IGII34 227 Dedication (Tetrakomoi)

Dedication (Tetrakomoi)

IG II³ 4 227 Date: mid 4th cent. BC

[- was archon], the Phalerans^[1] were victorious, [komarchs: -]machos son of Satyros, Pl- son of -, -on son of Theophilos, Philostratos son of -.^[2]

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IG II³ 4 227 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 3102 (PHI)

Translation by: Stephen Lambert, Julian Schneider

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (Tetrakomoi)

Findspot: Piraeus (Kaminia) (Unknown)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] Phaleron was a member of the (originally pre-Cleisthenic) association of villages known as the Tetrakomoi. See IG II³ 4, 225 with notes. The komarchs, leaders of the “villages”, are also attested at Lambert, Rationes, F9B 1-22.

In the Cleisthenic system Phaleron, Athens' principal port in the archaic period (Hdt. 5.81, 85 and 6.116), was a sizeable deme of the city trittys of Aiantis (bouleutic quota 9, Agora XV 46, 33-44, the only quota in Aiantis for which there is some direct evidence from before 307/6 BC, cf. AIO 2618, with notes), east of Piraeus (together with distant Rhamnous on the scheme of Traill, Demos and Trittys, 1986, 138; Humphreys, Kinship, 1135, however, continues to regard it as the only deme of its trittys). There are no extant public inscriptions produced by the deme except those associated with the Tetrakomoi. On the deme and its members see Humphreys, 1135-1141. Its most famous member was Demetrios of Phaleron, who controlled Athens in the interests of the Macedonian Kassandros 317-307 BC (see AIUK 2 (BSA), no. 1). On demes in general see RO 46. [2] Like the other dedications by the Tetrakomoi, the base is triangular and there is a cutting for a bronze tripod, the conventional prize of victory. The wording on this dedication is restored on the basis of the similar IG II³ 4, 228. At the end of line 4 there is a sequence of unintelligible letters followed by an erasure.

Added: 28 Jun 2018
Updated: 26 Oct 2024
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