INSCRIPTION
Dedicatory epigram for a statue in honor of a hierophantis
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Μήτηρ Μαρκιανοῦ, θυγάτηρ Δημητρίου εἰμί·
οὔνομα σιγάσθω· τοῦτ’ ἀποκληιζομένη,
εὖτέ με Κεκροπίδαι Δηιοῖ θέσαν Ἱερόφαντιν,
αὐτὴ ἀμαιμακέτοις ἐγκατέκρυψα βυθοῖς·
5 οὐκ ἐμύησα δ’ ἐγὼ Λακεδαιμονίης τέκνα Λήδης,
οὐδὲ τὸν εὑράμενον παυσινόσους ἀκέσεις,
οὐδὲ τὸν Εὐρυσθῆι δυώδεκα πάντας ἀέθλους
ἐξανύσαντα μόγωι καρτερὸν Ἡρακλέα·
τὸν χθονὸς εὐρυχόρου δὲ καὶ ἀτρυγέτης μεδέοντα,
10 τὸν καὶ ἀπειρεσίων κοίρανον ἡμερίων,
ἄσπετον ὃς πάσαις πλοῦτον κατέχευε πόλεσσιν,
Ἁδριανόν, κλεινῆς δ’ ἔξοχα Κεκροπίης.
Inscription Type: |
Honourific / Dedicatory inscription |
Date: |
probably after 138 CE |
Location: |
Eleusis |
Museum (Storage Place: |
Museum of Louvre |
Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Άγνωστο |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Hierophantis – Received honours |
Comments: |
Base of white (‘Pentelic’) marble. Dedicatory epigram for a statue in honour of the hierophantis who initiated Hadrian in the Eleusinian Mysteries. |
Bibliography: |
IG II² 3575; I.Eleusis 454 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-11-26 |
Edited: |