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ROMAN PERSONAL NAMES IN ARGOLIS
175. MAINIA ΑΒΡΑ
IGW 647 (Mitsos, 13) [1st c. B.C./ 1st c. A.D.].
Argos, village Merbaka (modern Hagia Trias); a funerary inscription:
Μαινία "Αβρά χρηστή· χαίρε.
Remarks: "Αβρά is to be unterstood as Αύρα (LGPN III. A, 84).
176. MAINIA ΤΙΤΟΥ ΣΜΥΡΝΑ
IG IV 620 (W. Vollgraff, MAI 14, 1951, 357; Peek,Vers-Inschriften, 973 [SEG 14, 1957, 322];
Mitsos, 161) [lst/2nd c. A.D.].
Argos, found in the church of Hagios Nikolaos, in the place of which the church of Hagios Petros
was later erected; a funerary epigram for Maenia Smyrna, daughter of Titus, wife of an Apollonius
and mother of an eight-year-old child, ending as follow: Μαινία Τίτου Σμύρνα χρηστή· χαίρε.
177. (ΜΑΙΝΙΟΣ) ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ
IG IV 620 (W. Vollgraff, MAI 14, 1951, 357; ?eek,Vers-Inschriften, 973 [SEG 14, 1957, 322];
Mitsos, 161) [lst/2ndc. A.D.].
Argos; a funerary epigram for Maenia Smyrna (ARG 176), daughter of Titus, wife of
Apollonius and mother of an eight-year-old child.
Remarks: That Apollonius had the Roman citizenship is assumed from 1. 7-8: [...μ]νημόσυνον
178. ΜΑΪΩΡ
προλιποϋσα πόσι κατά δώμα θύγατρα Ι Μαινίω.
IG IV 1538; IG IV 2 1, 433 [έτους ρπγ'=Α.ϋ. 306].
Epidauros, previously in the church of Hagia Anna; an altar bearing a metrical dedication
erected by Maior:
Φοίβω άκειίρεκόμη καί Ι υίέι βωμόν έΙ{ε}θηκεν άρηΙτήρ Μαΐωρ άίτρεκέεσσι θεοις.Ι έτους ρπγ'.
Remarks: According to Hiller von Gaertringen, IG IV 2 1, 433, the person owes his name to
the senator Iulius Antoninus Maior (ARG 149), or he is a descendant of his.
179. MAPKIA
P. Charneux, BCH HO, 1956, 614-5, no. VIII, fig. 8 (SEG 16, 1959, 262; BullÉpigr 1958, 228)
[2nd/3rd c. A.D.].
Argos, in the Geometric cemetery; a limestone stele bearing a funerary poem for Marcia, wife
of Longus: Μαρκία ή Λόνγωι πιστή δάμαρ (1. 5).
180. [MARCIA P(UBLII)] l(IBERTA) HILURIA/[MAPKIA Π]ΟΠΛΙΟΥ ΙΛΥΡΙ[Α]
IG IV 634 (Mitsos, 97) [2nd c. B.C.(?)].
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