IGII34 457 Choregic dedication for the City Dionysia

Choregic dedication for the City Dionysia

IG II³ 4 457 Date: 349/8-337/6 BC

[tribe name was victorious in the boys’ competition, . . . ]os son of Sostratos of . . . [was sponsor (echorēgei)],^[1] [ . . . was pipe-player, . . . ] was director (edidasken), . . . -chos was archon.^[2]

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IG II³ 4 457 (Translated text) (IG Online)

Translation by: Claudio Huayna Avila

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (choregic)

Findspot: Athens, house at the Street of the Tripods (Athens Ephoria Π 1666)

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[1] This is a fourth-century choregic dedication commemorating a victory in the dithyrambic competition, probably, given the findspot (though in secondary use), at the City Dionysia (cf. IG II³ 4, 460 with notes). There is anathyrosis for attaching another block to the left which would have borne the left half of the inscription. On the upper surface, at right, there is a trace of a hole for the attachment of the tripod. The form of the tripod hole suggests that the tripod was relatively modest in size (ca. 3.5 metres), suggesting a victory in the boys’ competition (those awarded for the men’s competition were apparently larger, ca. 5 metres tall, cf. Amandry, BCH 100, 1976, 63). Although Sostratos was a very common name in Classical Athens, a possible restoration of the choregos is Deinippos son of Sostratos of Lamptrai (cf. Davies, APF 13361). In that case the victorious tribe would be Erechtheis. [2] The archon might be Kallimachos (349/8), Nikomachos (341/0), or Phrynichos (337/6).

Added: 14 Mar 2022
Updated: 14 Mar 2022
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