lie in an interesting category, for listsdoseparate the words. Lists on stone
and whitened boards form an intriguing subgroup of inscriptions that
are important for any discussion of the extent to which the big public
inscriptions were widely read.
Some publicly displayed lists were certainly widely consulted by Athe-
nians because they are referred to, some repeatedly, in Athenian lawsuits.
These include the list of public benefactors who murdered Phrynichus
and helped overturntheoligarchymentioned inLysias13,Against Agoratus,
Figure 2.8aFragment of IG i^3 272.Writing, Reading, Public and Private ‘‘Literacies’’ 31