INSCRIPTION
Metrical dedication of a statue to the hearth-initiate Praxagora
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 ὦ ξεῖν<οι> θηεῖσθε μετ’ εὐκλέ’ ἀνά-
κτορα Δηοῦς / καὶ γενεὴν πατέ-
ρων εὐκλεᾶ Πραξαγόρας, / ἣν ἔ-
τεκεν Μελιτεὺς Δημόστρα-
5 τος ἠδὲ Φιλίστη / φύντες δᾳ-
δούχων ἀμφότεροι τοκέ-
ων· / ἀλλά με καὶ παίδων κοσ-
μεῖ χορός, οἳ τὸ πρὸ μυστῶν /
ἄλλων ἐν τελεταῖς στέμ-
10 μα κόμαισι θέσαν.
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
ca. 180-185 CE |
Location: |
Eleusis, presumably in front of the Telesterion |
Museum (Storage Place: |
Eleusis, next to the peribolos wall opposite the porch of the Telesterion |
Inv. no: |
|
Name of Woman |
Πραξαγόρα |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Hearth-initiate - Received honours |
Comments: |
Base of white (‘Pentelic’) marble. Metrical dedication of a statue to the hearth-initiate Praxagora. |
Bibliography: |
IG II² 4077; I.Eleusis 511 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2025-01-09 |
Edited: |