I.Didyma 382: honorary inscription of an unknown agonothetis
Title
I.Didyma 382: honorary inscription of an unknown agonothetis
Date
late 2nd cent. CE
Type
honorary inscription
Source Type
inscription
Commentary
See also Mantas 1995,138, no. 8; Begass 2025, 180, no. 21
Translation
ll. 3–9:
… having performed all the customary sacrifices and all the drink-offerings and all the mysteries dutifully and lavishly, and having served as agonothetis in the city and of the festival of the Anoigmoi and was honoured in theatres…
… having performed all the customary sacrifices and all the drink-offerings and all the mysteries dutifully and lavishly, and having served as agonothetis in the city and of the festival of the Anoigmoi and was honoured in theatres…
Translation used
translation by Christoph Begass for the Cynisca project
Text
… ποίησασα δ<ὲ> καὶ π̣[άσας | τὰς] | ν̣ομιζομένας θυσίας τε [καὶ]| | σπονδὰς πάσας καὶ μυστή̣[ρια] | εὐσεβῶς τε καὶ δαψι<λ>ῶς κα[ὶ ἀγω|ν]οθετήσασα ἐ̣ν̣ τῇ πόλει καὶ̣ [τὴν | τ]ῶν Ἀνοιγμῶν ἑορτὴν καὶ τει[μη|θε]ῖ̣σα ἐν θεάτροις…
Edition used
A. Rehm (ed.), Didyma, II: Die Inschriften, Berlin 1958.
Bibliography
C. Begass, Zwischen Stadt und Stadion. Die Agonothesie in der griechisch-römischen Welt vom Hellenismus bis zum Ende der Kaiserzeit, Stuttgart 2025.
K. Mantas, Women and Athletics in the Roman East, Nikephoros 8, 1995, 125–144.
K. Mantas, Women and Athletics in the Roman East, Nikephoros 8, 1995, 125–144.
Location
Didyma
Collection
Citation
“I.Didyma 382: 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/157.