IThera027 Alessandra Inglese Alessandra Inglese CHANGES - Theme 5. Humanities and Cultural Heritage as Laboratories of Innovation and Creativity, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU, Associazione Centro di Eccellenza DTC Alessandra Inglese original data collection and edition Valentina Mignosa encoding, editing metadata and geo data Luigi Tessarolo website construction, design and styling, interactive mapping implementation Virgilio Costa methodological and digital consultancy ISicily EpiDoc encoding model and validation framework adapted from ISicily Inscriptions from Thera IThera027 10.5281/zenodo.17448895 9791298596405 Licensed under a Creative Commons-Attribution 4.0 licence. Greece Santorini Ancient Thera Archaeological site of Ancient Thera Ancient Greek

The inscription is placed in an area of the Agora of the Gods where personal names are predominant. However, two nearby documents attest to the presence of theonyms (the lost inscription no. 370 and inscription no. 371).

stone rock face

The inscription is orthograde, except for iota. It is located 3.40 m from graffito no. 581 and 3.30 m from no. 370. The rock surface measures 35 cm in height and up to 75 cm in length. The inscription itself is approximately 32 cm long, with letter heights varying (9 to 13 cm).

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Line 1-2 90-130 Interlineation line 1 to 2

Archaía Thíra 36.36349, 25.47804 7th century BCE found between documents IG XII 3, 370 and 581 (Hiller)36.36190, 25.48092 in situ Last seen by A. Inglese in 2003 in situ

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ThERA anthroponyms authority list

ThERA theonyms authority list

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 English Italian Ancient Greek Latin votive inscription Invocation, theonym Valentina Mignosa encoded inscription and added metadata Valentina Mignosa adapted the data to taxonomies list, as well as lists of anthroponyms and theonyms Face of inscribed stone Photograph no. 58 (Inglese 2008). © Greek Ministry of Culture / Ephorate of Antiquities of the Cyclades. Reproduction authorized for this use only. Any further use requires permission
Κάριτες
Hiller: Κ(h)άριτες

No other Archaic inscriptions from Thera mention the Charites. Herodotus (IV, 175) refers to a hill of the Charites in Libya, where they were also mentioned by Callimachus and Nonnus. In Olympian XIV, 3–7, Pindar calls them "queens of Orchomenos" and "guardians of the ancient Minyans," linking them to wisdom (sophia), beauty (kallos), and courage (andreia). An ancient, aniconic sanctuary to the Charites existed in Boeotian Orchomenos, founded by Eteocles, where the Charitesia festival was also celebrated. For a complete discussion of the topic, see Inglese 2008, pp. 209-214.

Inglese 2008 nr. 27 https://zenon.dainst.org/Record/000793447 1904 XII.3.1312 https://zenon.dainst.org/Record/000863074 Schwyzer 1923 p. 109 https://zenon.dainst.org/Record/000778252