Ptolemais (tribe)
Ptolemais (Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαΐς) was a tribe (phyle) added by the ancient Athenians to the previous list of 12 Athenian tribes. The date of the addition used to be subject of a scholarly discourse,[1] but modern researchers[2] agree with William Scott Ferguson who (in 1932) suggested that the event took place in 224–223 B.C..[1] Ptolemy III was chosen as one of the Eponymous Heroes due to urgency of keeping friendship with Ptolemaic Egypt.[3] The Monument of the Eponymous Heroes had one statue added, starting the so-called Period III.
While the Athenians added the new phyle to their list at the 7th place,[4] modern researchers use the Roman numeral XIII to designate Ptolemais.
The 13 demes that formed Ptolemais were collected from all 12 old phylai ("rule-of-one"), with the 13th, Berenicidae, newly created[5] and named after Berenice II, wife of Ptolemy III. There was a scientific discourse on the subject, with Pritchett (1942) arguing that the "Macedonian" tribes Antigonis and Demetrias were spared.[6]
References
- ^ a b Pritchett 1942, p. 413.
- ^ Russo 2023, p. 83.
- ^ Pritchett 1942, p. 423.
- ^ Pritchett 1942, p. 413, Note 1.
- ^ Traill 1975, p. 30.
- ^ Pritchett 1942, p. 425.
Sources
- Bates, F.O. (1898). The Five Post-Kleisthenean Tribes. Cornell studies in classical philology. Vol. VIII. Press of Andrus & Church. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- Pritchett, Kendrick (1942). "The Tribe Ptolemais". The American Journal of Philology. 63 (4): 413–432. doi:10.2307/291557. JSTOR 291557.
- Russo, Daria (2023). "Lead Tokens and Athenian Tribes: Iconography and Contexts of Use". In Gkikaki, M.E. (ed.). Tokens in Classical Athens and Beyond (PDF). Liverpool University Press. pp. 83–110. ISBN 978-1-83764-389-9.
- Traill, John S. (1975). The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council. Hesperia Supplements. Vol. 14. doi:10.2307/1353928. JSTOR 1353928.