IGII2 6227 Funerary monument of Lysias

Funerary monument of Lysias

IG II² 6227 Date: ca. 340 BC

rosette rosette Lysias son of Lysanias of Thorikos.^[1]

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IG II² 6227 (Translated text) (PHI)

Conze III no. 1572

Translation by: Aidan Gregg

Images: Wikimedia Commons - (1)

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Funerary

Findspot: Kerameikos, peribolos of Dexileos (Kerameikos Museum I 243, at peribolos)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This palmette stele stands at the front of the family funerary enclosure (peribolos) on the Street of the Tombs in the Kerameikos that includes the famous funerary relief of Lysias’ brother the cavalryman Dexileos (IG II² 6217). Another brother, Lysistratos, is attested in Demosthenes 40.52, but does not have a surviving tombstone and a sister, Melitta, is commemorated on a stele next to Lysias’ (IG II² 6230). For further family members in this peribolos see IG II² 6226 and 11817 (for the stemma see Humphreys, Kinship, 994 tab. 27.6A). For a general discussion of Attic funerary monuments, AIUK 3 (Fitzwilliam), section 3.

Added: 2 Jun 2025
Updated: 2 Jun 2025
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