Dodona: Votive Plaque

Votive plaque of the Zakynthian Agathon

Votive plaque of the Zakynthian Agathon and his family, who were public guests or friends of the Molossians. The inclusion of male genitals represents the continuity of Agathon’s family line.

The plaque reads:
Ἀγάθων Ἐχεφύλλου καὶ γενεά, πρόξενοι Μολοσσῶν καὶ συμμάχων ἐν τριάκοντα γενεαῖς ἐκ Τρωΐας, Κασσάνδρας γενεά, Ζακύνθιοι.
(Agathon, the son of Echephylos, and his offspring, proxenoi of the Molossians and their allies throughout thirty generations from Troy, the race of Kassandra, Zakynthians.- Chaniontis).

Exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece.