IGII34 439 Choregic dedication of Meneteles for the City Dionysia

Choregic dedication of Meneteles for the City Dionysia

IG II³ 4 439 Date: ca. end of 5th cent. BC (I) / ca. 300 BC (II)

II Kleidemos son of Meidon of Plotheia dedicated (a statue of) . . . son of Autokrates of Daidalidai.

I Erechtheis was victorious in the men’s competition, Meneteles son of Menes of Anagyrous was sponsor (echorēge), Aratos of Argos was pipe-player.^[1]

II Nikomachos made (this).^[2]

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References:

IG II³ 4 439 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 3038 (PHI)

SEG 26.214

SEG 59.194

Agelidis, Weihgeschenke 32

DNO 2408

Translation by: Claudio Huayna Avila

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (choregic) (I), Dedication (private) (II)

Findspot: Athens (Panagia Gorgoepikoos church, Metropolis square) (In situ)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] Built upside down into the south wall of the apse of Panagia Gorgoepikoos (also known as the Little Metropolis Church), this marble base contains two inscriptions of different periods. The original inscription was (I) a late fifth- or perhaps early fourth-century choregic dedication commemorating a victory in the dithyrambic competition at the City Dionysia (cf. IG II³ 4, 460 with notes). Due to the relative rarity of his name, the sponsor (choregos), Meneteles, can perhaps be identified with the proposer of a decree honouring Eurytion of Orchomenos in 412/1 (IG I³ 97, l. 5). [2] Around the early third-century BC, the original inscription was awkwardly erased so that the stone could be reused as (II) a statue base dedicated by an otherwise unknown Kleidemos for an equally unknown honorand, with signature of the sculptor, Nikomachos (Makres, Horos 17-21, 2004-2009, 109-17 = SEG 59.194). Nikomachos (DNO 2406-2409) was a sculptor active in Athens during the last quarter of the fourth and first quarter of the third century BC, well attested by literary and epigraphic evidence (e.g., IG II² 3464 and IG II² 4274, a fragmentary statue base).

Added: 14 Mar 2022
Updated: 29 Mar 2024
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