Dedication of Messenians and Naupactians from Olympia

« previous article | next article »

DC Field	Value
dc.identifier	ECF_article_8044
dc.title	Dedication of Messenians and Naupactians from Olympia
dc.contributor.author	Tronchin Davide
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/axon/2022/1/dedica-di-messeni-e-naupatti-a-olimpia/
dc.description.abstract	In the sanctuary of Olympia, Messenians and Naupactians dedicated a marble Nike to Olympian Zeus. The votive offering bears an inscription, engraved in the Ionic alphabet and inscribed in the Doric dialect, which consists of four lines, with the first pair bearing the dedication of Messenians and Naupactians, and the latter the ‘signature’ of the sculptor, Paionios of Mende. The reason for the dedication is to be found in the war events that occurred in the final phases of the so-called ‘Archidamic war’, indicatively between 425 and 421 BC. The alliance relations between Messenians and Athenians are the element that makes it possible to clarify the presence of the Nike of Paionios at Olympia: to this and a similar offer in Delphi correspond two Nikai dedicated by the Athenians on the Acropolis to commemorate the Aetolian campaign and the companies of Pylos and Sphacteria.
dc.relation.ispartof	Axon
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 6 \| Issue 1 \| June 2022
dc.issued	2022-06-20
dc.dateAccepted	2022-04-19
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-02-08
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2532-6848
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Axon/2532-6848/2022/01/003
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Dedication
dc.subject	Delphi
dc.subject	Doric dialect
dc.subject	Messenians
dc.subject	Nike
dc.subject	Olympia
dc.subject	Olympian Zeus
dc.subject	Votive offering

Research Article
open access peer reviewed

Davide Tronchin Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

VIEW PDF DOWNLOAD PDF

abstract

In the sanctuary of Olympia, Messenians and Naupactians dedicated a marble Nike to Olympian Zeus. The votive offering bears an inscription, engraved in the Ionic alphabet and inscribed in the Doric dialect, which consists of four lines, with the first pair bearing the dedication of Messenians and Naupactians, and the latter the ‘signature’ of the sculptor, Paionios of Mende. The reason for the dedication is to be found in the war events that occurred in the final phases of the so-called ‘Archidamic war’, indicatively between 425 and 421 BC. The alliance relations between Messenians and Athenians are the element that makes it possible to clarify the presence of the Nike of Paionios at Olympia: to this and a similar offer in Delphi correspond two Nikai dedicated by the Athenians on the Acropolis to commemorate the Aetolian campaign and the companies of Pylos and Sphacteria.

Published

June 20, 2022

Accepted

April 19, 2022

Submitted

Feb. 8, 2022

Language

Keywords: Olympia • Doric dialect • Olympian Zeus • Votive offering • Dedication • Nike • Messenians • Delphi

permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Axon/2532-6848/2022/01/003

Link AXON 406

Copyright: © 2022 Davide Tronchin. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

References to this chapter

How to cite