Dedication of a Tithe to Apollo by the Phocians

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_1431
dc.title	Dedication of a Tithe to Apollo by the Phocians
dc.contributor.author	Franchi Elena
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/axon/2018/1/dedica-di-una-decima-ad-apollo-da-parte-dei-focide/
dc.description.abstract	At the beginning of the last century, French excavations at Delphi revealed a base with marks of statues’ feet (inv. 4553αζ = Jacquemin 1999, no. 397) featuring a fragmentary dedication (Syll.³ 202B). The base most probably consisted in 9 slabs (but only 4 of them are preserved) and the inscription mentions the dedication of a tithe of the spoils to Apollo (the δ, dimly visible, is restored as δ[εκάταν]). It is very likely that the monument was erected after a victory in war. As such, it raises some relevant issues concerning Phocian history. The first issue relates to the chronology; the second issue, which is connected to the first one, to the battle that is commemorated. Most of the editors maintain that this monument refers to a battle fought between Phocians and Thessalians at the end of the 6th (or at the beginning of the 5th) century BC and told by Herodotus, Pausanias and Plutarch. The article also revisits the problem of the chronology of Aristomedon of Argos
dc.relation.ispartof	Axon
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 2 \| Issue 1 \| June 2018
dc.issued	2018-06-29
dc.dateAccepted	2018-04-26
dc.dateSubmitted	2018-01-11
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/2532-6848/2018/01/013
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Apollo
dc.subject	Apollo
dc.subject	Decima
dc.subject	Decima
dc.subject	Delfi
dc.subject	Delfi
dc.subject	Eroi focidesi
dc.subject	Eroi focidesi
dc.subject	Focidesi
dc.subject	Focidesi
dc.subject	Lotta per il tripode
dc.subject	Lotta per il tripode
dc.subject	Pausania
dc.subject	Pausania
dc.subject	Tessali
dc.subject	Tessali

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Elena Franchi Università di Trento

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abstract

At the beginning of the last century, French excavations at Delphi revealed a base with marks of statues’ feet (inv. 4553αζ = Jacquemin 1999, no. 397) featuring a fragmentary dedication (Syll.³ 202B). The base most probably consisted in 9 slabs (but only 4 of them are preserved) and the inscription mentions the dedication of a tithe of the spoils to Apollo (the δ, dimly visible, is restored as δ[εκάταν]). It is very likely that the monument was erected after a victory in war. As such, it raises some relevant issues concerning Phocian history. The first issue relates to the chronology; the second issue, which is connected to the first one, to the battle that is commemorated. Most of the editors maintain that this monument refers to a battle fought between Phocians and Thessalians at the end of the 6th (or at the beginning of the 5th) century BC and told by Herodotus, Pausanias and Plutarch. The article also revisits the problem of the chronology of Aristomedon of Argos

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June 29, 2018

Accepted

April 26, 2018

Submitted

Jan. 11, 2018

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Keywords: Focidesi • Lotta per il tripode • Tessali • Pausania • Delfi • Eroi focidesi • Apollo • Decima

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