SEG 51.48 Victory dedication to Herakles from Marathon

Victory dedication to Herakles from Marathon

SEG 51.48 Date: ca. 450-425 BC

Telestes or The son of Telestes dedicated this pleasing gift to Herakles . . . at the Herakleia in the Gates.^[1]

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References:

SEG 51.48 (Translated text) (AIO)

IG I³ 1015bis (IG Online) (PHI)

SEG 26.51

CEG 1, no. 318

Kaczko, Attic Dedicatory Epigrams, 135

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

Monument type: Block

Inscription type: Dedication (private, Herakles)

Findspot: Valaria in south of plain of Marathon (Marathon Museum BE 34)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] A. P. Matthaiou, in P. Derow and R. Parker eds., Herodotus and his World (2003), 190-202 (SEG 51.48), after S. N. Koumanoudes, convincingly interpreted this as an architectural block inscribed with a verse epigram commemorating the victory of a man named Telestes (or his son) at the Marathonian Herakleia. Herakles, or the Herakleia, are described here as “Empylian”, “in the Gates”, i.e. the narrow pass at the southern edge of the plain of Marathon, leading from the north towards Athens. On Matthaiou’s alternative restorations of the ends of verses 1-2, and earlier interpretations relating the epigram to Pylos (now superseded) see Kaczko. On the relationship of this inscription to IG I³ 2 and 3 see the notes to those inscriptions.

Added: 2 Apr 2019
Updated: 6 Apr 2022
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