IGII31 470 Honorific decree

Honorific decree

IG II³ 1 470 Date: Ca. 330 BC

. . . . . . . . . the stage building (skēnēn)^[1] . . . . . . making gifts? (dōreas dido-?) . . . (5) . . . for transport (epagōgēn)^[2] . . . . . . shall use . . . . . . exemption from the metic tax (ateleian tou metoikiou) . . . . . . and the Council shall take care of the . . . . . . to whom the People . . . [has made] (10) the grant, so that . . . they suffer no harm; and the secretary of the Council shall inscribe this decree and stand it on the acropolis^[3] . . . . . .

References:

IG II³ 1 470 (Translated text) (PHI) (IG Online)

SEG 36.149

IALD 148 no. 98, 315-19 no. 4, 339-43, 356 no. 6

Csapo-Wilson, Athenian Theatre, 415-16

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Decree (Council/People)

Original location: Acropolis

Findspot: Unknown (Oxford Mississippi Univ. Mus. 77.3.665)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This might relate to the theatre of Dionysos on the south-slope of the acropolis, the stage-building of which was apparently reconstructed at this period (cf. J. Hanink, Lycurgan Athens and the Making of Classical Tragedy (2014), 102, 108-12). In any case it is one of about 10 decrees honouring men for services to the Athenian theatre in the years following the battle of Chaironeia (see on IG II³ 1, 344). [2] Csapo-Wilson note that ll. 4-5 might imply that the honorands had contributed to the costs of transport in connection with building work on the theatre (cf. IG II³ 1, 352). [3] Same formula as in IG II³ 1, 352, proposed by Lykourgos. Cf. Csapo-Wilson, 415.

Added: 10 Dec 2012
Updated: 30 Apr 2016
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