IGII31 430 Honours for Ph- of Salamis

Honours for Ph- of Salamis

IG II³ 1 430 Date: Ca. 337? BC

. . . . . . he conveyed grain from Egypt . . . . . . cheaper [freight charges?] . . . . . . preferring [to gratify?] (5) the Athenian People, and in [all] the other [affairs of the city] has continued to make himself useful at every opportunity, and having ransomed many citizens from Sicily,^[1] he despatched them to Athens at his own (10) expense, and displaying individually and collectively towards the People the good will, which he has inherited from his ancestors, has now [donated a talent] of silver for public protection (phulakēn),^[2] for good fortune, the People shall decide: to praise Ph-ios (15) son of - of Salamis and crown him with a [foliage] crown for his good will . . . . . .

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References:

IG II³ 1 430 (Translated text) (IG Online) (PHI)

IG II² 283 (PHI)

IALD 133, 145 no. 85, 213-14, 273-84, 403

IALD II 149 no. 20

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

Images: Krateros - (1)

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Decree (People)

Findspot: Acropolis (EM 7127)

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[1] The context is obscure. See D. Whitehead, in C. Cooper ed., Epigraphy and the Greek Historian (2008), 57-67. [2] Perhaps relates to a public subscription which took place in a period of anxiety about the grain supply following Athens' defeat at the battle of Chaironeia in 338 BC (Lykourgos 1.18, 42 etc., Dein. 1.80, Dem. 18.171, 248; [Plut.] Lives of the Ten Orators 851A-B). In that case this was the earliest in the series of decrees honouring grain traders in the period between Chaironeia and the Lamian War. Cf. IG II³ 1, 367 (for another trader from Cypriot Salamis) n. 10. On this genre of decree across the period 415-307 BC see D. T. Engen, Honor and Profit (2010). For a much later example, IG II³ 1, 1315.

Added: 10 Dec 2012
Updated: 7 Jan 2024
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