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Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum: 719


DEDICATION TO HERMES BY ATHENIAN GENERALS

Greek text:   IG_2²_2873
Date:     97/6 B.C.
Format:   see key to translations

The epithet Hegemonios {'Leader'} applied to Hermes is said to have been in use since since at least the early fourth century B.C., and it was particularly appropriate for dedications by generals, but the only other surviving occurrence at Athens, apart from here, seems to be in an inscription of 331/0 B.C. ( IG 2² 1496 - Greek text ); see J.D.Mikalson, "Religion in Hellenistic Athens", p. 38 ( Google Books ).


The generals in charge of the Peiraieus when Herakleitos was archon, who were crowned by the council and the people

dedicated this to Hermes Hegemonios.

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