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Sparta and the Family of Herodes Atticus: a Reconsideration of the Evidence

1980; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 75; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0068245400006407

2045-2403

Antony Spawforth,

Archaeology and Historical Studies

The intention of this paper is to set out the evidence for the ties between the family of Herodes Atticus, the Athenian consul and sophist, and the city of Sparta. Its kernel is the re-edition in Part Two of a fragmentary inscription from Sparta, which contains — it will be argued — evidence for the marriage of a previously unknown sister of Herodes to a Spartan aristocrat. The context of this match was a long-standing association between Sparta and the family stretching back at least to the Flavian period, all the other evidence for which is first examined in Part One.