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ROMAN PERSONAL NAMES IN ELEIA 207-209
the completion of the cognomen, e.g. Φιλό[ξεν]ος. Cf. also Zoumbaki, Elis und
Olympia, Φ 47.
207. ΦΛ(ΑΒΙΟΣ) ΦΙΛΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ
JvO 476 facsimile [3rd c. A.D.].
Olympia; a base for a statue erected by the polis of Athens after a decree of the Olympic boule:
'Αγαθή τύχη. Ι Δόγματι τής ΌλυμπιΙκής βουλής Φλ(άβιον) Ι Φιλόστρατον ΆθηΙ 5 ναΙον, τον
σοφιστήν, Ι ή λαμπρότατη πατρίς.
Athenian
Remarks: He is perhaps to be identified with the author of the " Vitae Sophistarum" and of the
biography of Apollonius of Tyana. About this man, the two homonymous persons
from his family and the difficulties of distinguishing one from the other see PIR 2 F
332; F. Solmsen, RE XX 1 (1941) 125-176; H. Gärtner, Der kleine Pauly A, 780-784,
s.v. Philostratos [5].
208. ΦΛΑΒΙΟΣ ΦΥΛΑΞ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
IvO A6A facsimile [end of 2nd / beginning of 3rd c. A.D.].
Olympia; a large statue base of Pentelic marble erected by the Olympic boule in honour of the
sophist, member of the Thessalian synedrion and of the Athenian Areopagos, Flavius Phylax.
The formulating of the text is improvised:
'Αγαθή τύχ[η] Ι "Εδοξε τή βουλή Ι τή Όλυμπική Ι Φλάβιος Φύλαξ Ι 5 'Αλεξάνδρου, Θεσσαλός Ι
σοφιστής, Ι Θεσσαλών Ι σύνεδρος, Ι 'Αθηναίων Ι Άρεοπαγείτης.
From Hypata, citizen also of Athens
member of the Thessalian synedrion and of the Athenian Areopagos
Remarks: He is attested also at Delphi where he and his brother Phoenix honour their father
T. Flavius Alexander, who was a sophist and a member of the Thessalian synedrion
and citizen of Hypata, see J. Pouilloux, "Une famille de sophistes Thessaliens à
Delphes au II e s. ap. J.-C", REG 80, 1967, 379-384; see also M. Rainer,
"Bürgerrechtsprobleme im 2. Jahrhundert n. Chr., Flavius Phylax", in: G. Wesener
et alii (eds), Festschrift für Arnold Kränzlein. Beiträge zur antiken Rechtsgeschichte
(Graz 1986) 83-93, where, using the honorary inscription for Phylax in Olympia as
a springboard, Rainer discusses the problems of Greek citizenship, the possession of
both Greek and Roman citizenships, and the organisation of the Thessalian League
and Areopagos in Athens. Cf. also Philostr., VSII. 23, 1.
209. ΤΙΤΟΣ ΦΛ(ΑΟΥΙΟΣ) ΠΟΛΥΒΙΟΣ
[1] IvOAA9 facsimile [reign of Hadrian].
Olympia; a marble base for a statue erected by the polis of Messene in honour of the person
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