Keriki ( ancient Greek Κήρυκες ) - the Athenian aristocratic family, known in the VII century BC. er - II century AD er
| Keriki | |
|---|---|
| Period | VII century BC. er - II century n. er |
| Ancestor | Kerik |
| Branches of the genus | Callia |
| Motherland | Eleusis |
| Allegiance | Ancient Athens |
| Civil activities | archons of Athens , diplomats |
| Military activities | strategists of Athens |
| Religious activities | daduhi |
One of the most well known Evpatra clans; descended from Eleusis , where his representatives were the priests of the cult of Demeter . The main branch of the genus, known under the conditional name Kalliev-Hipponic , since in the 6th — 4th centuries BC. er in it these names alternated, transferred from father to son the position of daduha (torchbearer) in the Eleusinian Mysteries [1] [2] . This priestly post was inferior only to the post of a hierophant , inherited by the Evmolpid family [3] , with whom Keriki seemed to be in competition [4] .
Their origins were raised to Kerik , whom Eumolpids were considered the youngest son of Evmolp , and Keriki was declared the son of the daughter of Kekrop Aglavra and Hermes [5] , thereby trying to rise above Eumolids in the legendary genealogy [4] .
The rise of the Kalliev-Hipponic family, according to legend, began in the time of Solon . The wealth of this branch of the family, several representatives of which were considered the most wealthy people in Athens, and even throughout Greece, gave rise to legends about its unrighteous origin, which was probably promoted by the ruin of Kallia III , which caused a lot of noise [6] .
The residence of the senior branch was located in Alopeka, its members were hereditary Spartan proxenes , therefore they were repeatedly entrusted with responsible diplomatic missions in Sparta. In addition, several Kerikov headed the embassies in Persia and conducted negotiations with the cities of Greater Greece [7] . The active diplomatic activity of the family is believed to have been associated with its high priestly position in the cult, which at the beginning of the classical era approached the status of Pan-Hellenic [3] .
Actually, the name Kerik (Κήρυξ) means “herald”, in the archaic epoch the priestly and diplomatic post of the herald of war was so called [3] .
Politically, Keriki was associated with the Alkmeonid group [8] , with whom they were related. On the female line to Kerikam belonged to Aristide . In the early 480s BC. Oe., when a coalition of the three most influential families against Themistocles was formed , Callius II intermarried with the Filaids by marrying Eplineke , the daughter of Miltiades the Younger and Cimon's sister. The wife of his son Hipponika III, after the divorce, was remarried for Pericles .
Presumably, the diplomat Kalliy, the son of Kratii (probably the female line), the strategist Mironid , the politician Kalliy, the son of Kalliad and the famous pankraiast Kalliy, the son of Didymius belonged to Kerik [9] . On the female line, the orator Andokid consisted in kinship with Kerikami [10] , and Alkibiades’s wife was the daughter of Hipponik III Hippareta .
After the devastation of Callia the Rich at the beginning of the 4th century BC. er and due to the general decline of the aristocracy in democratic Athens, Keriki lost its political influence, but, unlike many other clans, continued to exist in the Hellenistic and Roman eras [11] . In particular, the family of Herodes Atticus belonged to the genus Kerikov [12] .
Notes
- ↑ Xenophon. Greek history. Vi. 3, 3
- ↑ Plutarch. Aristide, 5, 25
- ↑ 1 2 3 Surikov, 2000 , p. 102
- ↑ 1 2 Sergeeva, 1998 , p. 99
- ↑ Pausanias. I. 38, 3
- ↑ Marinovich, 1998 .
- ↑ Surikov, 2000 , p. 103–110.
- ↑ Surikov, 2000 , p. 104
- ↑ Surikov, 2000 , p. 104-105, 108.
- ↑ Toepffer, 1889 , S. 83.
- ↑ Surikov, 2000 , p. 110-111.
- ↑ Menshikov, 1977 , p. 39
Literature
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- Menshikova L.Yu. Herod Attik and the “Greek Revival” // Antique world and archeology. Issue 3. - Saratov, 1977.
- Sergeeva S. N. Eleusin and Athens (from the beginning of the second millennium to the seventh century BC) // The Ancient World. Problems of history and culture. Collection of scientific articles on the 65th anniversary of the birth of prof. E. D. Frolova. - SPb. , 1998. - ISBN 5-288-02074-4 .
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- Toepffer J. Attische Genealogie. - Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1889.