IGII34 206 Dedication to Apollo Hypo Makrais

Dedication to Apollo Hypo Makrais

IG II³ 4 206 Date: ca. 250-280 AD

Archon Heren- -nius Dexippos^[1]

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References:

IG II³ 4 206 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 2931 (PHI)

SEG 54.299

Puech, Orateurs 91

Nulton, Sanctuary 14

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Rupestral

Inscription type: Dedication (archon), Dedication (Apollo Hypo Makrais)

Original location: Cave of Apollo, Acropolis

Findspot: Acropolis (cave of Apollo) (In situ)

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[1] This inscription is the last in the series of dedications by archons in the Cave of Apollo (on which, see IG II³ 4, 128). Unlike all earlier dedications in the series it is not inscribed on a marble plaque, but cut into the rock-face, in a niche which had previously held a dedicatory plaque. This seems to indicate that the plaques had already been removed at the time – perhaps for incorporation into the Post-Herulian Fortification Wall in the Agora (see IG II³ 4, 169). P. Herennius Dexippus was a historiographer (FGrH 100) who led the Athenian resistance to the Herulian invasion in AD 267 (Hist. Aug., Vit. Gall. 13.6-8; Athenian Onomasticon, s.v. Dexippos; cf. F. Millar, JRS 59, 1969, 18-28). Unusually, he served both as basileus and subsequently as eponymous archon (IG II² 13262 = 3669 and 3670), the latter being apparently the occasion of this inscription (Puech). The date of his eponymous archonship is uncertain (IG II³ gives ca. 250-265/6 AD; but a later date seems possible in light of the incorporation into the post-Herulian wall of a coin of Probus, who reigned 276-282 AD, cf. Nulton, pp. 29-30). He also funded the Great Panathenaia in 255/6 AD (IG II³ 4, 1398)

Added: 26 Jul 2018
Updated: 28 Jul 2023
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