IGII34 465 Choregic dedication of Ktesippos for the City Dionysia

Choregic dedication of Ktesippos for the City Dionysia

IG II³ 4 465 Date: ca. 330-325 BC

Kekropis was victorious in the boys’ competition, Ktesippos son of Chabrias [of Aixone]^[1] was sponsor (echorēgei), Da- . . . Uninscribed?

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References:

IG II³ 4 465 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 3040 (PHI)

Agelidis, Weihgeschenke 14

Translation by: Claudio Huayna Avila

Monument type: Epistyle

Inscription type: Dedication (choregic)

Findspot: South slope of the Acropolis (Lost)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This is a now-lost inscription on the epistyle of a fourth-century choregic dedication commemorating a victory in the dithyrambic competition at the City Dionysia (cf. IG II³ 4, 460 with notes). The text was recorded by C. Wordsworth Athens and Attica (1837), 140, who states that the dedication was “inserted in the outside of the southern wall to the west of the theatre” (i.e. the south slope of the Acropolis). Given that the stone is missing, it is not possible to reconstruct the complete structure to which this inscription belonged. The father of Ktesippos was Chabrias, one of the most successful generals in fourth-century Athens (cf. Dem. 20.78ff.). He was trierarch before 334/3 BC (cf. IG II² 1623, l. 72). The inscription can be dated to no earlier than ca. 330 BC because Demosthenes Against Leptines indicates that Ktesippos was still a minor in 355 BC (Dem. 20.1, 75, 79-83) and choregoi for boys’ competitions had to be over 40 years of age (Ath. Pol. 56.3, Aischin. 1.11, Lewis, ABSA 50, 1955, 24).

Added: 14 Mar 2022
Updated: 8 Jan 2024
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