Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic ArtHyde, Walter Woodburn
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Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art
Hyde, Walter Woodburn
Olympics; Sculpture, Greek; Sports -- Greece
Of the first century A. D., the fore part of the base of the monument
of Germanicus, son of Nero Claudius Drusus, was found east of the
temple of Zeus, north of the _Eretrian Bull_;[2418] the base of that
of Gnaios Markios was found opposite the southeast corner of the
temple;[2419] that of Markos Antonios Kallippos Peisanos, son of M.
Antonios Alexion of Elis, who won κέλητι πωλικῷ in Ol. 177 (= 72 A.
D.), was found in the West Byzantine wall at the southwest corner
of the temple.[2420] The base of the monument of Polyxenos, son of
Apollophanes of Zakynthos, victor in πάλη παίδων, was discovered at
the southwest corner of the Altis far from its probable original
location;[2421] that of P. Kornelios Ariston, son of Eirenaios of
Ephesos, victor in παγκράτιον παίδων in Ol. 207 (= 49 A. D.), in front
of the north wall of the Palaistra;[2422] the marble plate from that
of Tiberios Klaudios Aphrodeisios of Elis (?), who won κέλητι τελείῳ
in Ol. 208 (= 53 A. D.), was unearthed near its semicircular base,
which was found _in situ_ east of the temple.[2423] Four fragments
of the base of the monument of the boy pancratiast Nikanor, son of
Sokles of Ephesos, were recovered east of the temple, and another one
near its southeastern corner.[2424] The base of that of Markos Deida
of Antioch, victor in πάλη παίδων in Ol. 219 (= 97 A. D.), was found
southeast of the temple;[2425] that of an unknown victor in the δίαυλος
and as ὁπλίτης (three times) in the North Byzantine wall;[2426] that of
Hermas, son of Ision of Antioch, a victor in παγκράτιον, between the
West Altis wall and the southeastern corner of the Palaistra;[2427]
that of Diogenes, son of Dionysios of Ephesos, victor σαλπίγγι five
times, before the centre of the Echo Colonnade.[2428] The inscribed
fragments of the bronze legs of the statues of two unknown victors
have also been excavated, the one near the starting-place in the
Stadion,[2429] the other near the fifth column from the east on the
north side of the temple of Zeus.[2430]
Of the second century A. D., we have the following bases: that of Kasia
M[nasithea], daughter of M. Betilenos (or Vetulenos) Laitos of Elis,
who won ἅρματι πωλικῷ, was found northeast of the Prytaneion;[2431] the
upper part of the pedestal of the _quadriga_ of L. Minicius Natalis of
Rome, victor ἅρματι τελείῳ in Ol. 227 (= 129 A. D.), was unearthed in
the east wall of the Palaistra.[2432] The base of the statue erected to
the herald P. Ailios Artemas of Laodikeia (in Phrygia?) was found 20
meters north of the northeastern corner of the temple of Zeus.[2433]
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