went mad, either because of the horrific image of the snake-child, or because of the unrelenting nature ofAthena’s wrath. Aglauros was believed to have jumped of the side of the Acropolis cliff, and it [...] maintenance of a number of different cults, some of which were closely connected to Salamis. In speaking about the Salaminioi, I mean, therefore, the members of the genos Salaminioi, not the inhabitants of Salamis [...] apportioning of the sacrificial meat as well as the selection of cult officials. The decree mentions that they supplied one priestess for the cult ofAthena Skiras and one for the cults of Pandrosos and

priesthood of Bendis should be organized. After this early organization of the cult of Bendis, we come across decrees of two groups of orgeones : one Thracian and one Athenian group of worshippers [...] and define the membership to the Athenian community of ‘foreign’ groups, for example of the general group of metics or of the more specific group of Thracians. Focusing on political and legal activities [...] acceptance of Bendis comes from the Inventory list of the Treasurers of the Other Gods ( IG I³ 383), published in 429/8. The Athenians decided to publish an inventory of the money and valuable items of the