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Last Updated on 23 May 2019

Author: Sofia Kravaritou

CAPInv. 1814: ACHILLEIDAS

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Unlocated
ii. Region Unknown. Presumably Thessalian.

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ΑΧΙΛΛΕΙΔΑΣ (Frel 1979: 5, no. 16, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) ACHILLEIDAS

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iv BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:The name possibly relates to a cult of Achilles. The stone bearing the inscription is doted with a relief cultic scene.
Heroic:The name relates to that of the Thessalian hero Achilles. It has been argued that Achilles and Thetis are illustrated on the stone bearing the inscription.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Frell 1979: 5, no. 16 (iv BC)
Note See also:
Ghisellini 2013: 122, fig. 3
TheSCRA vol. 1, no. 103
LIMC vol. 8, no. 60
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Fragmentary votive inscription:
Ο[6-7]ΑΕΙ[2-3]ΑΣ ΜΑΚΡΑ [....]ΓΕΙΦΕΙΣ ΑΧΙΛΛΕΙΔΑΣ, O[6-7]AEI[2-3]AS MAKRA [....]GEIPHEIS ACHILLEIDAS.
i.c. Physical format(s) Fragmentary rectangular marble plaque with relief decoration and a votive inscription.
ii. Source(s) provenance Unknown provenance. Now in the Getty Villa Museum in Malibu, no. G. 78.AA.264.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members Seven male figures wearing chlamys and petassos are depicted on the relief cultic scene above the inscription.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Frel, J. (1979), Antiquities in the J. Paul Getty Museum: A Checklist. Malibu.
Ghisellini, E. (2013), ‘Thessalian Votive Relief’, in Fontazione Sorgente Group, Athena Nike: la vittoria della dea, Rome: 119-25.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The name Achilleidas in the inscription and the depiction of the men on the relief panel above it possibly indicate the presence of a cultic association.