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1. Π(ΟΠΛΙΟΣ) [ΑΙΛΙΟΣ - - -]
CHAPTER V
ROMAN PERSONAL NAMES IN ELEIA
7v0535 facsimile; cf. Zoumbaki, Elis und Olympia, A 22 [2nd c. A.D. (?)].
Olympia; a fragment of Pentelic marble, possibly of an honorary inscription.
2. Π(ΟΠΛΙΟΣ) ΑΙΛ(ΙΟΣ) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΣ ΚΡΙΣΠΕΙΝΟΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΤΕΙΜΟΣ
ivO 463 facsimile [reign of Hadrian (?)].
Olympia; a statue base of Pentelic marble, erected by the demos of Elis and the Olympic boule
for the orator P. Aelius Antonius Crispinus Metroteimus:
ALL Όλυμ[πί]ψ Ι ο δήμος ο Ήλείω[ν] και ή ΌλυμπιΙκή βουλή Π(όπλιον) Αϊλ(ιον) Άντώνιον
ΚρισΙπεΙνον Μητρότειμον ρήτορα Ι 5 Άντιοχέα της προς Δάφνην, τον Ι και Κυζικηνόν,
εύνοιας εινεκεν Ι τής εις τήν πόλιν.
Citizen of Antioch and Kyzikos
3. ΠΟ(ΛΙΟΣ) ΑΙΛΙΟΣ ΑΛΚΑΝΛΡΙΛΑΣ ΛΑΜΟΚΡΑΠΛΑ
JvO 238 facsimile [after A.D. 212].
Olympia; sandstone base of a bronze statue from the monument erected by the athlete himself
in memory of his Olympic victory:
Πό(πλιος) Αϊλιος Α,λκανδρίδας Ι Δαμοκρατίδα Λακεδαιμόνιος.
Olympic victor
Lacedaemonian
Remarks: Members of this Laconian family are attested in many Spartan inscriptions (e.g. IG
V 1, 144. 304. 305. 553-556. 655 [SEG 11, 1950, 831 and 34, 1984, 313]. 682). The
names Alcandridas and Damocratidas are very common in the area. The Olympic
victor Alcandridas is the third member of his family that bears this name (see A.J.S.
Spawforth, ABS A 80, 1985, 246-248); see also LAC 8.
For the person see also Moretti, Olympionikai, 917, 920 (two victories in A.D. 221
413