IGII34 565 Choregic dedication of four tribes for the City Dionysia

Choregic dedication of four tribes for the City Dionysia

IG II³ 4 565 Date: mid-ii AD

[You are gazing at a . . . chorus] of good men,^[1] . . . having obtained by lot . . . he established in the land a herald . . . ^[2] Hadrianis and Leontis [and Attalis] (5) and Pandionis sang Aichm- . . . and Euios crowned the same . . . ^[3] uninscribed space Eponymous archon . . . uninscribed space

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References:

IG II³ 4 565 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 3116 (PHI)

SEG 42.155

Peek, AVI 7 (PHI)

Follet and Peppas Delmousou, Dedicaces chorégiques 9

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Dedication (choregic)

Findspot: Unknown (EM 2867)
Findspot: Unknown (EM 3259)

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[1] This fragmentary stele is part of a Roman-period choregic dedication (cf. IG II³ 4, 558 with notes). The first six lines are in iambic trimeters, l. 7 is in prose. The inscription must post-date the creation of the tribe of Hadrianis in 121/2. [2] The “herald” is probably a metaphor for the monument itself, which “announces” the choral victory through its inscription (Peek). Thus, the individual whose name is lost in l. 2 is probably the sponsor (choregos), who was usually responsible for erecting the choregic dedication. The lottery may have been the means by which additional tribes were assigned to the sponsor – this is how similar allocations were made for the Thargelia in the fifth century BC (Antiphon 6.11-13; P. Wilson, The Athenian Institution of the Khoregia, 2000, 67). Less likely is that the line refers to the archon, who was selected by lot in the Classical period, but was chosen by election in Roman times (D. Geagan, Athenian Constitution after Sulla, 1967, p. 4). [3] The monument appears to commemorate a victory by a joint-chorus of the tribes Hadrianis, Leontis, Attalis, and Pandionis. On joint-choruses, see IG II³ 4, 563. If Aichm- (l. 5) is a name, he might be the director (didaskalos), who trained the chorus, or the pipe-player. Euios (l. 6) might be the archon, who crowned the victorious poet and sponsor at the City Dionysia (Pickard-Cambridge, Dramatic Festivals of Athens, 98), but this would be the only attestation of him.

Added: 30 Sep 2022
Updated: 30 Sep 2022
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