Halikarnassos has for lack of evidence no place in modern accounts on relations between the emper... more Halikarnassos has for lack of evidence no place in modern accounts on relations between the emperor Hadrian and Asia Minor. This article presents four inscriptions of which three testify to some sort of a dialogue between Hadrian and Halikarnassos: A letter from the emperor to Halikarnassos, published here for the fi rst time (no. 1),1 two dedications from Halikarnassos to the emperor, one discovered during Danish excavations in 1970 (no. 2),2 the other registered by Bean and Cook in the 1950’es (no. 3).3 Finally we shall tentatively suggest that the Halikarnassian inscription honouring Ioulia Nea Hera Sabeina Sebaste concerns
A new honorific inscription from first-century BC Halikarnassos (I.Halikarnassos *294), inscribed... more A new honorific inscription from first-century BC Halikarnassos (I.Halikarnassos *294), inscribed on a cylindrical monument together with a four-line funerary epigram, is published here. Celebrating a woman called Athenodote, the funerary altar containing this inscription was probably erected by the city and by the gerousia after Athenodote’s death. The article discusses the woman in question, the multiple roles as priestess that she held during her lifetime, and the overall context and date of the monument. In particular, the inscription provides valuable new information about the diversity of cults in Halikarnassos, the development of the institution of the gerousia in the city during the first century BC, and, more obliquely and surprisingly, about the impact of the festival of the Leukophryena from Magnesia-on-the-Maeander on the cults of neighbouring cities in this period. In the Appendix, a further, roughly contemporary inscription concerning a priestess (I.Halikarnassos *297) is also edited here.
Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Historisk-filosofiska fakulteten, Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia, 2011
... Jesper Bekker-Nielsen, Tønnes Oppedal, Stig Kraggerud, Egil Skoie, Mathilde Iddeng, Jon W. Pe... more ... Jesper Bekker-Nielsen, Tønnes Oppedal, Stig Kraggerud, Egil Skoie, Mathilde Iddeng, Jon W. Pethon, Pio A. Prusac, Marina Sande, Siri ... Fascinasjonen for greske bystaters borger-og krigerkollekriv og store generaler som Alexander og Caesar har dessuten holdt seg godt i to ...
Halikarnassos has for lack of evidence no place in modern accounts on relations between the emper... more Halikarnassos has for lack of evidence no place in modern accounts on relations between the emperor Hadrian and Asia Minor. This article presents four inscriptions of which three testify to some sort of a dialogue between Hadrian and Halikarnassos: A letter from the emperor to Halikarnassos, published here for the fi rst time (no. 1),1 two dedications from Halikarnassos to the emperor, one discovered during Danish excavations in 1970 (no. 2),2 the other registered by Bean and Cook in the 1950’es (no. 3).3 Finally we shall tentatively suggest that the Halikarnassian inscription honouring Ioulia Nea Hera Sabeina Sebaste concerns
A new honorific inscription from first-century BC Halikarnassos (I.Halikarnassos *294), inscribed... more A new honorific inscription from first-century BC Halikarnassos (I.Halikarnassos *294), inscribed on a cylindrical monument together with a four-line funerary epigram, is published here. Celebrating a woman called Athenodote, the funerary altar containing this inscription was probably erected by the city and by the gerousia after Athenodote’s death. The article discusses the woman in question, the multiple roles as priestess that she held during her lifetime, and the overall context and date of the monument. In particular, the inscription provides valuable new information about the diversity of cults in Halikarnassos, the development of the institution of the gerousia in the city during the first century BC, and, more obliquely and surprisingly, about the impact of the festival of the Leukophryena from Magnesia-on-the-Maeander on the cults of neighbouring cities in this period. In the Appendix, a further, roughly contemporary inscription concerning a priestess (I.Halikarnassos *297) is also edited here.
Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Historisk-filosofiska fakulteten, Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia, 2011
... Jesper Bekker-Nielsen, Tønnes Oppedal, Stig Kraggerud, Egil Skoie, Mathilde Iddeng, Jon W. Pe... more ... Jesper Bekker-Nielsen, Tønnes Oppedal, Stig Kraggerud, Egil Skoie, Mathilde Iddeng, Jon W. Pethon, Pio A. Prusac, Marina Sande, Siri ... Fascinasjonen for greske bystaters borger-og krigerkollekriv og store generaler som Alexander og Caesar har dessuten holdt seg godt i to ...
P. Pedersen & S. Isager, ‘The Theatre at Halikarnassos – and some Thoughts on the Origin ... more P. Pedersen & S. Isager, ‘The Theatre at Halikarnassos – and some Thoughts on the Origin of the Semicircular Greek Theatre.’ With an Appendix “The Inscriptions from the theatre at Halikarnassos”. In: R. Frederiksen, E.R. Gebhard, and A. Sokolicek (eds), The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre. MoDIA 17. Aarhus 2015. Abstract: By the end of the 4th century BC, the citizens of Halikarnassos dedicated a statue of their fellow citizen, Phanostratos, on the Acropolis of Athens. He was a well-known writer of tragedies and in 307/6 had been victorious at the Lenaia. This is neither the only nor the first written evidence that suggests the existence of a certain theatrical milieu in Halikarnassos as early as the 4th century BC. At the funeral of Maussollos in 353/2 his consort, Artemisia, organized an agon in drama, which was won by Theodektes with a tragedy called “Maussollos”. And a few years later the tragic actor, Thettalos, acted as emissary between the royal house of Macedon and the satrapal dynasty at Halikarnassos, when an attempt was made to establish a marriage between Alexander and the niece of Maussollos, Ada the Second. What could the architectural facilities for drama have been in Halikarnassos at this time, when the old city known by Herodotos had just been re-founded by Maussollos and completely re-shaped as one of the most splendid Greek cities of its time? Halikarnassos has in fact a large and quite well-preserved theatre, which has not yet been fully investigated and published. It is situated on the south slope of the Göktepe Hill overlooking the city and the sea towards Kos and Knidos. It was excavated and partly restored, during several campaigns between 1974 and 1985 under the direction of Professor Ümit Serdaroğlu. Professor Serdaroğlu maintained on several occasions that the theatre was originally constructed in the mid-4th century BC, but unfortunately, he died prematurely before being able to publish his discoveries. Therefore, it is not known on which evidence he based his conclusion about the date of the structure. In 2002 the excavations were continued and finished in connection with a restoration project sponsored by the companies Ericsson Türkiye and Turkcell. These excavations were carried out by Bodrum Museum under its director Oğuz Alpözen and the archaeologist Erhan Özçan. Some impressive rooms and passages cut in the living rock behind the theatron were excavated but these investigations unfortunately did not produce any new secure evidence for the date of the theatre. In this article the physical remains of the theatre at Halikarnassos are described and some reflections are made on its date. The presentation of the physical remains at Halikarnassos are followed by some new thoughts and ideas on the architectural background for the creation of the circle-based design in 5th century BC Athens. In an appendix, inscriptions from the theatre illuminating its use are presented for the first tim
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