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Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum: 686


ELIS HONOURS THE HISTORIAN POLYBIOS

Greek text:   IvO_302
Date:   soon after 146 B.C.
Tags:     historians+philosophers
Format:   see key to translations

This inscription was found on a statue base at Olympia; Polybios was probably honoured for his role in the settlement of the Peloponnese after the Roman conquest.



The city of Elis honours Polybios of Megalopolis, the son of Lykortas.

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