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Aurelius Toalis |
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Oinoanda? (Lycia)
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193 to 235 |
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Inscription on a statue base for Aurelius Toalis, celebrating his ἐνδόξως victory as a boy in the pankration at the Koina of the Lycians.
Gouw suggests Toalis managed to leave local games behind him to participate in crown games. He also poses Olympos (Lycia) as the athlete's origin place.
On the location of the festivals in the wreaths:
N.Milner in D.French (ed.), Studies in the History and Topography of Lycia and Pisidia. In Memoriam A.S.Hall (Ankara 1994) 93/94 'interpret the Olympia, Aktia and Pythia as ‘local versions of the original contests, because T. is only a παράδοξος, not a ἱερονείκης’'. Pleket disagrees: 'The five wreaths are likely to have been added later, when Toalis was successful on the international level (admittedly, the lettering seems similar to that of the main text); surely the Aktia are not known to have been organized in places other than Nikopolis; ἰσάκτιοι ἀγῶνες are known elsewhere, but that is a different matter' (copied from SEG 44.1171)
Strasser (2022) and Gouw (2009) propose Marcus Aurelius Toalis as full name, citizen of Olympos and Arykandos.
Strasser (2001) lists his name as Μαρκος Αὐρήλιος Τοαλις.
In total 6+ victories: Oenoanda, Olympia (2), Pythia, Actia (2) in unknown games.
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