IGII34 531 Dedication by the competition-director, Thrasykles son of Thrasyllos of Dekeleia, 271/0 BC

Dedication by the competition-director, Thrasykles son of Thrasyllos of Dekeleia, 271/0 BC

IG II³ 4 531 Date: 271/0 BC

Block A (Base of left foot of tripod) The People were the sponsor (echorēgei). Pytharatos was archon (271/0 BC).^[1] Competition-director (agōnothetēs) Thrasykles son of Thrasyllos of Dekeleia

Hippothontis was victorious in the boys’ competition Theon of Thebes was pipe-player (5) Pronomos of Thebes was director

Block B (Base of right foot of tripod) The People were the sponsor (echorēgei). Pytharatos was archon (271/0 BC).^[1] Competition-director (agōnothetēs) Thrasykles son of Thrasyllos of Dekeleia

Pandionis was victorious in the mens’ competition Nikokles of Ambracia was pipe-player (5) Lysippos of Arcadia was director

Previous - IG II³ 4 530 Next - IG II³ 4 532

References:

IG II³ 4 531 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 3083 (PHI)

Agelidis, Weihgeschenke 181

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

Monument type: Blocks of a monument

Inscription type: A: Dedication (competition-director (agonothetes)), B: Dedication (competition-director (agonothetes))

A - Findspot: Athens, in front of cave above theatre of Dionysos (Athens Ephoria NK 323)
B - Findspot: Athens, in front of cave above theatre of Dionysos (Athens Ephoria NK 324)
Part of B - Findspot: Athens, in front of cave above theatre of Dionysos (Lost)
Findspot: Athens, in front of cave above theatre of Dionysos (In situ)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] On the introduction of the “competition-director” (agonothetes) in or shortly before 307/6 BC see IG II³ 4, 518, with notes. To commemorate his competition-directorship Thrasykles reworked the large monument which originally commemorated his father’s choregia, IG II³ 4, 468, with notes (see the drawing IG II³ 4, p. 180). Thrasykles himself appears to have been commander of his tribal contingent of cavalry (phylarch) in 282/1 BC (SEG 21.525, l. 32), cf. Davies, APF p. 241. Pronomos (A5) is also attested as director in 255/4 or 252/1 BC (CID IV p. 24 no. 48; Stefanis, Dion. technitai 2148). Lysippos (B5) is also attested as director in 253/2 or 248/7 BC (CID IV p. 24 no. 55; Stefanis, Dion. technitai 1587). The pipe-player Theon of Thebes is attested only here (Stefanis 1209); similarly Nikokles of Ambracia (Stefanis 1838). This reworking of a choregic monument into an agonothetic one emphasises the monumental continuity of the agonothetic series from the earlier choregic monuments, a feature also implicit in the focus of both series on the dithyrambic competition at the City Dionysia. Cf. IG II³ 4, 518, with notes.

Added: 23 Jul 2020
Updated: 28 Mar 2024
Feedback

ID: AIO_2020