IGII34 69 Dedication by the prytany of Kekropis, 343/2 BC ?

Dedication by the prytany of Kekropis, 343/2 BC ?

IG II³ 4 69 Date: 343/2 BC (?)

In the archonship of [Pythod?]otos (343/2) the pry[tany] of Kekropis ^[1] [dedicated (this)] to Agathos Daimon^[2] having been victorious [over the other tribes?] according to the People’s judgement and having been crowned [by the Council] [and the] People for their excellence and just[ice].^[3]

Previous - SEG 67.86

References:

IG II³ 4 69 (Translated text) (IG Online)

SEG 68.75

Agora XV 35 (PHI)

AIO Papers 9 69 sects. 2-4 (AIO Paper)

Translation by: Rebecca Van Hove

Images: Agora Excavations - (1)
Aleshire - (1)

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (prytany), Dedication (Agathos Daimon)

Original location: [Acropolis (sanctuary of Kekrops)]

Findspot: Agora (Ag. I 2003)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This is a dedication of the prytany of Kekropis, which had won the competition for the best prytany in its year in office, cf. IG I³ 515. For another dedication by the prytany of Kekropis, see IG II³ 4 23. Probably, like that one, it was set up in the sanctuary of the relevant tribal hero, Kekrops, on the Acropolis. The inscription originally rested on another block, below. The space available for the beginning of the archon's name indicates that it should be restored as Pythodotos (343/2), rather than Theodotos (387/6) or Kephisodotos (366/5 or 358/7) and that is confirmed by the formulaic wording referring to the crowning of the prytany, which occurs only after 357/6 BC (cf. AIO Papers 9, sects. 2 and 4, SEG 68.75). For a dedication from 343/2 commemorating honours awarded to the whole Council by the Assembly, and by the Council to individual councillors and Council officials see IG II³ 1, 306. [2] Agathos Daimon (Good Spirit) tended to be worshipped and represented alongside Agathe Tyche (Good Fortune) in the late Classical and Hellenistic periods. Agathos Daimon was considered a protector of house and fertility, and formal libations were often made to the god at symposia: see G. S. Gasparro, Daimon and Tyche in the Hellenistic Religious Experience (1997). Cf. IG II² 3703. [3] The wording of this dedication is more elaborate than some other examples of prytany dedications: here the prytany is both adjudged victorious by the People (as typically in dedications dating to before 357/6), and crowned by the People and the Council (as typically after 357/6). This dedication, IG II³ 4, 78 and IG II³ 4, 86 are evidence that, although the form of words used on most prytany dedications referred to "crowning" rather than "victory" from 357/6, the crowns referred to in the dedications between 357/6 and ca. 320 were in fact awarded for such victories (cf. AIO Papers 9, sect. 3).

Added: 2 Jul 2018
Updated: 23 Mar 2024
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