IGII34 817 Paian for Asklepios

Paian for Asklepios

IG II³ 4 817 Date: 1st century AD

In pediment . . . Yay Paian!^[1] . . . venerating child . . . first-born god . . . of sacred things from . . . (5) . . . into heaven (aithera) . . . . . . o father of Harmony . . . ^[2] . . . axis intricate . . . . . . displayed seasons of years . . . . . . so with - either . . . (10) . . . the . . . . . . . . .

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References:

IG II³ 4 817 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 4494 (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Hymn, Metrical (elegaic couplets?)

a - Findspot: Asklepieion (EM 9535)
b - Findspot: Asklepieion (EM 9529)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This fragment comes from a stele dedicated in the Asklepieion on the south slope of the Acropolis (on which, see IG II³ 4, 665). It contained a paian, a type of hymn sung for Apollo and Asklepios (cf. IG II³ 4, 777), which appears to be in elegiac couplets. [2] The father of Harmonia, the wife of Kadmos, is usually Ares (Hesiod, Theogony 933), sometimes Zeus (Diod. Sic. 5.48.2).

Added: 15 May 2025
Updated: 15 May 2025
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