INSCRIPTION

Honours of the synodos of the priests of Zeus Epidotes to Iulia Eudia

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1 ἀγαθᾶ[ι τύχαι].
ἐπειδὴ Ἰουλία [Εὐδία Εὐτελεί]-
νου θυγάτηρ, γυ[νὴ καλὴ καὶ ἀγαθὴ]
καὶ προγόνων τ[ῶν ἀρίστων, αὐτή τε]
5 οὖσα μεγαλόψυ̣[χος πᾶσαν τὴν σύνο]-
δον τετίμηκεν̣, [συγκατατιθεμένου τῆι]
αὐτῆς μεγαλ[οψυχίαι καὶ Γαΐου Ἰουλίου]
Στροβίλου τ[οῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς, ἀνα]-
τέθεικεν δὲ [καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσι τοῦ Διὸς]
10 τοῦ Ἐπιδώτ[ου ἀμπέλων πλέθρα δεκατέσ]-
σαρα οὐδὲν [ἐνλείπουσα τῆς ἰδίας]
μεγαλοψυχί[ας καὶ χρηστότητος],
δι’ ἃ πάντα [δεδόχθαι τοῖς ἱερεῦσι]
τοῦ Διὸς το̣[ῦ Ἐπιδώτου, ἐπαινέσαι]
15 Ἰουλίαν Ε[ὐδίαν καὶ ἀναθεῖναι αὐτῆς]
ε̣ἰκό̣[να γραπτὴν ἐν τῷ ναῷ τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ]
[Ἐπιδώτου — — — — — — — — — (κτλ.)]
  Inscription Type: Honourific inscription
  Date: First half of the 1st c. CE
  Location: village of Rizai, east of Tegea
  Museum (Storage Place: Museum of Tegea
  Inv. no:
  Name of Woman Ιουλία Ευδία
  Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): Benefactress
   Comments: Iulia Eudia provided some plots of land to the synodos of priests of Zeus Epidotes and, in return, she was honoured greatly.
  Bibliography:

IG V, 2, 270; RP I, ARC 91.

  Author: Giorgos Mitropoulos
  Added: 2024-05-17
  Edited: