INSCRIPTION
Honourific inscription to Memmia Xenokratia, set up by the polis
"INSCRIPTION TEXT"
1 Ἡ πόλις
Μεμμίαν Ξενοκράτιαν
Δεξιμάχου τέκνων δίκαιον
[ἔ]χ̣ουσα̣[ν], Ἑστίαν πόλεως, <ἱ>έρ̣-
5 [εια]ν κατὰ γένος, ἀρχηίδα καὶ
[θεω]ρὸν <δ>ιὰ βίου τοῦ σεμνοτά̣-
[του] ἀγῶνος τῶν Ὑακιν<θ>ί̣ων,
[σωφ]ροσύνη̣ς τ̣[ε] καὶ σεμνό[τητος]
[καὶ τ]ῆ̣ς ἄλλ[η]ς πάσης ἀρετῆς
10 [τῆς ἐν γυναιξὶν ἕνεκα, — — —]
Inscription Type: |
Honourific inscription |
Date: |
late Antonine period |
Location: |
Amyclae |
Museum (Storage Place: |
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Inv. no: |
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Name of Woman |
Μεμμία Ξενοκράτια |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Received honours – Hestia of the polis – Priestess – archeis - theoros |
Comments: |
Base decorated with a cymatium at top and bottom, bearing an honourific inscription set up by the polis for the hereditary priestess Memmia Xenokratia in recognition of her female virtues: σωφροσύνη, σεμνότης and any other virtue among women. She bore the ius trium liberorum and was honoured as Hestia poleos, and served as archeis and theoros for life of the Hyakinthia. |
Bibliography: |
IG V 1, 586 (πρβλ. SEG 1950, 813); RP II, LAC 542 [2] |
Author: |
Giorgos Mitropoulos |
Added: |
2024-08-25 |
Edited: |