IGII34 515 Choregic dedication from Acharnai

Choregic dedication from Acharnai

IG II³ 4 515 Date: ca. 350-315 BC

. . . [having been victorious] with a comic chorus [Kleoph?]on son of Kleomedon [Theodo?]tos son of Dorotheos [Theopr]opos son of Pheidyllos.^[1]

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IG II³ 4 515 (Translated text) (IG Online)

SEG 54.302

Csapo and Wilson II, 49-50

Translation by: Matthew Hewitt, Claudio Huayna Avila

Monument type: Unknown

Inscription type: Dedication (choregic)

Findspot: Menidi (= ancient Acharnai) (Unknown)

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[1] First documented by J. Kirchner in 1907 in the ruins of the Byzantine church of Hagios Vlassios in Menidi (ancient Acharnai), the inscription was eventually published by D. Summa (ZPE 150, 2004, 147-48 = SEG 54.302). It apparently commemorates a victory in comedy at the Acharnian "Rural" Dionysia (on which see IG II³ 4, 500, with notes, and in general on this festival, 498), as is indicated by the findspot and the mention of three men with no demotics who can be identified as the victorious sponsors (synchoregoi; we print the names of the first two as restored in IG, but have added "?" as they are very uncertain). The way in which the performance type is recorded is unusual (for the expression, "comic chorus" = comedy, cf. Arist. Pol. 1276 b4, and note also IG II³ 4, 507 and 510). The name Dorotheos is common and may have occurred in more than one family in this large deme, but it is possible that Dorotheos father of [Theodo?]tos is the Dorotheos of Acharnai who served as councillor in 360/59 BC (IG II³ 4, 56, l. 50). The choregoi are otherwise unidentifiable.

For other choregic dedications from Acharnai see IG II³ 4, 500, 510. See also IG II³ 4, 234.

Added: 9 May 2022
Updated: 15 Jul 2022
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