L. Mummius' Contributions to the Agonistic Life in the Mid Second Century BC

Abstract

collection of ep evidence for the activities of L Mummius concerning agônes in Greece, he carried out constructions in the site ofthe Isthmus and served as agonthetes of the Isthmia; he was honoured in Argos w erecton of his statue, possibly in connection w his arbitration between argos and Kleonai over org of Nemean Gemaes; in eretria he was honoured w organization of a race. P rejects view that this latter agon implies the espeblaishmet of o cult, but see EBGR 1991, no 126. Stroud in SEG 41, 276 points out that one of texts used by P was found in Aulis, not in Nemea