Mark Antony’s pompe in Athens
TITLE: |
Mark Antony’s pompe in Athens |
DATE: |
38-37 BC (17th of Anthesterion, l. 23 January/February) |
ACTUAL LOCATION: |
Athens (IG 22 1043, decree in honor of ephebes, 37 fragments of a large marble stele) |
TEXT: |
IG 22 1043: (1) (2) Photographs |
EDITIONS/TRANSLATIONS: |
IG 22 1043 |
KEYWORDS: |
Word used to mean procession: |
πομπή (l. 24, τὴν πομπ[ὴν]; l. 31, καὶ τῇ πομπῇ τοῦ Ἐλαφηβολιῶνος; l. 47, πομπὰς συνέπεμψαν τῆι πόλει πάσας) |
Word used to mean the cult images: |
A bronze statue (l. 34, χαλκῆς εἰκό[ν]) and a painted statue in armour (l. 35, καὶ γραπτῆς εἰκόνος ἀνάθ[ε]σιν ἐν ὅπλωι) of the magistrate; εἰκόνος (l. 38) |
Gods or other entities named: |
Dionysus (l. 23) |
Description of the cult images: |
Procession’s route: |
Frequency with which the procession takes place: |
On the 17th of Anthesterion (l. 23, Ἀνθεστηριῶνος τῇ ἑπτακαιδεκάτῃ) |
Performers: |
Ephebes |
References to the public attending the procession: |
Rites related to the procession: |
Sacrifice (l. 24, l. 25, τεθυκέναι, vb. Θύω; l. 30, l. 31) of the most handsome bull (l. 26, ταῦρον ὡς ὅτι κάλλιστον) Athletic contests between the ephebes (l. 25) |
Allusions to conduct or forms of reverence: |
Other remarkable elements: |
The ephebes took part inthe Antonieia, i.e. the Panathenaic (Games) of Antonios (l. 22-23, ἐν τοῖς Ἀντωνιήοις τοῖς Πανα[θηναϊκοῖς Ἀντω]νίου; cf. the Sylleia honouring Sulla, IG 2.1039); there were games in honour of Marcus Antonius or “new Dionysus” |
BIBLIOGRAPHY: |
BÖMMER 1952, RE, s.v. Pompa. Herrscher, Vol. XXI.2, p. 1963, n.271 FOLLET, S. (1988): “Éphèbes étrangers à Athènes: Romains, Milésiens, Chypriotes etc.”, Cahiers du Centre d’Études Chypriotes 9, pp. 19-32 FONTANI, E. (1999): Studi Ellenistici 12, pp. 198-200 Inscriptiones Graecae. Vol. II et III. Inscriptiones Atticae Euclidis anno posteriores. Editio altera J. Kirchner ed. 1913-1940, Reimer (1913-1916), De Gruyter, Berlin LAMBERT, S. D. AND SCHNEIDER, J. G. (2019): “The last Athenian decrees honouring ephebes”, AOI papersk, pp. 1-15 |