IGII34 442 Choregic dedication for the City Dionysia

Choregic dedication for the City Dionysia

IG II³ 4 442 Date: ca. 375-350 BC

. . . -oros son of Thrasyllos of . . . [was sponsor (echorēge)], tribe name was victorious in the boys’ competition, . . . [was pipe-player], . . . -ton of Athens [was director (edidaske), . . . was archon].^[1]

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References:

IG II³ 4 442 (Translated text) (IG Online)

SEG 24.211 (PHI)

Agora XVIII 173

Translation by: Claudio Huayna Avila

Images: Agora Excavations - (1)

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (choregic)

Findspot: Agora (Ag. I 7002)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This fragmentary rectangular marble base is a fourth-century choregic dedication commemorating a victory in the dithyrambic competition at the City Dionysia (cf. IG II³ 4, 460 with notes). The block contains the left half of the inscription; there is anathyrosis for attaching another block to the right. The sponsor (choregos) is perhaps identifiable with Apollodoros son of Thrasyllos of Leukonoion, victorious sponsor at the Thargelia in 362/1 BC (cf. IG II³ 4, 483). If that is the case, the victorious tribe would have to be Leontis, since the deme Leukonoion was in that tribe, and the dedication would be dated to the first half of the fourth century BC. That the director is referred to as ‘of Athens’ and not by his demotic is notable (cf. also IG II³ 4, 445); for possible explanations compare the case of Lysiades in IG II³ 4, 460 (with note).

Added: 14 Mar 2022
Updated: 7 Jul 2022
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