Case Study #13 — Eleusinian First-Fruits Decree

Audited case study (M18 + M19.4).经审定的案例研究（M18 + M19.4）。 All Greek + English + commentary blocks are verbatim OCR extracts from ML 1969 (the file 1969 Meiggs A Selection of Greek Historical Inscriptions…pdf in the local general knowledge folder; OCR'd in M11.1 with grc+eng Tesseract). Bibliography lists only in-folder files. No invented quotes.

1. Metadata1. 元数据

Source: ML 73
Date: c. 422 BCE
Period: Classical (mid-5th c.; Periclean / immediate post-Periclean)
Place: Athens (one stele) + Eleusis (one stele) — the decree itself orders dual publication
Language: grc
Evidentiary Profile: HT4/ET4/RT3

Evidentiary Profile HT4/ET4/RT3 (calibrated)

HT4 — historical (significant-terms density)历史维度（关键术语密度）

ET4 — epigraphic (preservation completeness)铭文维度（保存完整度）

RT3 — restoration (editorial inferential density)复原维度（编者推断密度）

Substantial Athenian decree on a large stele; the substantive cult-tax clauses (ll. 40+) and the publication-rider (ll. 61+) are well preserved. Restoration is moderate. Content-density is high: named cults (Triptolemos, the Two Goddesses, Euboleus, Athena), priestly families (Eumolpidai, ἱεροφάντης, δᾳδοῦχος), monetary units, multi-polity scope.

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2. Text + translation + commentary (verbatim OCR)

Greek text (verbatim OCR)[…40] θύεν δὲ ἀπὸ μὲν τὸ πελανὸ καθότι ἂν Εὐμολπίδαι ἐχσε[γέ]ηνται, τρίττοιαν δὲ βόαρχον χρυσόκερον τοῖν θεοῖν ἑκατέρ[αι ἀ]πὸ τῶν κριθῶν καὶ τῶν πυρῶν καὶ τῶι Τριπτολέμοι καὶ τῶι θεῶι καὶ τῆι θεᾶι καὶ τῶι Εὐβόλοι ἱερεῖον ἑκάστοι τέλεον καὶ τῆι Ἀθηναίαι βῶν χρυσόκερον· τὰς δὲ ἄλλας κριθὰς καὶ πυροὺς ἀποδομένος τὸς ἱεροποιὸς μετὰ τῆς βολῆς ἀναθήματα ἀνατιθέναι τοῖν θεοῖν, ποιεσαμένος ἅττ' ἂν τῶι δήμωι τῶι Ἀθηναίον δοκῆι, καὶ ἐπιγράφεν τοῖς ἀναθέμασιν, ὅτι ἀπὸ τοῦ καρποῦ τῆς ἀπαρχῆς ἀνετέθη, καὶ Ἑλλένων τὸν ἀπαρχόμενον· τοῖς δὲ ταῦτα ποιοῦσι πολλὰ ἀγαθὰ ἕναι καὶ εὐκαρπίαν καὶ πολυκαρπίαν, ὁίτινες ἂν μὲ ἀδικῶσι Ἀθηναίος μηδὲ τὲν πόλιν τὲν Ἀθηναίον μηδὲ τὸ θεό. [Π]άμπον εἶπε· τὰ μὲν ἄλλα καθάπερ αἱ χσυγγραφαὶ τῆς ἀπαρχῆς τοῦ καρποῦ τοῖν θεοῖν· τὰς δὲ χσυνγραφὰς καὶ τὸ ψήφισμα τόδε ἀναγραψάτω ὁ γραμματεὺς ὁ τῆς βολῆς ἐν στήλαιν δυοῖν λιθίναιν καὶ καταθέτω τὲν μὲν Ἐλευσῖνι ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, τὲν δὲ ἑτέραν…Source: ML 1969, p. 219 = PDF p. 237 (verbatim OCR; line breaks reflowed for legibility; restorations bracketed as in ML 1969's critical text)

ML 1969 commentary (verbatim OCR)[On the prescript:] The prescript is normal, save that the motion had been formulated by a body of συγγραφεῖς (l. 3) and could be described as αἱ ξυγγραφαί (l. 47). Such drafts, normally on complicated matters, could be con[tinued — page break — and presented as a unitary motion to the boule and demos] [On the priesthoods named:] the ἱεροφάντης and the δᾳδοῦχος (ll. 24–6), appeal is made to ancestral custom and the Delphic oracle. Isocrates (iv. 31) speaks of ἀπαρχαὶ τοῦ σίτου as annually offered by most cities, and of the Pythia as [continuation on next page].Source: ML 1969, pp. 220–221 = PDF pp. 238–239 (verbatim OCR; the Isocrates iv. 31 reference is ML 1969's own attribution)

3. Slot-by-slot decomposition3. 逐栏分解

Slot	Function	Surface form	Formula UID
1	Cult-tax substantive clause	θύεν δὲ ἀπὸ μὲν τὸ πελανὸ καθότι ἂν Εὐμολπίδαι ἐχσε[γέ]ηνται	cult-payment formula deferring to the priestly Eumolpidai for the exact rate
2	Sacrifice-prescription	τρίττοιαν δὲ βόαρχον χρυσόκερον τοῖν θεοῖν ἑκατέραι	sacrificial prescription: golden-horned ox-led triple-sacrifice
3	Sales-and-dedication clause	τὰς δὲ ἄλλας κριθὰς καὶ πυροὺς ἀποδομένος τὸς ἱεροποιὸς… ἀναθέματα ἀνατιθέναι	economic formula: sell surplus, convert proceeds to dedications
4	Inscription-on-dedication clause	ἐπιγράφεν τοῖς ἀναθέμασιν, ὅτι ἀπὸ τοῦ καρποῦ τῆς ἀπαρχῆς ἀνετέθη	sub-genre of inscription-prescription: name the funding-source on each dedication
5	Hortatory blessing	τοῖς δὲ ταῦτα ποιοῦσι πολλὰ ἀγαθὰ ἕναι	F.HOPOS_AN family blessing-clause
6	Sanction clause	ὁίτινες ἂν μὲ ἀδικῶσι Ἀθηναίος μηδὲ τὲν πόλιν τὲν Ἀθηναίον μηδὲ τὸ θεό	three-stage sanction: against the Athenians, against the polis, against the god
7	Rider — proposer	Πάμπον εἶπε	F.EIPEN (rider-proposer formula)
8	Rider — "as in the main motion"	τὰ μὲν ἄλλα καθάπερ αἱ χσυγγραφαὶ	F.AMENDMENT_KATHAPER — "the other provisions as in the syngraphai"
9	Publication clause (dual)	ἀναγραψάτω ὁ γραμματεὺς ὁ τῆς βολῆς ἐν στήλαιν δυοῖν λιθίναιν	F.ANAGRAPSAI + F.STELEI_LITHINEI specified as DUAL — two stelai, one Athens one Eleusis
10	Erection-venue clause	καταθέτω τὲν μὲν Ἐλευσῖνι ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ	F.STESAI variant — Eleusis (sanctuary) + Acropolis (continuation in lost lines)

4. Historical context4. 历史背景

The Eleusinian First-Fruits Decree regulates ἀπαρχαί (first-fruits offerings) of barley (κριθαί) and wheat (πυροί) to the Two Goddesses (Demeter and Persephone) at Eleusis. Per ML 1969 (p. 220, verbatim above): "The prescript is normal, save that the motion had been formulated by a body of συγγραφεῖς (l. 3) and could be described as αἱ ξυγγραφαί (l. 47)." The συγγραφεῖς ('drafters') were an Athenian institutional category for complex legislative drafts; the decree thus has a two-level structure: drafted by συγγραφεῖς, then proposed to the boule + demos, then amended by rider from Pampon.

The case study contributes three things to the dossier:

The συγγραφεῖς + ψήφισμα + rider pattern — a three-stage decree-genesis recognisable in later legislative procedure (cf. Lykourgan nomothesia, case #10).
The dual-publication clause — "two stone stelai, one at Eleusis in the sanctuary, the other [presumably at Athens]" — instantiating the F.ANAGRAPSAI publication formula in its DUAL form (the dossier's first such case).
The cult-tax economic vocabulary — ἀπαρχαί, πελανός, sales of surplus → conversion to ἀναθέματα → naming the funding source on each dedication. This is the dossier's most explicit case of the economic-cult vocabulary the typology's F.CONCEPT_GRC list catches.

Per ML 1969 (p. 221, verbatim above): "the ἱεροφάντης and the δᾳδοῦχος (ll. 24–6), appeal is made to ancestral custom and the Delphic oracle. Isocrates (iv. 31) speaks of ἀπαρχαὶ τοῦ σίτου as annually offered by most cities." The decree thus draws explicitly on both ancestral-custom and Delphic-oracular authority, while regulating what was apparently a widespread Greek cult-practice.

5. Additional scholarship5. 补充学术文献

No additional verbatim scholarship quotes from the dossier's excerpts files apply to this case beyond the ML 1969 commentary already quoted in §2. (Per M18 no-fabrication policy.)

6. Cross-references6. 交叉引用

7. Bibliography (in-folder files only)7. 参考文献（仅限文件夹内文件）

Meiggs, R., & Lewis, D. M. (1969). ML 73, pp. 217–224. In folder; OCR'd in M11.1.
Rhodes, P. J., with Lewis, D. M. (1997). The Decrees of the Greek States. Oxford. In folder — for the συγγραφεῖς-drafted-decree procedure in Athenian context.
Henry, A. S. (1977). The Prescripts of Athenian Decrees. Mnemosyne Suppl. 49. Leiden. In folder — for the rider-formula pattern this case exemplifies.

Every entry above points to a file in the dossier's local general knowledge folder. Foundational external editions and individual scholarly articles not in the local folder are deliberately omitted per the M18 no-fabrication policy.