THE DIONYSIA AND DEMOCRACY AGAIN*

摘要

In a recent contribution to the debate on Athenian drama and democracy,1 P. Wilsonrnpoints out that in discussing the civic business transacted at the Dionysia I maderntoo little of the proclamation of honours for Thrasybulus the killer of Phrynichus atrnthe Dionysia of 410/09,2 and from this he develops an argument to show that thatrncivic business was after all distinctively democratic. In a separate article Wilsonrnand A. Hartwig propose what I am sure is a better restoration of one passage inrnthe decree for Thrasybulus:3 instead of καὶ [ἀνειπ|üν τὸν κήρυκα Διονυσίον ἐν τýι]rnἀγýνι, ‘and the herald shall proclaim at the contest at the Dionysia’, they suggestrnκαὶ [ἀνειπ|üν Διονυσίον τραγοιδýν ἐν τýι] ἀγýνι vel sim., ‘and there shall be arnproclamation at the contest for tragedies at the Dionysia’; and they point out thatrnthe days of the tragic performances would be the only days on which there wasrnenough time to include civic business.