[Agora Publication] Vanderpool (1968a): Metronomoi

Vanderpool, Eugene ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 37.1 1 73-76 10.2307_147538 ... 1968 ... Metronomoi

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[Agora Image] 2012.57.1031 (85-383)

Metronomoi stele ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Metronomoi stele.

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[Agora Object] I 7030: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment from upper part of stele. Full width preserved; back very roughly picked. Face and edge of sides smooth. Lines 1,7 and the 21st., 22nd., and 23rd. letters of line 12 are all painted ... 222/1 B.C ... This fits well in the text. Metronomoi. Pentelic marble.

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Political Organization of Attica

http://agathe.gr/democracy/political_organization_of_attica.html

Political Organization of Attica: Demes and Tribal Representation Each tribe was divided into three parts, and each third (trittys) was from one of the three regions of Attica, plain, coast, or hills ... Found inside the remains of the South Stoa, this inscription is a record of the metronomoi, the inspectors of weights and measures, of whom Aristotle wrote in the Athenian Constitution (51.2): "There are ten metronomoi appointed by lot, five for the city and five for Piraeus. ... A good example of this concern with fairness is the fragmentary inscription which records the transfer of the official weights and measures from the outgoing board of officials (metronomoi) to the incoming board. The five members and two secretaries of the metronomi are listed by name, patronymic (father's name), and deme and indicate that the seven came from seven different tribes: The metronomoi when Archelaos was Archon: Demostratos from Hestiaia Aristokrates from Angele Apollodoros son of Apollonios from Lamptrai Theodotos from Ekale Eratymenes from Oinoe and the allotted secretary: Nikias son of Philo from Kydathenaion and the elected secretary: Herakleitos son Timotheos from Krio gave over the following weights and measures ...