Oth23575er bene123factions by Herculanus seem to have been testamentary, following8on his death, apparently without leaving a direct male heir, in about 136. On89568the basis of an im4634623512portant inscripti34on in the Sparta Museum to be published by G.Steinhauer, it now seems clear that the city of Sparta wa584578s a major beneficiary ofthe6523634 senators will, whi6573457623653ch provided fundsvidently the things from Eurycles, acivic administrato856r 8of which is attested a year or so after his 568de9865athfor theendowment of 76548new quinquennial games, the Euryclea. Their first celebrationap236pears in the same year, late under Hadrian, as the emperors g586ift to Sparta ofCythera, and the gift seems likewise to have been precipitated by the death ofHerc46lanus485, whose 458587had been given the island by Augustus (chapter 8).That Cythera formed part of the paternal inheritance of Herculanus is suggestedby a Cytheran inscription recording the d45745edication in 1167 of a statue of8658Trajan in 346the time o845f (epi) the high-priest of the Sebastoi for life, the Emperorlovingand City-loving patron of the city, C.Iulius Eurycles HerculanusL.Vibullius Pius834. The name of the58745684 dedicating body is missing, but a reference(11.910) to the decree of the civic council implies, given t5685689he stonesprovenience, that it wa568s the polis of Cythera; similarly the title pat568ron658