Second <rs type="textType">decree</rs> of the synod of athletes in honour of Kallikrates

Charlotte M. Roueché2007

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Originally published in Roueché (1993).

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Description of Monument

Fragment (0.22 x 0.36 x 0.18) broken on all sides, from a block, perhaps part of a composite monument which bore another copy of the same text as 12.719

Description of Text

Inscribed on the face; the text must have been c. 2.20 in length.

Letters

Letters standard second-/third-century forms, 0.015.

Date

A.D. 117-138 (reign).

Edition ἔδοξεν τῇ ἱερᾷ ξυστικῇ περιπολιστικῇ κτλ καὶ αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Τραιανὸν Ἁδριανὸν κτλ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ ἐπεὶ Καλλικράτης κτλ - εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς τῆς ἀρετῆς τραπεὶς ἱδρῶσι κτλ τῆς οἰκουμένης γείνεται διά τε τὴν ὁλόκληρον κτλ ἅπαντας ἀρχαίους ἐθαυμάσθη τὴν φύσιν κτλ πρὸς τὸ ὑπερβάλλον τῆς δόξης ἑρπύσας κτλ ἐνειρείσας εἰς μέρη τοῦ σώματος κτλ αἰτήσασθαι τὴν Ἀφροδεισιέων πόλιν κτλ
Apparatus

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Translation

For the restorations see 12.719.

- It was resolved by the] sacred xystic [travelling reverent august synod and the whole xystus under Herakles and the] emperor Caesar Traianus [Hadrianus Augustus, to send this decree to the most sacred Council and] the People of the Aphrodisians. Since Kalli[krates, son of Diogenes, from Aphrodisias, pancratiast, sacred victor, multiple victor, who from his earliest youth] having turned to the ways of virtue,[obtained by sweat and labour his noble reputation, and came to be ?admired by all men throughout] (5) the inhabited world [for the complete wisdom which he obtained by his labours; for, having excelled all the] ancients in his physique, he was admired [for his physique, and, taking care of his soul, he was congratulated on his conduct. On account of all these things malign Envy crept towards] his outstanding [reputation and, begrudging our common good, removed it], bearing down on the part of the [body most useful to pancratiasts, the shoulders. For this reason it was resolved, with good fortune,] to request the city of the Aphrodisians [for suitable locations, etc.

Commentary

See bibliography.

Locations

Stray Unknown Museum (1977)

Text Constituted From

Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché).

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition, inventory no. 70.217.

Bibliography

Published from the NYU records, H. Wankel, I. Eph. Ia, no. 11. Published by Roueché, PPA 90.

Photographs

Face (1977)