Description:
In the first half of this book, Dinsmoor attempts to place in their correct sequence the annual chief magistrates of Athens, from the early 3rd century B.C. to the year 26/5 B.C. using the evidence of hundreds of inscriptions, most found in the Athenian Agora. In the second half, he discusses the Athenian calendar, with a particular focus on the Metonic cycle and its modification by Kalliopos and Hipparchos. A particularly useful feature of the volume is the wealth of reference material provided in the appendix, including a list of tribes in the Hellenistic age arranged in their official order at different periods, a list of Athenian demes showing the tribes to which they belonged, and various discussions of pertinent problems, such as the priests of Asclepius and the archons of Delos.