Dedications of the ephebes, their magistrates and liturgists up to the 4th century BCE: a topographical analysis

  • Daria Russo

Résumé

The aim of this paper is to identify the original locations of dedications of ephebes, their
magistrates and gymnasiarchs in the Attic landscape based on their findspots. The analysis
covers the early period of their dedication practice (from the end of the 5th century
for the gymnasiarchs and from the time of Lykourgos for the ephebes and magistrates)
until the end of the 4th century. The close relationship between the categories of dedicators
studied (which, in the case of fragmentary texts, sometimes makes it impossible
to identify the actual dedicators) allows a parallel analysis of the topographical distribution
of their dedications in order to identify similarities and differences, reasons and
implications of the presence of these documents (which testify to a cultic act, but also
serve as a means of making oneself visible in the social fabric of the polis) in specific
locations.

Publiée
2023-06-30
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