IG V,1 1564a: the victory inscription of Cynisca of Sparta
Title
IG V,1 1564a: the victory inscription of Cynisca of Sparta
Date
ca. 390–380 BCE
Type
victory inscription
Source Type
inscription
Commentary
Other editions include: IvO 160; CEG 820
On Cynisca see also Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.8.1-2; 3.15.1; 5.12.5; 6.1.6; Plutarchus, Agesilaus 20.1; Plutarchus, Moralia 212b; Xenophon, Agesilaus 9.6
The dates for Kyniska's two Olympian victories in the four-horse chariot race given by Moretti 1957, no. 373, are widley accepted, but not certain.
The inscription has been restored based on Anthologia Palatina 13.16.
On Cynisca see also Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.8.1-2; 3.15.1; 5.12.5; 6.1.6; Plutarchus, Agesilaus 20.1; Plutarchus, Moralia 212b; Xenophon, Agesilaus 9.6
The dates for Kyniska's two Olympian victories in the four-horse chariot race given by Moretti 1957, no. 373, are widley accepted, but not certain.
The inscription has been restored based on Anthologia Palatina 13.16.
Translation
Spartan kings are my fathers and brothers,
having won the race with a team of swift-footed horses, I Cynisca
put up this monument. I say that I am the only woman in all Greece who won this crown.
Apelleas, son of Kallikles, made it.
having won the race with a team of swift-footed horses, I Cynisca
put up this monument. I say that I am the only woman in all Greece who won this crown.
Apelleas, son of Kallikles, made it.
Translation used
translation by Melanie Meaker for the Cynisca project
Text
Σπάρτας μὲν [βασιλῆες ἐμοὶ]
πατέρες καὶ ἀδελφοί, ἅ̣[ρματι δ’ ὠκυπόδων ἵππων]
νικῶσα Κυνίσκα εἰκόνα τάνδ’ ἔσ̣τ̣α̣σ̣ε̣. μόν[αν]
δ’ ἐμέ φαμι γυναικῶν Ἑλλάδος ἐκ πάσας τό̣[ν]-
δε λαβε͂ν στέφανον.
vacat
Ἀπελλέας Καλλικλέος ἐπόησε.
πατέρες καὶ ἀδελφοί, ἅ̣[ρματι δ’ ὠκυπόδων ἵππων]
νικῶσα Κυνίσκα εἰκόνα τάνδ’ ἔσ̣τ̣α̣σ̣ε̣. μόν[αν]
δ’ ἐμέ φαμι γυναικῶν Ἑλλάδος ἐκ πάσας τό̣[ν]-
δε λαβε͂ν στέφανον.
vacat
Ἀπελλέας Καλλικλέος ἐπόησε.
Edition used
W. Kolbe (ed.), Inscriptiones Graecae, V.1: Inscriptiones Laconiae et Messeniae, Berlin 1913.
Bibliography
W. Dittenberger, K. Purgold (eds.), Die Inschriften von Olympia, Berlin 1896. (= IvO)
P.A. Hansen (ed.), Carmina epigraphica Graeca saeculi IV a.Chr.n. (CEG 2) (Texte und Kommentare 15), Berlin 1989. (= CEG)
L. Moretti (ed.), Olympionikai: i vincitori negli antichi agoni olimpici, Rome 1957.
P.A. Hansen (ed.), Carmina epigraphica Graeca saeculi IV a.Chr.n. (CEG 2) (Texte und Kommentare 15), Berlin 1989. (= CEG)
L. Moretti (ed.), Olympionikai: i vincitori negli antichi agoni olimpici, Rome 1957.
Location
Olympia (Elis)
Collection
Citation
“IG V,1 1564a: the victory inscription of Cynisca of Sparta,” Cynisca: Documenting Women and Girls in Ancient Greek Sports, accessed December 22, 2024, https://fdz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/cynisca/items/show/134.