ERC MAP - View Source #3007

View Source #3007

Direct link: https://base-map-polytheisms.huma-num.fr/source/3007

Creation : 2020-07-17 17:43:41 by Sylvain Lebreton
Latest Edition : 2020-07-17 18:43:25 by Sylvain Lebreton

Project

ERC MAP Project

Source Category

Epigraphy

Source Types

Commemorative, Honorific

Languages

Greek

Main Title

None

Author

Material Category

Lithic

Material

Marble

Medium Category

Architecture

Medium

Base / Pedestal

Text URL

https://www.atticinscriptions.com/inscription/IEleus/502

Iconography ?

Image URL

Bibliography

Bibliographic Reference	Main Edition	Source Reference
#143 I.Eleusis		502
#221 IG II²		3632
#1502 Two Athenian Poets		p. 248-250, n°1
#798 Athènes		p. 264-265
#12 SEG		39, 220

Dating
Precision: 2

Post Quem	176
Ante Quem	192
Commentary

Discovery / Original Location
Precision: 1

Real ?	Yes
Political Entity	Athenai (Athenaios) (IACP: 361)
Region	Inland Greece
Sub-region	Attica
Place	Eleusis View on Pleiades 38.041101, 23.537401
Site	Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
Topographies
Functions	Cult
Commentary	See Clinton, Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore (1993). Cf. Clinton, Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore (1993).

Commentary

Found near the E entrance, on the N side of the Telesterion.
Honorific epigram for the (deceased) hierophantis (Isidote), granddaughter of the Syrian sophist Isaios, teacher of Hadrian. She notably initiated Marcus Aurelius and Commodus to the Eleusinian Mysteries in 176 CE.
This inscription accompanied a statue whose erection, on the initiative of the daughter and grandsons of the honorand, was endorsed by a decree of the Areopagos.
Trouvé près de l'entrée E, du côté N du Telesterion.
Epigramme honorifique pour (feue) la hiérophante (Isidotê), petite-fille du sophiste syrien Isaios, précepteur d'Hadrien. Elle a notamment initié Marc-Aurèle et Commode aux Mystères d'Eleusis en 176 de n.è.
L'inscription accompagnait une statue dont l'érection, à l'initiative de la fille et des petits-fils de la femme honorée, a été sanctionnée par un décret de l'Aréopage.

Testimonies

Testimony	With restitution
#3998 l. 2	πυροφόρου Δήμητρος
#3999 l. 27	ἀθανάτοις

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