IGII34 1 Dedication to Apollo by Athens and her allies

Dedication to Apollo by Athens and her allies

IG II³ 4 1 Date: After 378/7 BC

[The Athenians and] the allies [dedicated] to Apollo [a tithe from] their enemies.^[1]

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References:

IG II³ 4 1 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 2789 (PHI)

SEG 61.36

Syll.³ 166

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (Athens and allies), Dedication (Apollo)

Original location: Athens (Temple of Apollo Pythios or Delphinios?)

Findspot: Athens (west of columns of temple of Zeus Olympios) (EM 10657)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] In the top of the base there is trace of the left foot of a bronze statue, perhaps of Apollo. The dedication is to Apollo, who in an Athenian context was above all "ancestral" deity of Athens qua Ionian metropolis (Apollo Patroos). The dedication may have been placed in the sanctuary of Apollo Pythios, who was closely identified by Athenians with Apollo Patroos. It clearly postdates the foundation of the Second Athenian League (378/7, RO 22), but the precise historical context is indeterminable. Suggestions have included Chabrias' victory at Naxos in 376 (Xen. Hell. 5.4.61, Dem. 20.77) and the allied victory over the Theban fleet in 364/3 (Diod. 15.79).

Added: 15 Sep 2017
Updated: 9 Jul 2021
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