INSCRIPTION

Public dedication of a statue to P. Memmius Philodamus, financed by Iulia Apla

"INSCRIPTION TEXT"

1 Ἡ ∙ Ὀλυμπικὴ
   βουλὴ
 καὶ ὁ δῆμος Ἠ-
 λείων ∙ Π(όπλιον) Μέμμι-
5 ον Φιλόδαμον,
Γ(αΐου) ∙ Μεμμίου ∙ Εὐδάμου
υἱόν ∙ Γ(αΐου) ∙ Ἰουλίου Σωστράτου
ἔγγονον ∙ ἐφηβεύσαν-
τα, ἀρετῆς καὶ σωφρο-
10 σύνης καὶ παιδείας
ἕνεκεν καὶ τῆς ὑπὲρ
τὴν ἡλικίαν δόξης.
❦ ἀνέθηκεν ❦
Ἰουλία ∙ Ἅπλα
15 ❦ ἡ μήτηρ ❦
  Inscription Type: Honourific inscription
  Date: 1st / 2nd c. CE
  Location: Olympia
  Museum (Storage Place:
  Inv. no:
  Name of Woman Ιουλία Άπλα
  Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): Funded honours
   Comments:

Statue base of Pentelic marble. The statue was financed by Iulia Apla and dedicated by the Olympic boule and demos in honour of her son, P. Memmius Philodamus.

  Bibliography:

IvO 470; RP I, EL 226.

  Author: Giorgos Mitropoulos
  Added: 2024-08-10
  Edited: