Ταμίαι
treasurers, stewards
Translated by David Whitehead21 Dec 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
The treasurers held a particular official position among Athenians; they were 10 in number. These men receive the statue of Athena and the Nikai and the other ornamentation and the money, in the presence of the Council, as Aristotle [says].1 There are also certain treasurers of the [sc. sacred] triremes, as the same [writer says].2 Eupolis has shown that the treasurers were also in attendance on the trierarchs.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ταμίαι· ἀρχή τις παρ' Ἀθηναίοις ἦν οἱ ταμίαι, ιʹ τὸν ἀριθμόν. παραλαμβάνουσι δὲ οὗτοι τό τε ἄγαλμα τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς καὶ τὰς Νίκας καὶ τὸν ἄλλον κόσμον καὶ τὰ χρήματα, ἐναντίον τῆς βουλῆς, ὡς Ἀριστοτέλης. εἰσὶ δέ τινες καὶ τῶν τριήρων ταμίαι, ὡς ὁ αὐτός. ὅτι δὲ καὶ τοῖς τριηράρχοις παρείποντο ταμίαι, δέδωκεν Εὔπολις.
Betacode
*tami/ai: a)rxh/ tis par' *)aqhnai/ois h)=n oi( tami/ai, i# to\n a)riqmo/n. paralamba/nousi de\ ou(=toi to/ te a)/galma th=s *)aqhna=s kai\ ta\s *ni/kas kai\ to\n a)/llon ko/smon kai\ ta\ xrh/mata, e)nanti/on th=s boulh=s, w(s *)aristote/lhs. ei)si\ de/ tines kai\ tw=n trih/rwn tami/ai, w(s o( au)to/s. o(/ti de\ kai\ toi=s trihra/rxois parei/ponto tami/ai, de/dwken *eu)/polis.
Notes (3)
- Abridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., commenting in the first instance on Isaeus fr. 138 Sauppe.
See also tau 58. - 1?Aristot. Athenaion Politeia 47.1 (web address 1). ↩
- 2?Aristot. Athenaion Politeia 61.7 (web address 2). ↩
- 3Eupolis fr. 195 Kock = 210 Kassel-Austin. ("Shown",
dedh/lwken , Harpokration; "given", Suda.) ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- τ57ΤαμίαςstewardMasculine. But tami/a ['housekeeper'] [is] feminine.
- τ58Ταμίαιtreasurers, stewardsThey are officials at Athens appointed by lot from the five-hundred-bushel men; they guard both the sacred and the public monies in the temple of Athena on [the] acropolis, as well as the statue of Athena itself. There…
- τ60Ταμίαιstewards, dispensers[Meaning] overseers, guards, store-keepers, treasurers.
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