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[Lemma]<\/strong> Athens, in the vicinity of the choregic monument of Lysicrates<\/em>. Fragment of a quadrangular base, the upper surface of which is preserved intact (Amandry), bearing on one of its sides an inscription\u2014unfortunately incomplete\u2014whose letters are arranged in stoichedon<\/em> style.<\/p>\n

From a palaeographic perspective, the alphabet employed may be characterised as \u2018light blue\u2019. Notable features include the use of a Chalcidian lambda<\/em>, and an epsilon<\/em> composed of three horizontal, parallel strokes of equal length, employed to denote both the short and long vocal \/e\/. Also of note are: alpha<\/em> with a horizontal internal bar; delta<\/em> shaped as an isosceles triangle; theta<\/em> marked by a central dot; ny <\/em>with external strokes extended \u2014 one downward, the other upward \u2014 ; omikron equal in size to the surrounding letters; hooked pi<\/em>; and four stroked sigma<\/em>.<\/p>\n

According to Amandry\u2019s suggestion, the text was likely distributed over only two lines of writing.<\/p>\n

[Typology] <\/strong>

[Period] <\/strong>450\u2013400 BC (more precisely 430-420 BC, on the basis of paleography, see Meritt 1967)<\/p>\n

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[- – -]\u03bf\u03c2 \u0394\u03bf\u03c1\u03bf\u03b8\u1f73\u014d<\/strong> \u1f09\u03bb\u03b1\u03b9\u03b5[\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c7\u03bf\u03c1\u1f73\u03b3\u03b5 – – -]<\/p>\n

[- – -] \u03a0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u0311\u03c2 \u1f10\u03b4\u1f77\u03b4\u03b1[\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5 – – -]<\/p>\n

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[\u039a\u03b5\u03ba\u03c1\u03bf\u03c0\u1f76\u03c2 s.<\/em> \u0391\u1f30\u03b3\u03b5\u1f76\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd\u03af\u03ba\u03b1 – -] IG<\/em> I2<\/sup> (ipotizzando, a torto, l\u2019esistenza di una prima linea non conservata)
\nl.1: – ca<\/sup> 8 – -\u03bf\u03c2 \u0394\u03bf\u03c1\u03bf\u03b8\u1f73\u03bf \u1f09\u03bb\u03b1\u03b9\u03b5[\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c7\u03bf\u03c1\u1f73\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9] IG<\/em> I2<\/sup> \u2502 – – -\u03bf\u03c2 \u0394\u03bf\u03c1\u03bf\u03b8\u1f73\u03bf \u1f09\u03bb\u03b1\u03b9\u03b5[\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c7\u03bf\u03c1\u1f73\u03b3\u03b5, \u0391\u1f30\u03b3\u03b5\u1fd2\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd\u1f77\u03ba\u03b1] IG<\/em> I3<\/sup>\u2502[\u03c7\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03b3\u00f5<\/strong>\u03bd\u03c4]\u03bf\u03c2 \u0394\u03bf\u03c1\u03bf\u03b8\u1f73\u03bf \u1f09\u03bb\u03b1\u03b9\u1f73[\u03bf\u03c2\u2027 \u0391\u1f30\u03b3\u03b5\u1f76\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd\u03af\u03ba\u03b1\u2027] Meritt
\nl.2: \u03a0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u0342\u03c2 \u1f10\u03b4\u1f77\u03b4\u03b1[\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5]. IG<\/em> I2<\/sup>; Meritt \u2502- – – \u03a0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u0342\u03c2 \u1f10\u03b4\u1f77\u03b4\u03b1[\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5 – – -] IG<\/em> I3<\/sup><\/p><\/p><\/div>

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[Translation]<\/strong><\/p><\/div>

[- – -]os son of Dorotheos of the deme of Halai <\/em>[was the choregus<\/em>– – -]<\/p>\n

[- – -] Pantakles was the chorus master<\/em> [- \u2013 -]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

[Comment]<\/strong><\/p><\/p><\/div>

Only the final two letters\u2014omikron<\/em> and sigma<\/em>\u2014 of the name of the choregos<\/em> are preserved. Dorotheos<\/em>, as clearly explained by Amandry and Ieran\u00f2 in their critiques of the restoration proposals in IG I\u00b2<\/em>, IG I\u00b3<\/em> and Meritt 1967 (all cited in the critical apparatus), should be interpreted as a patronymic, followed by the demotic<\/em> (Halaieus<\/em>), which is to be restored in the nominative case, as it refers to the name of the choregos<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The name of the didaskalos<\/em>, Pantakles<\/em>, is preserved, a figure known to the tradition (see Meritt 1967). The attribution of the inscription to the Thargelia<\/em> is due to Amandry 1977 and followed by Ieran\u00f2 1997: \u201cla menzione completa, con tanto di patronimico e demotico, del nome del corego induce ad attribuire l\u2019iscrizione ai titoli coregici delle Targelie, dove la figura del corego \u00e8 sempre dominante\u201d.<\/p>\n

Owing to the lacunae, the names of the two tribes and the type of chorus are missing. IG <\/em>I\u00b2, IG <\/em>I\u00b3 and Meritt 1967, by contrast, assigned the dedication to the Dionysia<\/em>. In doing so, Meritt interpreted Dorotheos<\/em> as the name of the choregos<\/em>, hypothesizing that it constituted the second element of an absolute genitive construction, [\u03c7\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03b3\u03bf\u0342\u03bd\u03c4]\u03bf\u03c2 \u0394\u03bf\u03c1\u03bf\u03b8\u1f73\u03bf, for which there are no known parallels and which appears highly irregular when compared with established epigraphic formulae (Amandry 1967, Ieran\u00f2 1997). Meritt also proposed a possible connection with the Aigeis<\/em> tribe.<\/p>\n

The transcription offered here is based on Amandry\u2019s edition, modified only slightly to conform to the use of diacritics of the Leiden system.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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[Documentation]<\/strong><\/p><\/div>

It is here reproduced the photo in AMANDRY 1977, 184, fig. 9.<\/p><\/div>

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[Reference Edition]<\/strong><\/p><\/div>

P. AMANDRY, \u2018Tr\u00e9pieds d\u2019Ath\u00e8nes: II. Tharg\u00e9lies\u2019, BCH<\/em> 101, 1977, 183-185.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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[Essential Bibliography]<\/strong><\/p><\/div>

IG<\/em> I 337; Syll.<\/em>3 <\/sup>1081; IG<\/em> I2<\/sup> 771; IG<\/em> I3<\/sup> 959; E. REISCH, De musicis Graecorum certaminibus<\/em>,\u00a0Diss., Wien 1885, 31; B.D. MERITT, \u2018The Choregic Dedication of Leagros\u2019, GRBS<\/em> 7, 1967, 46-47; G. IERAN\u00d2, Il ditirambo di Dioniso. Le testimonianze antiche<\/em>, Pisa-Roma 1997, 354-355, nr. 66.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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[Keywords]<\/strong><\/p><\/div>

Athens, Thargelia<\/em>, choregic dedications, Dorotheos, <\/em>deme of Halai<\/em>, Pantakles<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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