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In Thessaly, manumitted women and men had to offer to the city treasury the sum of 15 staters upon their manumission. Whether this was a manumission tax or a fee for registering the manumission is debated by modern scholars. Manumitted slaves had to have a prostatês (patron), a role usually undertaken by their former master.

Literature: Zelnick-Abramovitz 2005: 259–62, 2013.

When Gorgias, (son) of Philiskos, of (the city of) Gyrton, was general, and Astomachos, (son) of Tychaios, was treasurer, the following were manumitted on the third day of the month Aphrios: Armenos of Philodemos and Archiboulos of Agathon (were manumitted) by Philodemos, (son) of Pyrrhandros. And each of them gave the 15 staters.

 What are the names of the two manumitted slaves? What is the name of the manumittor?

 Notice the two personal names in genitive (of X) that follow the names of the slaves. How do they relate to the name of the master?

 Are the genitives after the slaves’ names the names of the master, the names of the slaves’ father, or the names of their patron?

 If it is the name of the father, what implications does this have about the natal alienation of slaves? If it is the name of the patron, why do these slaves have different patrons?