IEleus 183 [Athenian soldiers stationed at Eleusis?] honour a cavalry commander

[Athenian soldiers stationed at Eleusis?] honour a cavalry commander

I Eleusis 183 Date: Ca. 258-251 BC

Amphikleides son of Amphikleides of Sounion proposed: since Thoukritos when elected cavalry commander (hipparchos) for the year of the archonship of Philinos (259/8) . . . . . . by the People^[1] four fragmentary lines . . .

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I Eleusis 183 (Translated text) (PHI)

IG II² 1279 (PHI)

Translation by: Stephen Lambert, Sean Byrne

Images: Krateros - (1)

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Decree (Athenian soldiers at Eleusis)

Findspot: Eleusis (Eleusis Museum E 183)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] On decrees of military units from Eleusis see I Eleusis 207, with notes. As commonly occurred at this period, Thoukritos went on from this post as cavalry commander to serve several times as general. Cf. G. J. Oliver, War, Food and Politics (2007), 161.

Added: 9 Mar 2017
Updated: 3 Mar 2022
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