Hellenotamiae
Hellenotamiai (Attic Greek: ἑλληνοταμίαι[1]) was an ancient Greek term indicating a group of public treasurers.[2] The Hellenotamiae were ten magistrates appointed by the Athenians (one from each tribe, possibly by election) to receive the contributions of the allied states, and were the chief financial officers of the Delian League.[3]
They were first appointed in 477 BC, when
The office was retained after the treasury was transferred from Delos to Athens in 454/453 BC,[3] on the proposal of the Samians.[6][8] From 453 BC they paid the First Fruits to the treasury of Athena, and disbursed payments on the authority of the assembly, usually to Athenian general on campaign, but also for construction (e.g. Acropolis buildings). Some time around the oligarchic coup of 411 BC, a board of twenty Hellenotamiae were given authority over the state treasury of Athens, as well as that of the Delian League.[3]
The office was abolished on the conquest of Athens by the
References
- ^ In an Old Attic Greek inscription the word is found as ℎελλενοταμίασι: SEG 39:21 (archaic spelling, inflected form).
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, pp. 590–591
- ^ a b c Gomme, Arnold Wycombe (1996), "hellenotamiai", in Hornblower, Simon (ed.), Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press
- ^ Xenophon, de Vectig. v. 5
- ^ Thucydides, i.95
- ^ a b Plutarch, Aristides 24-25
- ^ Andocides, de Pace p. 107
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, xii. 38
- Philipp August Boeckh, The Public Economy of Athens p. 176, 2nd ed.
- ^ Corp. Inscrip. No. 147
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. London: John Murray.)
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