IGII34 607 Dedication by a victor in Panhellenic festivals

Dedication by a victor in Panhellenic festivals

IG II³ 4 607 Date: 1st cent. AD

Face B (left)

^[1] . . . Onetor (10) . . . laurel . . . Phoibos supplied . . . the choir. . . . . . . (15) . . . as much as Onetor . . . uninscribed space . . . everything

Face A (front)

To you, Patroos,^[2] Onetor dedicated these apples,^[3] as symbols (sēmata) of his holy Pythian victory in eloquence (euepiēs), whom Nemea, Thebes and spacious Lebadeia^[4] and Mede-killing Plataia^[5] adorned with [crowns] (5) and the Argive shield^[6] and the breastplate (thōrēx)^[7] . . . twice, and Rarian^[8] . . . Phoibos, graciously receive [these gifts and] [grant it to him who worships you to offer you more prizes, lord] . . .

Fragment c

Not . . . he prayed (20) him the Council crowned . . . twelve . . . for seven . . .

Fragment d

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Fragment e

. . . (25) . . . the second . . . . . . apart; but . . . . . . with prize-bearing hand . . . fame for the sake of the fatherland . . . not . . . (30) . . . I well . . . . . . uninscribed space

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References:

IG II³ 4 607 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 3158 (PHI)

SEG 59.197

Translation by: David Weidgenannt

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (poet?)

Fr. a - Findspot: Athens (EM 10439)
Fr. b - Findspot: Athens (EM 10440)
Fr. c-e - Findspot: Athens (Lost)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] With this monument, inscribed appropriately in verse, Onetor (who is not otherwise known) commemorated victories in Panhellenic competitions, in which he displayed his eloquence (l. 1, the precise character of the contests, e.g. for poets, orators or heralds, is unclear). [2] “Ancestral” (Patroos) was an epithet of Apollo at Athens. [3] Apples (moulded perhaps in metal?) were awarded as prizes to successful contestants at the Pythian Games in Delphi (cf. S. Perrot BCH 133, 2009, 165). [4] The references are to victories in the Nemean Games, the [Herakleia] in Thebes and the [Trophonia or Basileia] at Lebadeia; cf. IG II³ 4, 599, with notes. [5] For the Eleutheria in Plataia cf. IG II³ 4, 599, with notes. [6] For this festival at Argos and its names see IG II³ 4, 594, with notes. [7] This is sometimes taken as a reference to the Spartan Hyakinthia (cf. Aristophanes F532 Radt). [8] The Rarian plain is at Eleusis, and alludes here to a victory at the Eleusinia, on which see IG II³ 4, 579; IG I³ 5, with notes.

Added: 21 Oct 2019
Updated: 18 May 2024
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