IGII34 1063 Dedication to Artemis Mounichia

Dedication to Artemis Mounichia

IG II³ 4 1063 Date: c. 300 - 250 BC

. . . . . . of Dionysodoros . . . of the people or of Dem- . . . . . . to Mounichia . . . ^[1]

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References:

IG II³ 4 1063 (Translated text) (IG Online)

SEG 19:219 (PHI)

Translation by: Danielle Mackay

Images: Agora Excavations - (1)

Monument type: Fragment

Inscription type: Dedication (private, Artemis)

Original location: Agora

Findspot: Agora (Ag. I I 2920)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] The fragment of Hymettian marble is from a votive base, which is broken on both sides and at the top, but preserved at the bottom (B. D. Merrit, Hesperia 29, 1960, 57). Mounichia or Mounychia is an epithet of Artemis. It is derived from the Mounychia hill in Piraeus, where a temple of Artemis was located. In Phaleron, a festival dedicated to Artemis Mounychia was celebrated at her shrine in the month of Mounychion. The festival became a commemoration of Artemis Mounichia’s aid during the battle of Salamis (R. Parker, Polytheism and Society, 2005, 476). A coming-of-age ritual for young girls called the arkteia took place at the festival in Mounichia. A similar ritual also occurred at Artemis’ primary cult sanctuary in Brauron at the Brauronia festival (Parker 2005, 228). For more on Artemis Mounichia, see IGII³ 4, 1063 and AIO 847.

Added: 15 May 2025
Updated: 15 May 2025
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