IEleus 335 Honours for Julia Augusta

Honours for Julia Augusta

I Eleusis 335 Date: 25 AD?

[(This statue of) Julia August]a (was erected by) the Council [of the Areopagos and the Council of the Six Hundred and the People,^[1] during] [the priesthood of Kleo] the daughter of Eukles [of Phlya, but by birth of Nikodemos of Hermos], [the dedication having been managed by . . . ] [ . . . Pr]axag[oras of -, being priest for life], (5) [ . . . of Praxagoras (?) . . . ]^[2]

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I Eleusis 335 (Translated text) (PHI)

SEG 47.220 (PHI)

Schmalz 138

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Images: Cornell - (1)

Monument type: Base

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

Findspot: Eleusis (Eleusis Museum E 844)

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[1] Textual note: Schmalz notes that [Ἀν]αξαγ[όρας (“Anaxagoras”) is also possible in ll. 4-5 (cf. IG II² 1724)

This fragmentary statue base appears to have been dedicated to Livia, wife of Augustus and mother of Tiberius. The titulature indicates a date after 14 AD, when she received the nomen Julia. It probably formed a pair with I Eleusis 334 for Tiberius, which was also erected during Kleo’s priesthood and is very similar in formulae and layout (Clinton in I Eleusis). For other inscriptions relating to Livia at Athens, see IG II² 3238 with notes. On commemoration of Roman emperors and their families at Eleusis, see I Eleusis 296 with notes; K. Clinton in M. C. Hoff and S. I. Rotroff, The Romanization of Athens, 1994, 161-82. The inscription is apparently by the same cutter as I Eleusis 324 (Clinton). [1] On Kleo, priestess of Demeter and Kore from ca. 15 AD into the 60s AD, see I Eleusis 334 with notes. Praxagoras (not otherwise attested) is apparently the priest of Livia. It is unusual for a female figure to have a male priest, but see I Eleusis 354 for a parallel example. On priests of the Roman emperors and their family at Athens, see IG II³ 4, 1928 with notes.

Added: 24 Jul 2026
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