INSCRIPTION
Dedication of a statue to the hearth-initiate Poplia Aelia Herennia by her homonymous mother
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
Ἀγαθῆι τύχηι
τοῖν Θεοῖν
τὴν ἀφ’ ἑστίας μύστιν Ποπλίαν
Αἰλίαν Ἑρεννίαν Πο(πλίου) Αἰλίου Ἀπολ-
5 λωνίου θυγατέρα ἄρξαντος τὴν
ἐπώνυμον ἀρχὴν καὶ ἄρξαντος
τὴν τοῦ βασιλέως ἀρχὴν καὶ
στρατηγήσαντος ἐπὶ τοὺς ❦
ὁπλείτας καὶ ἐπιμελησαμένου
10 τῆς γυμνασιαρχίας καὶ κηρυ-
κεύσαντος τῆς ἐξ Ἀρείου πά-
γου βουλῆς ἡ μήτηρ Ποπλία
Αἰλία Ἑρεννία τὴν ἀπὸ Κόνωνος
καὶ Καλλιμάχου παρὰ τὸν πρό-
15 θειον Πό(πλιον) Αἴλ(ιον) Διονύσιον τὸν δᾳ-
δουχήσαντα.
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
late 2nd - early 3rd c. CE |
Location: |
Eleusis, built into a ‘Byzantine wall’ blocking the northernmost entrance to the Telesterion |
Museum (Storage Place: |
Eleusis, Telesterion |
Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Ποπλία Αιλία Ερεννία (ΙΙ) |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Hearth-initiate - Received honours |
Comments: |
Base of white (‘Pentelic’) marble. Dedication of a statue to the hearth-initiate Poplia Aelia Herennia by her homonymous mother. The honorand claimed to descend from the illustrious Athenian military men Konon and Kallimachos. According to the epigraphic text, her statue was set up next to that of her great-uncle, the dadouch Poplius Aelius Dionysios. She was also daughter of Poplius Aelius Apollonius who was eponymous archon, basileus, hoplite general, epimeletes of the gymnasiarchia and herald of the Areopagos. |
Bibliography: |
IG II² 3688; I.Eleusis 621 |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-12-21 |
Edited: |