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Hussey, George B.: Greek sculptured crowns and crown inscriptions
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GREEK CROWNS AND CROWN INSCRIPTIONS.
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position, because this was the order in which the resolutions for them
were passed. In Annali, 1865, p. 97, the crowns of victory are
arranged in the order in which they were won. Thus, first come
the games for children (iraihes), then, those for youths (ayeveioo),
finally, the contests called UpaL Besides such cases, there is little
other evidence that the chronological order was ever preferred to that
of their relative importance. Often, indeed, there seems to be no
possible clew for explaining the order, but in such cases this is for
the most part due to lack of information concerning the crowns, or to
their incomplete preservation. Thus, it seems difficult to explain the
order of victories recorded in 'Ec^yxe/h?, 2558, or in C.I. G., 5919. In
the latter instance, however, certain victories Sta. iravrmv are observed
to form the first and the last of the series. In Annali, 1865, p. 99,
the uppermost crowns are for games won in Greece, next comes one
for a victory in Italy, and at the end are those won in Asia. On
other monuments bearing crowns of victory the four great games,
Olympian, Pythian, Isthmian, Nemean, occur thus, in the order of
their rank. Examples are C.I.A., n, 115, 'OXvfnria TlvOia, from the
year 343/2 b. c. ; C.I.A., m, 758a gives the first three and a vacancy
is left at the end, to be filled, doubtless, by Ne/iea. In honorary
inscriptions at Athens, there is a tendency to place the crowns won
in Attic festivals in prominent positions. On the base of the monu-
ment of Nikokles (C.I.A., n, 1367), sixteen crowns forma single band
around three sides of the stone : on the face are six crowns won in
the Pythia; but between the third and fourth, and exactly in the
middle of the face, are placed crowns from the Panathenaia and Lenaia.
In C.I.A., ii, 1319, theEleusinia, Panathenaia, and Delia are all placed
above such Doric festivals as the Olympia, the Soteria at Delphi, and
some games held at Dodona; but a great part of the stone is lost. So,
also, in the case of some victories won at Ephesos ( C.I. G., 5916), local
interest probably causes the Eplieseia to precede the Hadrianeia and
liarbillcia.
As a conclusion to this paper, a brief summary of its results may
be of service. (1) In regard to the form of the wreaths, it has been
shown that only the pendent crown belongs to the better periods of
Greek art, and that the erect crown, on stone monuments at least, first
appears in the time of Trajan or of Hadrian. The influence of repre-
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position, because this was the order in which the resolutions for them
were passed. In Annali, 1865, p. 97, the crowns of victory are
arranged in the order in which they were won. Thus, first come
the games for children (iraihes), then, those for youths (ayeveioo),
finally, the contests called UpaL Besides such cases, there is little
other evidence that the chronological order was ever preferred to that
of their relative importance. Often, indeed, there seems to be no
possible clew for explaining the order, but in such cases this is for
the most part due to lack of information concerning the crowns, or to
their incomplete preservation. Thus, it seems difficult to explain the
order of victories recorded in 'Ec^yxe/h?, 2558, or in C.I. G., 5919. In
the latter instance, however, certain victories Sta. iravrmv are observed
to form the first and the last of the series. In Annali, 1865, p. 99,
the uppermost crowns are for games won in Greece, next comes one
for a victory in Italy, and at the end are those won in Asia. On
other monuments bearing crowns of victory the four great games,
Olympian, Pythian, Isthmian, Nemean, occur thus, in the order of
their rank. Examples are C.I.A., n, 115, 'OXvfnria TlvOia, from the
year 343/2 b. c. ; C.I.A., m, 758a gives the first three and a vacancy
is left at the end, to be filled, doubtless, by Ne/iea. In honorary
inscriptions at Athens, there is a tendency to place the crowns won
in Attic festivals in prominent positions. On the base of the monu-
ment of Nikokles (C.I.A., n, 1367), sixteen crowns forma single band
around three sides of the stone : on the face are six crowns won in
the Pythia; but between the third and fourth, and exactly in the
middle of the face, are placed crowns from the Panathenaia and Lenaia.
In C.I.A., ii, 1319, theEleusinia, Panathenaia, and Delia are all placed
above such Doric festivals as the Olympia, the Soteria at Delphi, and
some games held at Dodona; but a great part of the stone is lost. So,
also, in the case of some victories won at Ephesos ( C.I. G., 5916), local
interest probably causes the Eplieseia to precede the Hadrianeia and
liarbillcia.
As a conclusion to this paper, a brief summary of its results may
be of service. (1) In regard to the form of the wreaths, it has been
shown that only the pendent crown belongs to the better periods of
Greek art, and that the erect crown, on stone monuments at least, first
appears in the time of Trajan or of Hadrian. The influence of repre-