FD III 1, 534: victory inscription of Dionysia, Hedea and Tryphosa
Title
FD III 1, 534: victory inscription of Dionysia, Hedea and Tryphosa
Date
probably 43 CE
Type
honorary inscription
Source Type
inscription
Commentary
Other editions include: Syll.3 802; Moretti 1953, no. 63; Pleket, Epigraphica II, 1969, 9.
On this unusual discipline see Meaker – Meeus 2022. On the date of Hedea's victory see FD III 1, 534 (p. 353) and West 1928.
On this unusual discipline see Meaker – Meeus 2022. On the date of Hedea's victory see FD III 1, 534 (p. 353) and West 1928.
Translation
Hermesianax, son of Dionysos, of Kaisarea Tralles and Ko[…]
(Statues of his) daughters, who themselves also have the same citizenships:
Tryphosa won the footrace (stadion) at the Pythia when Antigonos and Kleomachidas were agonothetai and at the Isthmia when Iuventius Proklos was agonothetes. (She was) the first of the maidens (to do so) consecutively.
Hedea won the enoplion harmati at the Isthmia when Cornelius Pulcher was agonothetes, as well as the footrace (stadion) at the Nemea when Antigonos was agonothetes and in Sikyon when Menoitas was agonothetes. She also won the kitharodos contest for paides at the Sebasteia in Athens under the agonothete Novius the son of Philinus. She was the first (of all time?) to become (citizen?) … maiden.
Dionysia, who won […] when Antigonos was agonothetes, as well as the footrace (stadion) at the Asklepieia in sacred Epidauros when Nikoteles was agonothetes.
(dedicated) to Apollo Pythios.
(Statues of his) daughters, who themselves also have the same citizenships:
Tryphosa won the footrace (stadion) at the Pythia when Antigonos and Kleomachidas were agonothetai and at the Isthmia when Iuventius Proklos was agonothetes. (She was) the first of the maidens (to do so) consecutively.
Hedea won the enoplion harmati at the Isthmia when Cornelius Pulcher was agonothetes, as well as the footrace (stadion) at the Nemea when Antigonos was agonothetes and in Sikyon when Menoitas was agonothetes. She also won the kitharodos contest for paides at the Sebasteia in Athens under the agonothete Novius the son of Philinus. She was the first (of all time?) to become (citizen?) … maiden.
Dionysia, who won […] when Antigonos was agonothetes, as well as the footrace (stadion) at the Asklepieia in sacred Epidauros when Nikoteles was agonothetes.
(dedicated) to Apollo Pythios.
Translation used
translation by Melanie Meaker and Alexander Meeus for the Cynisca project
Text
Ἑρμησιάναξ Διονυσίου Καισαρεὺς Τραλ[λιαν]ὸς ὁ καὶ Κο[․․․․․․․․]
τὰς ἑαυτοῦ θυγατέρας ἐχούσας καὶ α[ὐτ]ὰς τὰς αὐτὰς πο[λειτείας].
Col. I
Τρυφῶσαν νεικήσασαν Πύθια ἐ-
πὶ ἀγωνοθετῶν Ἀντιγόνου
καὶ Κλεομαχίδα· καὶ Ἴσθμια ἐπὶ
ἀγωνοθέτου Ἰουβεντίου Πρό-
κλου· στάδιον κατὰ τὸ ἑξῆς πρώ-
τη παρθένων.
Col. II
Ἡδέαν νεικήσασαν Ἴσθμια ἐπὶ ἀγωνο-
θέτου Κορνηλίου Πούλχρου ἐνόπλι-
ον ἅρματι· καὶ Νέμεα στάδιον ἐπὶ ἀγω-
νοθέτου Ἀντιγόνου· καὶ ἐν Σικυῶνι ἐπὶ
ἀγωνοθέτου Μενοίτα· ἐνείκα δὲ καὶ
παῖδας κιθαρωδοὺς Ἀθήνησι Σεβάστεια
ἐπὶ ἀγωνοθέτου Νουίου τοῦ Φιλεί-
νου· πρώ[τη ἀπ’ αἰῶ]νος ἐγένετο πολεῖ-
[τις -- 12-- ]ρω παρθένος.
Col. III
Διονυσίαν νεικ[ήσασαν ․․․․․․]
ἐπὶ ἀγωνοθέτου Ἀν[τιγ]ό[νου]·
καὶ Ἀσκλάπεια ἐν Ἐπιδαύρω
τῆ ἱερᾶ ἐπὶ ἀγων[ο]θέτου Νεικο-
τέλου στάδι[ον].
Ἀπόλλωνι Πυθίω.
τὰς ἑαυτοῦ θυγατέρας ἐχούσας καὶ α[ὐτ]ὰς τὰς αὐτὰς πο[λειτείας].
Col. I
Τρυφῶσαν νεικήσασαν Πύθια ἐ-
πὶ ἀγωνοθετῶν Ἀντιγόνου
καὶ Κλεομαχίδα· καὶ Ἴσθμια ἐπὶ
ἀγωνοθέτου Ἰουβεντίου Πρό-
κλου· στάδιον κατὰ τὸ ἑξῆς πρώ-
τη παρθένων.
Col. II
Ἡδέαν νεικήσασαν Ἴσθμια ἐπὶ ἀγωνο-
θέτου Κορνηλίου Πούλχρου ἐνόπλι-
ον ἅρματι· καὶ Νέμεα στάδιον ἐπὶ ἀγω-
νοθέτου Ἀντιγόνου· καὶ ἐν Σικυῶνι ἐπὶ
ἀγωνοθέτου Μενοίτα· ἐνείκα δὲ καὶ
παῖδας κιθαρωδοὺς Ἀθήνησι Σεβάστεια
ἐπὶ ἀγωνοθέτου Νουίου τοῦ Φιλεί-
νου· πρώ[τη ἀπ’ αἰῶ]νος ἐγένετο πολεῖ-
[τις -- 12-- ]ρω παρθένος.
Col. III
Διονυσίαν νεικ[ήσασαν ․․․․․․]
ἐπὶ ἀγωνοθέτου Ἀν[τιγ]ό[νου]·
καὶ Ἀσκλάπεια ἐν Ἐπιδαύρω
τῆ ἱερᾶ ἐπὶ ἀγων[ο]θέτου Νεικο-
τέλου στάδι[ον].
Ἀπόλλωνι Πυθίω.
Edition used
E. Bourguet (ed.), Fouilles de Delphes III: Épigraphie,1: Inscriptions de l'entrée du sanctuaire au trésor des Athéniens, Paris 1929.
Bibliography
W. Dittenberger (ed.), Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum, 3rd ed., Hildesheim 1960. (=Syll.3)
M. Meaker, A. Meeus (2022), Ἐνόπλιον ἅρματι: Anmerkungen zum isthmischen Sieg der Hedea, Tochter des Hermesianax, in Syll.3 802, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 222, 82–88.
L. Moretti (ed.), Iscrizioni agonistiche greche, Rome 1953.
H. W. Pleket (ed.), Epigraphica, II: Texts on the Social History of the Greek World, Leiden 1969.
A. B. West, Notes on Achaean Prosopography and Chronology, in: Classical Philology 23, 1928, 258–269.
M. Meaker, A. Meeus (2022), Ἐνόπλιον ἅρματι: Anmerkungen zum isthmischen Sieg der Hedea, Tochter des Hermesianax, in Syll.3 802, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 222, 82–88.
L. Moretti (ed.), Iscrizioni agonistiche greche, Rome 1953.
H. W. Pleket (ed.), Epigraphica, II: Texts on the Social History of the Greek World, Leiden 1969.
A. B. West, Notes on Achaean Prosopography and Chronology, in: Classical Philology 23, 1928, 258–269.
Location
Delphi
Collection
Citation
“FD III 1, 534: victory inscription of Dionysia, Hedea and Tryphosa,” Cynisca: Documenting Women and Girls in Ancient Greek Sports, accessed December 22, 2024, https://fdz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/cynisca/items/show/132.