Some Examples of Lists Organisation in Epigraphic Texts of Ancient Greek Poleis

This paper focuses on the semantic and graphic organisation of lists, a significant type of public inscriptions, monumentalised in public spaces of the Greek city-states. Practices of text arrangement on stone, i.e., on its epigraphic field (for instance, space intentionally left blank, vacat), used in combination with formulae, i.e., established expressions, typical of public documents, marked transitions between different sections. This practice was indented to facilitate the readability of public inscriptions, which could also serve to document events in collective memory; lists, particularly name enumerations, were a convenient means of commemoration. This paper is based on epigraphic data from the Milesian colonies, whose familial and geographical proximity allows for their joint analysis.