INSCRIPTION
Agonistic trophy dated after the priesthood of Alexandra
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 νίκας Ἀλκιβιάδου σημήιον ἐνθάδε κεῖμαι·
στᾶσε δέ μ’ οὐ μολπᾶς ἀλλ’ ἀρετᾶς ἄεθλον.
2a vac.
3 ἐπὶ ἱερείας Ἀλεξάνδρας τῆς Λέοντος
ἐκ Χολλειδῶν.
Inscription Type: |
Agonistic inscription |
Date: |
early decades of the 1st c. CE (perhaps under Tiberius) |
Location: |
Athens, built over the gate of the opisthodomos of the Parthenon |
Museum (Storage Place: |
In front of the old museum of Acropolis (IG) |
Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Αλεξάνδρα |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Priestess |
Comments: |
Base of Pentelic marble. The inscription, an agonistic trophy of a certain Alkibiades, is dated after the priesthood of Alexandra, priestess of Athena Polias and daughter of Leon from Cholleidai. |
Bibliography: |
IG II² 3155; Follet (1976) 184 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-09-07 |
Edited: |