EPIKLESIS (OGIS 458): RENUNTIATIO OR APPELLATIO?
EPIKLESIS (OGIS 458): RENUNTIATIO OR APPELLATIO?

Summary/Abstract: The inscription OGIS 458 contains a detailed account of the new calendar system introduced by the Greek cities of Asia Minor in honor of Augustus. In addition, the decree at the end of the inscription prescribes a deadline for the conduct of local elections. The word ἐπίκλησις appearing here has traditionally been interpreted as renuntiatio, that is, the proclamation of the election results, but the alternative interpretation as appellatio (appeal) has also been proposed in scholarship, without, however, any substantial arguments being advanced in favor of either. In the present study I argue in detail that the interpretation as appeal fits the context much better and is also supported by other relevant sources, both from the Republican period and from the later Empire.

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