Public servants and cult officials: The socio-economic standing and activities of the priests of Apollo and the hieropoioi at Halasarna, Kos, c. 220–180 BC

This contribution presents part of a larger work on cult magistrates at the sanctuary of Apollo and Herakles at Halasarna in the decades c. 220–180 BC, treating them from different perspectives¹ (Figures 1–3). Here I will concentrate on the socio-economic standing of these magistrates, i.e. the priest of Apollo and the hieropoioi, a board of cult officials mostly concerned with ritual. I will also present some individual officials and their known activities more closely. The sources which form the starting point of this present investigation consist of inscriptions. The first, IG XII 4.2, 458 comprises a longish list