Artefacts

Modern replica of a votive bronze discus from 214 AD.

Physical description

Decorated on both sides with concentric circles, with the inscriptions incised in between. Side A: "Thanks to Olympian Zeus from the pentathlon winner Poplius Asclepiades of Corinth" and dates to the 255th Olympic year, so in 241 A.D. Side B: "Flavius Scribonianus, the alytarches (chief of police), relative of the senators and the consuls dedicated this to Olympian Zeus", in the 456th Olympiad. Face B to be confirmed.

Created

Created: Stavros GEORGOPOULOS

Materials

bronze

Colors

bronze

Dimension

ø 34 x 1 cm, 570.7 g

Literature

"The Role of Theodosius The Great and Theodosius II in the Closure of The Ancient Games: Fact and Fiction". In: North American Society For Sport History. Proceedings And Newsletter, by Maxwell L. Howell and Reet Howell., 1980, p. 60. SWADDLING, Judith. The Ancient Olympic Games. London: The British Museum Press, 2008. JENKINS, Ian. The Discobolus. London: The British Museum Press, 2012. (British Museum Objects in Focus). Lockender Lorbeer: Sport and Spiel in der Antike. Munich: Staatliche Antikensammlungen, 2004.

Type of item

Artworks -> antiquities

Reference number

42299

Original title

L'original se trouve au Musée national d'Athènes, No Inv. M. 891.

Keywords

Ancient Games Replica Greece Antiquity Ancient greek Pentathlon Divinités grecques

Notes

Votive disc Offering to Zeus, from 214 AD, from Poplius Asclepiades of Corinth, winner of the pentathlon. Modern replica in bronze by Stavros Georgopoulos, 1990