IG V.1.602: honorary inscription of the agonothetis Pomponia Kallistonike
Title
IG V.1.602: honorary inscription of the agonothetis Pomponia Kallistonike
Date
early 3rd cent. CE
Type
honorary inscription
Source Type
inscription
Commentary
See also IG V.1.559, as well as Mantas 1995, 137; Hupfloher 2000, 108, no. D6; Balzat 2010, 353–54; Begass 2025, 180, no. 26.
Translation
ll. 1–6, 13–15:
Pomponia Kallistonike, daughter of Aristeos, hereditary priestess for life of the most manifest goddess Artemis Ortheia…, and of the contest of the most revered Dioskouroi…
Pomponia Kallistonike, daughter of Aristeos, hereditary priestess for life of the most manifest goddess Artemis Ortheia…, and of the contest of the most revered Dioskouroi…
Translation used
translation by Christoph Begass for the Cynisca project
Text
ll. 1–6, 13–15:
Πονπ<ω>νίαν Καλλ<ι>|στονείκην Ἀριστ[έ]|ου ἱέρειαν διὰ β̣ίου κ̣[αὶ] | διὰ γένους τῆς ἐ̣πιφ[ανε]|στάτης θεοῦ Ἀρτέμιδ[ος] | Ὀρθείας […] | καὶ τοῦ ἀγῶνο[ς] | τῶν σεμν<ο>τάτων Διοσκο̣[υ]|ρείων…
Πονπ<ω>νίαν Καλλ<ι>|στονείκην Ἀριστ[έ]|ου ἱέρειαν διὰ β̣ίου κ̣[αὶ] | διὰ γένους τῆς ἐ̣πιφ[ανε]|στάτης θεοῦ Ἀρτέμιδ[ος] | Ὀρθείας […] | καὶ τοῦ ἀγῶνο[ς] | τῶν σεμν<ο>τάτων Διοσκο̣[υ]|ρείων…
Edition used
W. Kolbe (ed.), Inscriptiones Graecae, V.1: Inscriptiones Laconiae et Messenia, Berlin 1913.
Bibliography
C. Begass, Zwischen Stadt und Stadion. Die Agonothesie in der griechisch-römischen Welt vom Hellenismus bis zum Ende der Kaiserzeit, Stuttgart 2025.
J.-S. Balzat, Prosopographie des prêtres et prêtresses des Dioscures dans la Sparte d’époque impériale, in: A. Rizakis, C. E. Lepenioti (eds.), Roman Peloponnese III: Studies on Political, Economic and Socio-Cultural History. Continuity and Innovation, Athens 2010, 341–55.
A. Hupfloher, Kulte im kaiserzeitlichen Sparta: Eine Rekonstruktion anhand der Priesterämter, Berlin 2000.
K. Mantas, Women and Athletics in the Roman East, Nikephoros 8, 1995, 125–144.
J.-S. Balzat, Prosopographie des prêtres et prêtresses des Dioscures dans la Sparte d’époque impériale, in: A. Rizakis, C. E. Lepenioti (eds.), Roman Peloponnese III: Studies on Political, Economic and Socio-Cultural History. Continuity and Innovation, Athens 2010, 341–55.
A. Hupfloher, Kulte im kaiserzeitlichen Sparta: Eine Rekonstruktion anhand der Priesterämter, Berlin 2000.
K. Mantas, Women and Athletics in the Roman East, Nikephoros 8, 1995, 125–144.
Location
Sparta
Collection
Citation
“IG V.1.602: honorary inscription of the agonothetis Pomponia Kallistonike,” Cynisca: Documenting Women and Girls in Ancient Greek Sports, accessed December 22, 2024, https://fdz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/cynisca/items/show/162.