SEG 15.532 with restorations by Begass: honorary inscription of the agonothetis Claudia Hedeia
Title
SEG 15.532 with restorations by Begass: honorary inscription of the agonothetis Claudia Hedeia
Date
1st half of the 1st cent. CE
Type
honorary inscription
Source Type
inscription
Commentary
Other editions include: Graf 1985, 458, I.Ch. 79
See also Mantas 1995, 137, no. 1; Begass 2025, 150–51; 178, no. 1.
See also Mantas 1995, 137, no. 1; Begass 2025, 150–51; 178, no. 1.
Translation
ll. 1–8:
The demos honoured Claudia Hedeia, daughter of [– – –] with a golden crown; she has served as gymnasiarch four times and has twice delivered oil to the city on occasion of the festival of the Herakleian games and having served four(?) times as agonothetis of the Herakleia and Rhomaia and as basilissa of the Thirteen Cities of the Ionian League ...
The demos honoured Claudia Hedeia, daughter of [– – –] with a golden crown; she has served as gymnasiarch four times and has twice delivered oil to the city on occasion of the festival of the Herakleian games and having served four(?) times as agonothetis of the Herakleia and Rhomaia and as basilissa of the Thirteen Cities of the Ionian League ...
Translation used
translation by Christoph Begass for the Cynisca project
Text
ll. 1–8:
[Ὁ δῆμος ἐτείμησε χρυσῷ στ]ε[φάν]ῳ̣ Κλα̣υ̣δί|[αν τοῦ δεῖνος θυ]γ̣ατ̣έρα Ἡ̣δ̣ῆ̣α̣ν γ[υμ]νασιαρ-|[χήσασαν τε]τράκις καὶ δὶς ἀλ̣είψασαν τὴν | [πόλιν κατὰ τ]ὴν τῶν Ἡρακλήων ἀγώνων πανή|[γυριν, καὶ τετρά?]κ̣ις ἀγωνοθετήσασαν τῶν Ἡρα|[κλήων καὶ Ῥωμ]αίων καὶ Καισαρήων, καὶ βασιλεύσα|[σαν τοῦ τριακα]ιδεκαπολειτικοῦ τῶν Ἰώνων | [κοινοῦ]…
[Ὁ δῆμος ἐτείμησε χρυσῷ στ]ε[φάν]ῳ̣ Κλα̣υ̣δί|[αν τοῦ δεῖνος θυ]γ̣ατ̣έρα Ἡ̣δ̣ῆ̣α̣ν γ[υμ]νασιαρ-|[χήσασαν τε]τράκις καὶ δὶς ἀλ̣είψασαν τὴν | [πόλιν κατὰ τ]ὴν τῶν Ἡρακλήων ἀγώνων πανή|[γυριν, καὶ τετρά?]κ̣ις ἀγωνοθετήσασαν τῶν Ἡρα|[κλήων καὶ Ῥωμ]αίων καὶ Καισαρήων, καὶ βασιλεύσα|[σαν τοῦ τριακα]ιδεκαπολειτικοῦ τῶν Ἰώνων | [κοινοῦ]…
Edition used
J.J.E. Hondius et al. (eds.), Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden 1923- (with restorations by Begass).
Bibliography
C. Begass, Zwischen Stadt und Stadion. Die Agonothesie in der griechisch-römischen Welt vom Hellenismus bis zum Ende der Kaiserzeit, Stuttgart 2025.
F. Graf, Nordionische Kulte: Religionsgeschichtliche und epigraphische Untersuchungen zu den Kulten von Chios, Erythrai, Klazomenai und Phokaia, Rome 1985.
K. Mantas, Women and Athletics in the Roman East, Nikephoros 8, 1995, 125–144.
F. Graf, Nordionische Kulte: Religionsgeschichtliche und epigraphische Untersuchungen zu den Kulten von Chios, Erythrai, Klazomenai und Phokaia, Rome 1985.
K. Mantas, Women and Athletics in the Roman East, Nikephoros 8, 1995, 125–144.
Location
Chios
Collection
Citation
“SEG 15.532 with restorations by Begass: honorary inscription of the agonothetis Claudia Hedeia,” Cynisca: Documenting Women and Girls in Ancient Greek Sports, accessed December 22, 2024, https://fdz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/cynisca/items/show/141.