IGI3 963 Choregic dedication for the Thargelia

Choregic dedication for the Thargelia

IG I³ 963 Date: Before 450 BC ?

Kallik- . . . serving as sponsor (chorēgōn) . . . for Kekropis (and) . . . Niko- . . . [was director (edidaske)].^[1]

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IG I³ 963 (Translated text) (IG Online) (PHI)

Agelidis, Weihgeschenke 64

Translation by: Irene Vagionakis, Claudio Huayna Avila

Monument type: Unknown

Inscription type: Dedication (choregic)

Findspot: Near Kallirrhoe spring by the Ilissos (Unknown)

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[1] The findspot of this monument indicates that it was set up in the area of the Pythion, where dedications commemorating a victory in dithyrambic competitions at the Thargelia were erected (cf. IG II³ 4, 475 with notes; Davies, APF, p. 253). The key difference from the dithyrambic competitions at the City Dionysia is that the tribes at the Thargelia competed in pairs. Two tribes should accordingly be restored in l. 3. This would seem to be the earliest in the series of 5th- and 4th-century dedications commemorating a victory at the Thargelia.

Added: 14 Mar 2022
Updated: 14 Mar 2022
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