IGII34 1148 Dedication to Eileithyia by a mother

Dedication to Eileithyia by a mother

IG II³ 4 1148 Date: 1st cent. AD

His mother, name daughter of - of deme, (dedicated a statue of) Antiochos son of - of Phaleron to Eileithyia.^[1]

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References:

IG II³ 4 1148 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 4048 (PHI)

Pingiatoglou, Eileithyia E34

Translation by: Stephen Lambert, Giorgia Capra

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (private, Eileithyia)

Findspot: Athens (near Lysikrates' monument) (EM 8510)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This mother dedicated a statue of her son Antiochos to the goddess of childbirth, Eileithyia. It is interesting that the child's demotic "of Phaleron" (Phalereos) is in the genitive, i.e. it formally designates the deme of Antiochos' father rather than of the child itself (which would be indicated here by the accusative, Phalerea). This is more common with women's names, and the thought here is perhaps similar: neither women nor infants are formally members of their father's deme in their own right. On Athenian dedications to Eileithyia, see IG II³ 4, 1151, with notes.

Added: 25 May 2021
Updated: 25 May 2021
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