Dedication of an altar to Ares
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source date: Probably second century
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Ἄρει

πολυπαλάμῳ

For Ares, of many hands

Commentary

All the altars in this set that can be legible contain unusual elements. There is a discussion by Pugliese-Carratelli (1963).

b: The epithet appears to be unparalleled, and we have not found another epigraphic instance of παλάμης for Ares, but cf. Homer, Iliad III, 128, ὑπ' Ἄρηος παλαμάων (at Perseus).