Cratillus, son of Machatas

Cratillus, son of Machatas (Ancient Greek: Κρατίλλος του Μαχάτα Kratillos tou Machata) was a 3rd century BC gymnasiarch from the ancient city of Nikaia one of the main settlements of the Illyrian tribe of the Bylliones.[1] [2] [3]

Inscription found in Kljos (Albania) reading his name in genitive: "ΚΡΑΤΤΥΛΟΥ toy MAXA(TA)" according to the book from Patsch, Carl (1904). Das Sandschak Berat in Albanie (in German). Wien: Wien Hölder. p. col 119. OCLC 257545166..

Biography

His name is mentioned once in an inscription found in Nikaia, modern Klos, Mallakastër. The inscription dates to the 3rd century BC. In this inscription Kratyllos bears the title of the gymnasiarch named, while his father's name (Machatas) is also mention in the same sentence:

English: "When prytaneis was Aspima Praugu, strategos Damonik Nikandri, gymnasiarch Kratill Mahata, was built (this building)".

Albanian: "Kur ishte prytan Aspima Praugu, strateg Damonik Nikandri, gimnasiark Kratill Mahata, u bë (kjo godinë)".

German: "als Prytan Aspima Praugu, Stratege Damonik Nikandri und Gymnasiat Kratill Mahata waren, wurdedieses Gebäude gebaut".[4]

A second-century inscription was found in the Oropos, central Greece, where a young man from the city of Nikaia was the first to be listed among the winners of the Amphiaraos festival. "It was also an honor for the city gymnasium, where the champion was prepared."[5] [2]

See also

References
  1. Patsch, Carl (1904). Das Sandschak Berat in Albanie (in German). Wien: Wien Hölder. p. col 119. OCLC 257545166.
  2. Ceka, Neritan (1987). "Mbishkrime Byline" [Inscriptions bylliones]. Iliria (in Albanian and French). 17 (2): 49–121. doi:10.3406/iliri.1987.1456. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  3. Cabanes, Pierre (1974). L'Epire: de la mort de Pyrrhos à la conquête romaine (272-167) (in French). Paris: Annales Littéraires de l'Université de Besancon. p. 562.
  4. Bushi, Skënder (2019). Koleksioni i kulturës materiale identifikuar nga arkeologët austriakë. Panoramë e përgjithshme [Von österreichischen Archäologen identifizierte Kulturgüter]. Austro-Hungaria dhe Shqipëria, 1916-1918 (Österreichisch-Ungarische Monarchie und Albanien, 1916-1918) (in Albanian and German). Tirana: Muzeu Historik Kombëtar (National Historical Museum). p. 250 & 504. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  5. Anamali, Skënder (1976). "Të dhënat mbishkrimore në disa qytete të Ilirisë së Jugut" [Données épigraphiques sur quelques cités de l'Illyrie du Sud]. Iliria (in Albanian and French). Tirana. 6: 127–135. doi:10.3406/iliri.1976.1261. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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