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Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum: 626


A STATUE OF LYKORTAS AT EPIDAUROS

Greek text:   IG_4.1.624
Date:     after 182 B.C.
Format:   see key to translations

Lykortas, the father of the historian Polybios, was general of the Achaean League in 182 B.C., in which year he brought Sparta and Messene back into membership of the league ( Polyb_23.16-18 ).


The city of Lakedaimon honours Lykortas of Megalopolis, the son of Thearidas, on account of his virtue and the goodwill that he continually shows towards the city.

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