Date Presented:

24 April

摘要:

This paper discusses an accepted emendation to an earlier version of IG X 2.1 137. Early draft copies of the Herennia announcement show that Antoninus Pius was hailed as Σωτήρ by the city of Thessalonike, a rare epithet for this emperor. This reading was later replaced due to an expert's claim that σωτῆρος was σωτηρίας. Since this seems to conform to a well-known salutary formula, the emendation was adopted from then on. This paper wishes to suggest that the reading of σωτῆρος is based on reliable and published reports instead, and ought to be preferred over the expert claim. Empirical evidence is given to support reading σωτῆρος.