Monument commemorating the foundation and early years of the Asklepieion at Athens
IG II3 4 665 Date: Ca. 400 BCFace A (front)
Telemachos[1] first founded the
sanctuary (hieron) and the altar to
Asklepios [and to Hygieia],
to the [Asklepiads?] (5) and [the daughters
of Asklepios?][2] and [all the other
gods and goddesses?] . . . . . . having come up from Zea[3] (10) at the Great Mysteries
he lodged (katēgeto) at the
Eleusinion;[4] and having
sent for assistants (?) (diakonos) from home,
Telemachos brought him here on a
(15) [wagon] in accordance with
[an oracle]; and Hygieia came
with him; and so this sanctuary (hieron) was founded all in the
archonship of Astyphilos of
(20) Kydantidai (420/19). Archeas (419/8): in
his time the Kerykes disputed
the plot of land (chōrio) and prevented
some things being done.[5] Antiphon (418/7): in his time
(25) . . . [Euphemos] (417/6): in
his time . . . three lines missing (30) . . . established (ektise) . . . and
constructed (kateskeuase) . . . Charias (415/4): in
his time the [enclosure (peribolon)] from the wooden gate (xulopulio).
(35) Teisandros (414/3): in his time
the [wooden gates (xulopulia)] and the rest [of the sacred places (hierōn)] were added to the foundation. Kleokritos (413/2):
in his time [plantings (ephuteuthē)] were undertaken
(40) and, having adorned (kosmēsas) it, he established
the entire precinct (temenos),
at his own expense. Kallias
of Skambonidai (412/1): in his
time . . . . . .
Face B (left)
11 lines of which only the last three or four letters of each line are preserved (no complete word)