IGII2 3311 Honours for Hadrian

Honours for Hadrian

IG II² 3311 Date: c. 132-138

(This statue of) Emperor Caesar [Hadrian] Augustus Olympios (was erected by) the Areopagos Council and the Council of the 500 and the People of the Athenians, for all his [benefactions]^[1]

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IG II² 3311 (Translated text) (PHI)

Højte, Statue Bases 196

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Statue base (Areopagos, Council, and People)

Findspot: Acropolis

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[1] This is one of over fifty statue bases for the Emperor Hadrian (r. 117-138 AD) attested from Athens. It was found on the Acropolis, in a wall to the west of the Parthenon. The epithet "Olympios" indicates a date after 128 AD and probably after the dedication of the Temple of Olympian Zeus in 132 AD. Two other bases for Hadrian were also found on the Acropolis: IG II² 3314 and Raubitschek Hadrian 1 (perhaps mentioned in Paus. 1.24.7). On Hadrian and his relationship with Athens, see IG II² 5185 with notes. For the commemoration of other emperors and their relatives on the Acropolis, see IG II³ 4, 10 (Augustus), IG II² 4122 (Agrippa), IG II² 3260 (Germanicus), IG II² 3277 (Nero), Agora XVI 340-341 (Julia Domna and the Severans); S. Aneziri in R. Krumeich and C. Witschel, Die Akropolis von Athen im Hellenismus und in der römischen Kaiserzeit, 2010, 281.

Added: 17 Aug 2024
Updated: 19 Aug 2024
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