IGII34 224 Dedication to Dionysos by the Tetrapolis

Dedication to Dionysos by the Tetrapolis

IG II³ 4 224 Date: Mid-iv BC

The Four Cities (Tetrapolees) dedicated this to Dionysos.^[1] Lysanias son of Kallias of Trikorynthos was archon. Religious officials (hieropoioi): (5) Phanodoros of Marathon Melanopos of Trikorynthos Ph[ry?]nokles of Oinoe Antikrates of Probalinthos.

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References:

IG II³ 4 224 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 2933 (PHI)

Syll.³ 930

AIO Papers 1 no. 3 (AIO Paper)

Takeuchi and Wilson, New Attic Dionysia, 31-33

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (Tetrapolis), Dedication (Dionysos)

Original location: Attica (Marathon, sanctuary of Dionysos?)

Findspot: Attica (Divaliaki, north of "tower" on Marathon plain) (Lost)

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[1] This is one of two extant inscribed dedications to Dionysos found in the Marathon plain and most likely deriving from the Tetrapolis Dionysion, where the two extant decrees of the Tetrapolis were erected (IG II² 1243, ll. 21-22; and AIO 2618, l. 21). For the other dedication see IG II³ 4, 978. On the Tetrapolis in general and the Tetrapolitan Dionysia, AIO 2618, with notes. The archon of the Tetrapolis appears here as its chief "eponymous" official. He is also attested at SEG 50.168, ll. 39-40 (which implies annual tenure), was honoured by AIO 2618, and may have been referred to also in IG II² 1243. The archon named here, Lysanias son of Kallias of Trikorynthos, is not otherwise known. Hieropoioi ("religious officials"), very common at both city and local level (in demes, see IG II² 1199, with notes), are attested in the Tetrapolis only here. There was clearly one from each of the component demes of the association. The precise functions of hieropoioi vary from case to case and we cannot tell whether, in the Tetrapolis, they were limited, say, to the Dionysia, or had a broader remit. Antikrates son of Lysanias of Probalinthos was honoured as a court president (thesmothetes) in 329/8 BC, IG II³ 4, 84, l. 1.

Added: 17 Mar 2014
Updated: 5 Aug 2024
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