IGII34 612 Dedication by an actor and herald commemorating competitive victories

Dedication by an actor and herald commemorating competitive victories

IG II³ 4 612 Date: after mid-ii AD

For good fortune I, Titus Aelius Aurelius Apollonios of Tarsos and Athens, comic actor (kōmōdos), herald and victor at the major games (periodoneikēs) (5) including the Capitoline Games,^[1] having been victorious in the contest at the Olympeia,^[2] dedicated this statue. palm

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IG II³ 4 612 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 3161 (PHI)

Translation by: David Weidgenannt

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (actor and herald)

Findspot: Athens (Theatre of Dionysos) (Athens Ephoria NK 286)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] The Capitoline Games were founded in 86 AD by Domitian. Cf. M. L. Caldelli, L’agon Capitolinus (1993); B. Rieger, Nikephoros 12, 1999, 171-203. [2] The Olymp(i)eia were an athletic and musical festival founded in Athens by Hadrian in 128/9 or 131/2 AD. Cf. Follet, Athènes, 345-46.

Added: 21 Oct 2019
Updated: 9 Jul 2021
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