Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum: 667

ATHENS HONOURS NIKOGENES, AN AGONOTHETE

The Theseia games at Athens, which are known from this and other inscriptions, have been discussed by G.R.Bugh, "The Theseia in Late Hellenistic Athens" ( PDF ). For lists of victors in other games of the second century B.C., see THI_61 .

[A] [As proposed by] Antidemos . . . son of Kleïppides: [since] Nikogenes [of Philaïdai], the son of Nikon, who was elected [by] the people [to be agonothete] of the Theseia [for the year] when Aristolas [was archon, held] a well-ordered [procession and performed] a sacrifice [to Theseus] in the traditional manner and took care of the torch [and the] gymnastic contest, ensuring that none of the contestants suffered [any wrong]; and he provided prizes for the contestants according to the decree of the people, lacking nothing in zeal; and he prepared prizes for the tribes that won the contests for cavalrymen and picked soldiers; and similarly he prepared prizes for the groups of foreigners, and he presented them; and he gave an attendance fee of 1200 drachmas to the council, and 100 drachmas to the prytaneis for the sacrifice; and he set up a stele in the precinct of Theseus, on which he inscribed the names of the victors; and he declares that on all of this he spent over one thousand six hundred and ninety drachmas; and he rendered an account of everything that he had managed to the accountants and the auditors in the Metroön; therefore, in order that the council and the people may be seen to commemorate those who act honourably towards them, and readily contribute to duties, with good fortune it is resolved by the council that the presidents who are allotted to preside at the next assembly shall raise this matter, and bring the recommendation of the council to the people, that it is resolved by the council to praise Nikogenes of Philaïdai, the son of Nikon, and to crown him with a [golden] crown as is customary, on account of his consistently good [and] honourable conduct concerning the [council] and the Athenian people; and that the award of the crown shall be announced at the city Dionysia in the contest of the new tragedians, and at the Panathenaia and Eleusinia and Ptolemaia in the gymnastic contests. The secretary of the prytany shall inscribe this decree on the [same] stele [as] the the names of the victors.

[B] The council and the people crown Nikogenes of Philaïdai, the son of Nikon.

[C] These were the victors in the Theseia games in the year [when Aristolas] was archon.

• Trumpeters:   Aristos of Athens, the son of Aristokrates
• Trumpeters:   Theodoros of Athens, the son of Poseidonios
• Fitness of picked troops:   Attalis tribe, with Argeios of Atene, the son of Asklopon, as taxiarchs
• [Display of armour]:   Kekropis [tribe], with Antidoros . . ., the son of Areios, as taxiarchs
• [Fitness] of foreigners:   the group of Homilos
• [Display of armour:   the group] of Demeas
• [Fitness of cavalrymen]:   Aigeïs tribe, with [Aration of Myrrhinous], the son of Simos, [as phylarch]
• Display of armour:   Aigeïs [tribe], with [Aration] of Myrrhinous, the son of Simos, as phylarch
• Boys, for the torch:   lampadarch [Nikogenes] son of Nikon, of the Aigeïs tribe, from the palaistra of Timeas
• Ephebes, for the torch:   the boys from the ephebes . . . with Apollonios son of Euktaios, of the Akamantis tribe, as lampadarch
• Youths:   the youths from Lykeion, with Kairios son of [Telon], of the . . . tribe, [as lampadarch]
• Boys' [long] race, third age group:   . . . son of ...doros, of the Akamantis [tribe]
• [Boys'] long race, all age groups:   . . . of Athens, the son of Dromeas
• [Men's] long race, third age group:   . . . of Athens, the son of Archestratos
• [Boys'] stadion race, first age group:   . . . son of Demarchos, of the Aigeïs tribe
• [Boys'] stadion race, second age group:   [Meleton] son of Strombylion, of the Aigeïs tribe
• Boys' stadion race, third age group:   Asklepiades son of Aristoboulos, of the Aiantis tribe
• Boys' stadion race, all age groups:   Kairios of Athens, the son of Telon
• Men's stadion race:   Aischrion of Athens, the son of Demetrios
• Boys' double race, first age group:   Apollonios son of Ethelandros, of the Oineis tribe
• Boys' double race, second age group:   Meleton son of Strombylion, of the Aigeïs tribe
• Boys' double race, third age group:   Alexon son of Apollophanes, of the Pandionis tribe
• Boys' double race, all age groups:   Kairios of Athens, the son of Telon
• Men's double race:   Alexandros of Athens, the son of Samos
• Boys' wrestling, first age group:   Nikon son of Nikogenes, of the Aigeïs tribe
• Boys' wrestling, second age group:   Meleton son of Strombylion, of the Aigeïs tribe
• Boys' wrestling, third age group:   Apollonios son of Apollonios, of the Aigeïs tribe
• Boys' wrestling, all age groups:   Heragoras of Athens, the son of Dionysodoros
• Men's wrestling:   Eudemos of Athens, the son of Sokrates
• Boys' boxing, first [age group]:   Euphreas son of Euphreas, of the Akamantis [tribe]
• Boys' boxing, second age group:   Pausanias son of Pausanias, of Oineis tribe
• Boys' boxing, third age group:   Herakon son of Peithon, of the Hippothontis tribe
• Boys' boxing, all age groups:   Dorotheos of Athens, the son of Charmides
• Men's boxing:   Sosikrates of Athens, the son of Demonomos
• Boys' pankration, first [age group]:   Phileas son of Phileas, of the Akamantis tribe
• Boys' pankration, second age group:   Habron son of Kallias, of Aigeïs tribe
• Boys' pankration, third age group:   Apollonios son of Apollonios, of the Attalis tribe
• Boys' pankration, all age groups:   Samos of Athens, the son of Samos
• Men's pankration:   Theodorides of Athens, the son of Pausanias
• Race in armour:   Nikodemos of Athens, the son of Pythodoros
• Double race in armour, from the phylarchs:   Aration son of Simos, of the Aigeïs tribe
• Double race, from the phylarchs:   Aration son of [Simos], of the Aigeïs tribe
• Race on a straight course {akampion}, from the phylarchs:   Aration son of Simos, of the Aigeïs tribe
• Double race on a war horse, from the cavalry:   . . . son of Antimachos, of the Oineis tribe
• Double race, [from the] cavalry:   Nikodoros son of [Nikesias], of the Leontis [tribe]
• Race on a straight course, from the cavalry:   Nikodoros son of Nikesias, of the Leontis tribe
• "Brilliant" horse:   Lyandros son of Nikogenes, of the Aigeïs tribe
• Double race, all groups:   Philokrates son of Hedylos, of the Oineis tribe
• Race on a straight course, all groups:   Dexandros son of Philinos, of the Antiochis tribe
• [Javelin-throwing] from a horse:   . . . son of Demetrios, of the [Hippothontis tribe]

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