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ROMAN PELOPONNESE I
the person discussed here, Tib. Claudius Lyso, commemorating the tenure of the office of
spondophoros by Claudia Aristomantis' son, Claudius Lucenus Saeclarus, and one in honour of
Tib. Claudius Lyso, erected by the polis of Elis and the Olympic boule:
Ή πόλις Ήλείω[ν] καί ή Όλυμπική Ι βουλή Τι(βέριον) Κλαύδ[ιο]ν Λύσωνα κοσΙμόπολιν,
Κλαυ[δίο]υ "Αγία υίόν, πάΙσης αρετής [ένεκ]α καί της εις αύΙ 5 τήν άδιαλείπ[του μεγαλοψυχίας.
[2] /ν0433 facsimile [end of lst/begin. of 2nd c. A.D.].
Olympia; a statue base of Parian marble bearing two statues, one of Agias financed by the
testament of his son Tib. Claudius Lyso and one of his son erected by the polis of Elis and the
Olympic boule. The inscription honouring Agias is:
Ή πόλις "Ηλείων καί ή ΌλυμπιΙκή βουλή Τιβ(έριον) Κλαύδιον Τιβ(ερίου) Κλαυδίου Ι 'Αγία
καί Γιγανίας Πώλλης υίόν ΛύΙσωνα κοσμόπολιν, ιερέα γ' Διός ΌΙ 5 λυμπίου καί άγορανόμον
καί γυμνασίαρίχον καί άλλυτάρχην καί γραμματέα, Ι τειμής καί αξίας χάριν.
[3] 7ν0434 facsimile [end of lst/begin. of 2nd c. A.D.].
Olympia; a statue base of Parian marble bearing two statues, one of Agias financed by the
testament of his son Tib. Claudius Lyso, and one of his son erected by the polis of Elis and the
Olympic boule. The inscription honouring the latter is:
Ή πόλις "Ηλείων καί ή Ι Όλυμπική βουλή Τιβ(έριον) ΚλαύΙδιον "Αγίαν τειμής καί άΙξίας
χάριν εκ διαθήκης Ι 5 Τιβ(ερίου) Κλαυδίου Λύσωνος 1 τού υιού αυτού.
[4] a. ΙνΟ 77 facsimile [first half of the 1st c. A.D.]; b. IvO 82 facsimile [A.D. 67]; c. IvO 86
facsimile [A.D. 85-95].
Olympia; lists of cult personnel. The person appears in these catalogues without a Roman
name (see Remarks). An 'Αγίας [Λύσωνος] is attested as epimeletes in one of the earliest lists
of cult personnel [a]; he is the first known member of this important Elean family. He could
be identified with the theocolos of IvO 82 ["Α]γίας Αύ[σ]ω[ν]ος Π (cf. EL. 82) [b], who was
apparently father of the spondophoros of the same list Λ[ύσων "Αγία], who could be identified
with the third theocolos of [c].
Epimeletes [4a], theocolos [4b]
Remarks: Both, Agias and Lyso, are attested in IvO 432 for the first time as Roman citizens,
which they may have obtained during the reign of Nero, since Agias was theocolos
when Nero visited Olympia and took part in the Olympic games. For the person and
his son, who held also important offices see Zoumbaki, Elis und Olympia, Κ 50.
h. Gegania Polla (EL 219); f. Tib. Claudius Lyso (EL 155); for the stemma of the family see
Appendix, Stemma XV.
137. ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΣΙΟΣ
ivO 226 facsimile [A.D. 53].
Olympia; a marble plaque, probably from a large pedestal commemorating the victory of the
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