IGII34 653 Dedication to Asklepios by the Asklepiastai

Dedication to Asklepios by the Asklepiastai

IG II³ 4 653 Date: ca. 229/8-203 BC

[The Asklepiastai]^[1] dedicated (this) to Asklepios - son of Leonides of Oa - son of Timasitheos of Diomeia - son of Automenes of Halai (5) - son of of Eustrophos^[2] of Piraeus - son of [Thrasy]leon of Kydathenaion - son of Charmos of Oa - son of Aristodemos of Aixone - son of [Thras]yleon of Kydathenaion (10) - son of -sthenes of Ionidai - son of -stratos (?) of - - son of - of Pa- . . .

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IG II³ 4 653 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 2353 (PHI)

Tracy, ALC 49

Translation by: Salvatore Tufano

Images: Aleshire - (1)

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (Asklepiastai), Dedication (Asklepios)

Original location: [Asklepieion]

Findspot: South slope of Acropolis (EM 8083)

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[1] This is an example, unusual in Classical and early Hellenistic Athens, of a dedication by what seems to be a “private” association of citizens, i.e. one not (so far as we know) organised on the basis of the usual formal structures of citizen association, the Cleisthenic tribes and demes and the phratries/gene/orgeones. The Asklepiastai are also attested by IG II² 1293 (decree honouring a member) and 2960 (SEG 18.33). Cf. S. B. Aleshire, The Athenian Asklepieion, 1989, 68-71, who also discusses private associations of Asklepios outside Attica, e.g. in Rhodes. [2] Member of a prominent family of the Piraeus, Aleshire, 69-70 (cf. Humphreys, Kinship, 1107 n. 21).

Added: 1 Jul 2019
Updated: 2 Jul 2021
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