IGII34 269 Dedication to Hero General

Dedication to Hero General

IG II³ 4 269 Date: ca. 200 BC

- son of Apollodoros of Otryne, having been hoplite general (stratēgēsas epi tous hoplitas) in the archonship of -, dedicated this to the hero General (hērōi Stratēgōi).^[1]

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IG II³ 4 269 (Translated text) (IG Online)

Agora XVIII 168

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Images: Agora Excavations - (1)

Monument type: Epistyle

Inscription type: Dedication (hoplite general (strategos)), Dedication (Hero General)

Findspot: Agora, near the Metroon (Ag. I 147)

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[1] For the hoplite general, see IG II³ 4, 276. In Hellenistic inscriptions the hero General (heros Strategos) seems to have been associated with the board of generals (IG II² 1035, l. 53, IG II³ 4, 271; perhaps also SEG 29.146). A large structure in the Agora southwest of the tholos has been identified as the generals' headquarters (strategeion) and a small rectangular building in the northwest corner of that structure's forecourt has been proposed as the shrine of the hero General, partly on the basis of the findspot of this inscription (Agora XIV p. 73). On the cult of the hero General in the context of development of Attic hero-cults in Hellenistic Athens see Parker, Athenian Religion, 275-76.

Added: 2 Apr 2019
Updated: 25 Jun 2024
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