Boonae
βοῶναι
Boonae (βοῶναι), persons in Athens who purchased oxen for the public sacrifices and feast. They are spoken of by Demosthenes (c. Meid. p. 570.171) in conjunction with the ἱεροποιοὶ and those who presided over the mysteries, and are ranked by Libanius (Declam. 8) with the σιτῶναι, generals, and ambassadors (cf. Harpocrat. s. v.). They were elected by the Ecclesia (Boeckh, P. E., p. 216). We often find mention of them on inscriptions as paying into the treasury the money received for the hides of sacrificed animals (δερματικόν. See Rangabé, Antiq. Hellen. No. 842; C. Inscr. Gr. 157).
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.