IGII34 366 Victory dedication to Hermes from the Heroia

Victory dedication to Hermes from the Heroia

IG II³ 4 366 Date: ca. 148/7 BC

[The prizes?] from the Heroia^[1] – son of Gorgis of Philaidai having won the torch-race (dedicated them) to Hermes, in the competition-directorship (agōnothetountōn) (5) of [Nikodem?]os (and) Archon.^[2]

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IG II³ 4 366 (Translated text) (IG Online)

Translation by: Sjoukje M. Kamphorst

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (ephebes?), Dedication (Hermes)

Findspot: Kerameikos (Kerameikos Museum I 328)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] On the ephebic dedications of the Hellenistic period see IG II³ 4, 357 with n. 1. For dedication of “prizes” cf. IG II³ 4, 423. The Heroia festival, which featured a torch-race among other festive and agonistic elements, was possibly dedicated to Asklepios, cf. IG II² 2119, l. 227, and J. W. Riethmüller, in Ancient Greek Hero Cult (1999), 138-40. The festival has no known ephebic connection. It is hence uncertain whether this monument was set up by ephebes, although an ephebic context may be suggested by its dedication to Hermes. There is a quadrangular cutting in the top of the monument for a votive. [2] As well as meaning “archon” or “official”, “Archon” could also be a proper name, and Gorgis of Philaidai (l. 2) and Nikodemos of Hamaxanteia (? l. 5) were guardians of the sacred treasury at Delos in the archonship of Archon (148/7 BC, l. 5), I Délos 1501, ll. 24, 29; 1502, ll. 37-38.

Added: 21 Oct 2019
Updated: 1 Jul 2021
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