IGI3 1162 Memorial of war-dead, ca. 447 BC ?

Memorial of war-dead, ca. 447 BC ?

IG I³ 1162 Date: ca. 447 BC (?)

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^[1] In the Chersonese of the Athenians these died. Epiteles, general. (5) Of Erechtheis^I Pythodoros Aristodikos Telephos Pythodoros (10) Of Aigeis^II Epichares Mnesiphilos Phaidimides Laches (15) Nikophilos Of Pandionis^III Lysikles Of Leontis^IV Chaires (20) Of Oeneis^VI Rhodokles Eurybotos Polites Herokleides (25) Of Kekropis^VII Aristarchos Karystonikos^[2] Theomnestos Aristarchos (30) Eukrates Nikomachos Of Hippothontis^VIII Sotelides Poseidippos (35) Of Aiantis^IX Diphilos Of Antiochis^X Kraton Antikrates (40) Eudoxos.

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In Byzantium (50) of the Athenians these died. Of Erechtheis^I Nikostratos Philokomos (55) Of Aigeis^II Chionis Of Pandionis^III Philistides Of Leontis^IV (60) Lysimachos Of Akamantis^V Kallisthenes Of Oeneis^VI Kallippos (65) Of Kekropis^VII Kniphon Demoteles Of Hippothontis^VIII Haison (70) Of Aiantis^IX Nikodemos Of Antiochis^X Phanias

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These died in the other wars:^[3] Of Erechtheis^I Lysanias

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Of Pandionis^III (75) Simonides Aischylos, Archepolis Smikrion Charopides Naxiades (80) Of Leontis^IV Philon Eudemos Of Akamantis^V Protarchos (85) Of Kekropis^VII Chairias Astyanax Lysistratos Of Hippothontis^VIII (90) Timonothos Antiphanes Of Aiantis^IX Kleinothos Philios (95) Kallikles From Eleutherai^[4] Semichides

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(45) These by the Hellespont lost their gleaming youth doing battle, and brought glory to their fatherland, so that the enemy groaned, reaping the harvest of war, and they placed an immortal memorial of their excellence (aretes).^[5]

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References:

IG I³ 1162 (Translated text) (PHI) (IG Online)

Peek, GVI, no. 18

ML 48

CEG 1, no. 6

Clairmont, Patrios Nomos, no. 32b

Tsagalis, 235 n. 36

OR 129

Translation by: Stephen Lambert, Robin Osborne

Images: Aleshire - (1)
Ohio - (1)

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Funerary (Public)

Findspot: Unknown (EM 10618)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] On commemoration of war dead in fifth-century Athens see IG I³ 1147 with notes. The tribes are listed on this inscription in the official order, used in lists such as this and for determining the sequence in which they provided officials in rotation, such as the priests of Asklepios (IG II³ 1, 359) and, in the fourth century, the secretary of the Council (cf. IG II³ 1, 323). This casualty list can not be dated with certainty, but Plut. Per. 19.1 records conflict in the Chersonese in 447 BC and it may belong to that year. In that case it is our earliest evidence for the official order of the tribes (though there is no evidence which implies that the order did not exist before this). There is a fragment of a red-figure loutrophoros depicting five stelai, apparently meant to be casualty lists, on which can be read (on different stelai), "from Eleu(therai?)" and "in Byzan(tium)" (H. R. Immerwahr, Attic Script [1990], 100, no. 674, fig. 130, N. Arrington, Ashes, Images and Memories [2014], 79-80, fig. 2.6 - see Beazley Archive, Attic Vase Inscriptions). It seems the vase painter may have based this wording on the headings on this inscription. [2] The names connote "Victor over Karystos" and (roughly) "The Naxian". The men were perhaps named for the campaigns of the 470s in which Athens forced Karystos and Naxos to join the Delian League (Thuc. 1.98.3-4), in which case they might plausibly have died in battle ca. 450-420. [3] This entry, which records casualties in 7 of the 10 tribes and Eleutherai, and is inscribed in smaller and more crowded lettering, starts at the bottom of col. 1 and continues in the lower part of col. 2. It seems to have been added later than the rest of the names. [4] A community on the north-western border of Attica that was not incorporated in the Attic deme system. [5] The epigram appears not to relate to the dead "in the other wars".

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