Milet I.7.265 (with corrections by Herrmann, Milet VI.1, p. 206): honorary inscription of an unknown agonothetis
Title
Milet I.7.265 (with corrections by Herrmann, Milet VI.1, p. 206): honorary inscription of an unknown agonothetis
Date
after 177/80 CE
Type
honorary inscription
Source Type
inscription
Commentary
See also van Bremen 1996, 77; Frija 2012, 86; 243 Nr. 177; Begass 2025, 168–70; 179, no. 20.
Translation
ll. 5–20:
… she was high-priestess of the emperors and of the Ionians, stephanephoros, gymnasiarchis of the Neoi, gymnasiarchis of the fathers, gymnasiarchis of the citizens, paidonomos, choregos of all choregiai, agonothetis of the Didymeia Kommodeia, hydrophoros of Artemis Pythie, [– – – ], kotarchis, acclompished leiturgis, she has fulfilled well all of the other leiturgiai…
… she was high-priestess of the emperors and of the Ionians, stephanephoros, gymnasiarchis of the Neoi, gymnasiarchis of the fathers, gymnasiarchis of the citizens, paidonomos, choregos of all choregiai, agonothetis of the Didymeia Kommodeia, hydrophoros of Artemis Pythie, [– – – ], kotarchis, acclompished leiturgis, she has fulfilled well all of the other leiturgiai…
Translation used
translation by Christoph Begass for the Cynisca project
Text
ll. 5–20:
...τ[ῶν] Σεβα̣[στ]ῶ̣ν ἀ̣ρ̣χιερα|τεύσ[α]σ̣αν κ̣[αὶ τῶ]ν Ἰώνων, | γ̣ενομένην̣ [στε]φανηφό|ρ̣ον, γυμνασίαρχον τῶν νέ|ων, γυμνασίαρχον τῶν πα|τέρων, γυμνασίαρχον τῶν | πολειτῶν, παι̣[δο]νόμον, | χορηγὸν πασ[ῶν χορη]|γι]ῶν, ἀγωνοθ̣έ̣τ̣[ι]ν̣ [Δι|δυμ]είων τῶν Κ̣[ομμοδεί|ων, ὑδρο]φόρον τῆ[ς Ἀρτέμι|δο]ς τῆς Πυθίης [– – – | – – –]ν, κώταρχιν, τέλε[ιον | λειτουργ]ό̣[ν], τὰ̣ς λοιπὰς [λει|τουγία]ς̣ [ε]ὖ̣ ἐ̣[πι]τ̣[ελέσα|σαν – –]σ̣α̣[– –]
...τ[ῶν] Σεβα̣[στ]ῶ̣ν ἀ̣ρ̣χιερα|τεύσ[α]σ̣αν κ̣[αὶ τῶ]ν Ἰώνων, | γ̣ενομένην̣ [στε]φανηφό|ρ̣ον, γυμνασίαρχον τῶν νέ|ων, γυμνασίαρχον τῶν πα|τέρων, γυμνασίαρχον τῶν | πολειτῶν, παι̣[δο]νόμον, | χορηγὸν πασ[ῶν χορη]|γι]ῶν, ἀγωνοθ̣έ̣τ̣[ι]ν̣ [Δι|δυμ]είων τῶν Κ̣[ομμοδεί|ων, ὑδρο]φόρον τῆ[ς Ἀρτέμι|δο]ς τῆς Πυθίης [– – – | – – –]ν, κώταρχιν, τέλε[ιον | λειτουργ]ό̣[ν], τὰ̣ς λοιπὰς [λει|τουγία]ς̣ [ε]ὖ̣ ἐ̣[πι]τ̣[ελέσα|σαν – –]σ̣α̣[– –]
Edition used
Herrmann et al. (eds.), Inschriften von Milet, Berlin – New York 1997.
Bibliography
C. Begass, Zwischen Stadt und Stadion. Die Agonothesie in der griechisch-römischen Welt vom Hellenismus bis zum Ende der Kaiserzeit, Stuttgart 2025.
G. Frija, Les Prêtres des empereurs. Le culte impérial civique dans la province romaine d’Asie, Rennes 2012.
R. van Bremen, The Limits of Participation. Women and Civic Life in the Greek East in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods, Amsterdam 1996.
G. Frija, Les Prêtres des empereurs. Le culte impérial civique dans la province romaine d’Asie, Rennes 2012.
R. van Bremen, The Limits of Participation. Women and Civic Life in the Greek East in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods, Amsterdam 1996.
Location
Milet
Collection
Citation
“Milet I.7.265 (with corrections by Herrmann, Milet VI.1, p. 206): honorary inscription of an unknown agonothetis,” Cynisca: Documenting Women and Girls in Ancient Greek Sports, accessed December 22, 2024, https://fdz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/cynisca/items/show/156.