360 POSITIONS OF VICTOR STATUES IN THE ALTIS. 
Palaistra;! that of Diogenes, son of Dionysios of Ephesos, victor 
cadriyye five times, before the centre of the Echo Colonnade.? The 
inscribed fragments of the bronze legs of the statues of two unknown 
victors have also been excavated, the one near the starting-place in the 
Stadion,’ the other near the fifth column from the east on the north 
side of the temple of Zeus.‘ 
Of the second century A. D., we have the following bases: that of 
Kasia M[nasithea], daughter of M. Betilenos (or Vetulenos) Laitos of 
Elis, who won &pyart mwALK@, was found northeast of the Prytaneion;> 
the upper part of the pedestal of the guadriga of L. Minicius Natalis 
of Rome, victor &puare TeNetw in Ol. 227 (=129 A. D.), was unearthed 
in the east wall of the Palaistra.° ‘The base of the statue erected to the 
herald P. Ailios Artemas of Laodikeia (in Phrygia?) was found 20 meters 
north of the northeastern corner of the temple of Zeus.’ 
Of the third century A. D., 7. ¢., after the time of Pausanias, we have 
these bases: that of P. Ailios Alkandridas, son of Damokratidas of 
Sparta, twice victor in (?) raAy, was found northeast of the Byzantine 
church;® that of Theopropos of Rhodes, who won xéAntTt, was un- 
earthed east of the temple of Zeus, just south of the basis of the 
Nike of Patonios;? the base of the statue of Valerios Eklektos of 
Sinope, victor as knpvé in Ols. 256, 258-260 (=245, 253-261 A.D.), 
was found in situ in the Palaistra.1° We should add for this century 
also the inscribed bronze diskos, the votive (not victor) offering of 
Poplios (Publius) Asklepiades of Corinth, which was found 2.5 meters 
south of the Southwest gate of the Altis.!! 
A study of these inscriptions shows that the practice of setting up 
victor statues decreased in the fourth and third centuries B. C., but was 
Unschr.v. Ol., no. 231; Foerster, 595 and 597. Foerster dates his two Olympic victories in 
Ols. (?) 191 and 192 (=16 and 12 B. C.). Hermas was zrepuodovixns twice, and also gained vic- 
tories besides at the Nemean and other games. 
*Ibid., no. 232; Foerster, 815-819 (undated). He was twice zepiodovixns and won besides at 
the Isthmus, Nemea, and at other games—eighty victories in all. 
3I[bid., no. 234 and p. 346; he won in either réAy or rayKpar ov. 
4Ibid., no. 235 and pp. 346-347. These bronze fragments have been noted in our list of sur- 
viving fragments of victor statues, Ch. VII, p. 322. 
®Ibid., no. 233 (name restored from no. 440, line 4). On her father, see Foerster, under no. 634. 
®Ibid., 236; Foerster,686. Both Gurlitt, op. cit., p. 421, and Foerster think that this monument 
ismentioned by P., V, 20.8 (that of aRomansenator). Dittenberger is against this view, and the 
place of finding also is against it. On the victor’s full name and that of his father, see Foerster, /.c. 
"Ibid., no. 237; Foerster, 692. He won at Olympia in Ol. 229 (=137 A. D.), and the inscription 
names many other victories elsewhere. 
8Ibid., no. 238; Foerster, 679 and 681, who dates the victories in Ols. (?) 224 and 225 (=117 
and 121 A. D.), while Dittenberger dates them in the next century. He was twice zreptodovixns: 
see Foerster, /. c. 
*Ibid., no. 239; Foerster, 746 (date=end of second or third centuries B. C.). For the epigram, 
see also Cougny, Epigramm. Anth. Pal., II (Appendix nova), p. 46, n. 284. 
*°Ibid., nos. 242-243; Foerster, 741-744. He was a rpiomeplodos, i. ¢., three times meprodovixns. 
For his other victories outside Olympia, see Foerster, /. c. 
“Ibid., nos. 240-241; Foerster, 739. Asklepiades won the révraOdov in Ol. 255 (=241 A. D.). 
