Caption for a statue of a muse
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Second or third centuries CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he

Bibliography

Unpublished. For the staues see [...], 73ff, with [...]

Θάλεια

Translation

Thalia

Commentary

One of a set of the nine Muses for which a number of other bases survive but are uninscribed; by contrast a further group, found in Theatre 3, was professionally labelled: C.24, C.25, C.26, C.27, C.28, C.29 . If the building is correctly regarded as the official residence of the gymnasiarch (see C.57), the Muses were presumably chosen because of their connexion with παιδεία. .