IGII34 116 Dedication to Bakchos (Dionysos) in verse

Dedication to Bakchos (Dionysos) in verse

IG II³ 4 116 Date: ca. 100 BC

. . . this . . . of the divine fatherland . . . rulers in the laws (krantores en thesmois) . . . (5) but joyful, o Bakchos . . . may you be gladdened . . . love . . . (?)^[1]

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References:

IG II³ 4 116 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 4694 (PHI)

Translation by: Sjoukje M. Kamphorst

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (court presidents (thesmothetai)?), Dedication (Dionysos)

Findspot: Unknown (EM 4688)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This dedication to Bakchos (= Dionysos) is rendered in three elegiac couplets, with the pentameters indented. L. 4 suggests that the dedicators had held judicial office, perhaps as court presidents (thesmothetai).

Added: 4 May 2018
Updated: 8 Jul 2021
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