These are both festivals for Apollon, Leto, and Artemis. The first is founded by the donation of King Eumenes II, the second by King Attalos (both named for their benefactors). The Eumeneia involved a procession, sacrifices, and a torch-race. The Attaleia a sacrifice and a procession of youths wearing crowns/wreaths,
Eumeneia: On the 12th of the month of Herakleios **Attaleia: ****On the 13th of the month of Herakleios
These are similar festivals, with a simialr origin, on adjacent days.
[...] those who have been appointed [must swear an oath, just as the] other boards of magistrates, and having exacted the payments of interest on the money, they should perform the sacrifice and the honours and the public feast in the month Herakleios on the 12th, as beautifully as possible, and render the account to the mastroi in the same month, being responsible just as the other persons managing sacred and public affairs, and let them be liable to the same penalties (5) according to the law of the mastroi.
The epimeletai should sacrifice three adult male oxen to Apollo and Leto and Artemis, and they should manage the remaining animals according to what has been ordained and they should consume the meat during the public feast, as is usual; and they are to consume fourty metretai of wine (during the feast).
On the 11th of the month Herakleios, they should have the sacrificial animals ready, and on 12th, during the second hour, the priests of Apollo and of the other (10) gods and the prytaneis and the archons and the other boards of magistrates and the runners in the torch-race, ten men from each tribe, should make the procession from the circular place [threshing-floor].
The leaders of the tribes should enroll the runners in the torch-race. If one of the leaders does not provide a well-ordered group of runners in the torch-race, let him be liable to a fine of 10 staters payable to the city and dedicated (to the god).
The archons, having exacted (the payment) during the sacred months should keep half for themselves, and deposit the other half in the account. If they are unable to exact the payment, they should write this up (15) on the public tablet, as is customary. The race should start from the gymnasium up to the altar, and the winner should set fire to the sacred offerings.
If someone, after the leaders have enrolled those persons who are in the proper age-group, does not want to obey the authorities, even though he is capable, let him be liable to a fine of 10 staters payable to the leader and the other runners in the torch-race, from his private means, even during the sacred months. If this person says that he is incapable of running or too old, let him swear an oath upon it, and the leaders need to enroll someone else in his place.
The priests of Apollo, (20) when they have finished the procession, should make a prayer, (annoucing the festival as) the Eumeneia, as is customary. The tribe which wins the torch-race should receive 10 staters to make a sacrifice. The bouleutai in function should have the decree inscribed on the existing base (of the statue) of the king beside the altar of Apollo, and they should dispatch a copy of the decree to the king.
– CGRN 202: Decree of Delphi concerning the organisation of the Eumeneia with the donation of Eumenes II ****$^{134}$
The epimeletai are to sacrifice three adult [male?] oxen, which the citizens provide, to Apollo and Leto (55) and Artemis, and also the other sacrificial animals, as it has been ordained, in name of King Attalos, and they will proclaim the sacrifice as Attaleia. The meat must be consumed during the public feast, and fourty metretai of wine. On the 12th of the month Herakleios they should have the animals ready, and on the (60) 13th, the priests of Apollo and of the other gods, and the prytaneis and the archons and the boys, should walk in the procession, wearing a crown. They should walk in procession from the circular place to the temple. After the procession, the priests of Apollo should make a prayer, announcing that the sacrifices are called the Attaleia, (65) as it is usual. So that the decisions become known, they should inscribe the decree on the (base of the) image of King Attalos.
– CGRN 202: Decree of Delphi concerning the organisation of the Eumeneia with the donation of Eumenes II $^{135}$
<aside> <img src="/icons/arrow-left-basic_purple.svg" alt="/icons/arrow-left-basic_purple.svg" width="40px" /> Prev
</aside>
<aside> <img src="/icons/arrow-right-basic_purple.svg" alt="/icons/arrow-right-basic_purple.svg" width="40px" /> Next
</aside>