IGII34 901 Dedication to [Asklepios Soter, Hygieia], and Telesphoros on Mount Pentelikon by Philisteides

Dedication to [Asklepios Soter, Hygieia], and Telesphoros on Mount Pentelikon by Philisteides

IG II³ 4 901 Date: ca. 200 AD

[To Asklepios] [Soter and] [Hygieia] and Telesphoros (5) P[hili]steides (dedicated this), having vowed it.^[1]

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References:

IG II³ 4 901 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 4531 (PHI)

SEG 28.229 (PHI)

SEG 32.265 (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (private. Asklepios), Dedication (private, Hygieia), Dedication (private, Telesphoros)

Findspot: Mount Pentelikon (church of the Prophet Elias near the Penteli monastery) (Lost)

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[1] This stone is known only from a photograph taken by W. Wrede in 1927, outside the church of the Prophet Elias (now the National Observatory of Athens). From the photograph, it appears to be a tall, narrow statue base (S. Dow, Phoenix 36, 1982, 313-28 = SEG 32.265) or perhaps an altar (IG II² and IG II³ 4). Apparently, there was a concave cutting on top. Telesphoros was a child god, identified as a son of Asklepios, who was worshipped as a healing deity at Athens in the Imperial period (see IG II³ 4, 938 with notes). The dedicator is probably the same man who erected IG II³ 4, 858 for Asklepios in the Asklepieion on the south slope of the Acropolis. The findspot might indicate that there was a sanctuary of Asklepios somewhere on Mount Pentelikon, location of Athens’ marble quarries, not otherwise attested. Alternatively, the monument might have been erected because the site was significant to Philisteides (e.g. near his home) [CdL].

Added: 19 Aug 2025
Updated: 19 Aug 2025
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