ilgili soruları aydınlatmak için çok az araştırılmıştır, özellikle de malzemenin şiirsel doğası nedeniyle bu zordur. Bu çalışma, Pisidia’daki Termessos kentinden Pamphyliarkhos’ları ψῆφος Παμφύλων ve γῆς κάρα Παμφύλων ifadeleriyle onurlandıran iki epigrama odaklanmaktadır. Termessos’un Pamphylia ile tarihsel bağlarını kısaca gözden geçirdikten sonra, asıl amaç bu ifadeleri, Roma döneminde Küçük Asya epigrafisinde bireysel önceliği belirtmek için kullanılan πρῶτος onursal unvanına yapılmış şiirsel imalar olarak analiz etmektir. Son bölümde, Pamphylia’daki Perge ve Attaleia kentlerinden Romalı valiler onuruna yazılmış diğer iki epigramla benzerlikler vurgulanırken, bunların kimliği ve Side kentinin πιστή unvanı tartışılmaktadır.

Keywords

Küçük Asya, Yunan Epigrafisi, Onursal Epigramlar, Geç İmparatorluk, Küçük Asya, öncelik

Epigrams for Pamphyliarchs in Termessos and Roman Governors in Pamphylia. Primacy and Honours

Abstract

The use of epigrams on stone during the Late Empire to honour important individuals, whether Roman officials or local benefactors, is a well-known phenomenon, although little explored to elucidate questions of political and institutional history, especially tricky due to the poetic nature of the material. In this field of study, the present work is focused on two epigrams from the Pisidian city of Termessos honouring Pamphyliarchs with the expressions ψῆφος Παμφύλων and γῆς κάρα Παμφύλων. After briefly reviewing the historical links of Termessos with Pamphylia, the main objective is to analyse these expressions as poetic allusions to the honorific title πρῶτος, used in the epigraphy of Asia Minor during the Roman period to designate individual primacy. The last section highlights similarities with two other epigrams from the cities of Perge and Attaleia in Pamphylia in honour of Roman governors, while discussing their identity and the title πιστή of the city of Side.

Keywords

Greek Epigraphy, Honorific Epigrams, Late Empire, Asia Minor, primacy

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