IGII34 579 Dedication by a victor in wrestling at the Great Eleusinia

Dedication by a victor in wrestling at the Great Eleusinia

IG II³ 4 579 Date: ca. 400-350 BC

Kydeides son of Kydistratos of Piraeus having been victorious at the Great (5) Eleusinia in the wrestling (palēn) dedicated (this).^[1]

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References:

IG II³ 4 579 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 3124 (PHI)

Kyle, Athletics 206 (A39)

I Eleusis 54 (PHI)

Translation by: David Weidgenannt

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (athlete)

Findspot: Eleusis (Eleusis Museum E 579)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] On the Eleusinia, a festival in honour of Demeter and Kore, cf. IG I³ 5, with notes. As with some other festivals it seems to have been celebrated with particular splendour every four years (the “Great” Eleusinia). For other victory dedications relating to the Eleusinia see IG II³ 4, 584, 595, 598, 599, 602, 607, 622. See also 609.

Added: 21 Oct 2019
Updated: 1 Jul 2021
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