IEleus 646 Statue base for the hierophant Glaukos

Statue base for the hierophant Glaukos

I Eleusis 646 Date: Ca. 235 AD

Glaukos,^[1] having mixed an aged spirit with a body in its prime, and with beauty something that is stronger, moderation (sōphrosunēn),^[2] displayed to all mankind the light-bringing rites (orgia) of Deo for nine years, and in the tenth he went to the immortals.^[3] (5) Verily a beautiful mystery from the blessed ones (makarōn),^[4] that death is not only no evil for mortals, but that it is good.^[5]

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I Eleusis 646 (Translated text) (PHI)

IG II² 3661 (PHI)

Peek, GVI, no. 879

Translation by: Feyo Schuddeboom

Images: Cornell - (1)

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Statue base

Findspot: Eleusis (Telesterion) (Eleusis Museum E 993)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] T. Flavius Glaukos of Marathon [= Clinton, Sacred Officials 42 no. 32; Byrne, Roman Citizens, Flavius 17]. For a stemma of the family, see Byrne, Roman Citizens, Stemma IX. [2] These words perhaps suggest that the hierophant died before reaching old age. [3] For this expression, cf. I Eleusis 502, 27, and 649, 12. [4] A revelation from the blessed dead, whose initiation in the Eleusinian Mysteries ensured them of a good afterlife. [5] These words recall Socrates, Plato Apol. 40b-41c; but in an Eleusinian context the notion that death is no evil is inextricably linked with the Mysteries.

Added: 12 Sep 2015
Updated: 6 Apr 2022
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