IGII34 280 Dedication by Charias, general in charge of the countryside

Dedication by Charias, general in charge of the countryside

IG II³ 4 280 Date: end iv BC

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In olive crown The Council The People (crowned him)

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Charias son of Euthykrates [of Kydathenaion], (5) dedicated (this), having been general in charge of the countryside (stratēgēsas epi tēn chōran).^[1]

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References:

IG II³ 4 280 (Translated text) (IG Online)

IG II² 2847 (PHI)

I Eleusis 94 (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Images: Cornell - (1)

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Dedication (general in charge of the countryside (strategos epi ten choran))

Findspot: Eleusis (Eleusis Museum E 216 + E 493)

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[1] This base is one of a series of military dedications from deme garrisons in honour of their annual commanders. For an overview of the genre see IG II³ 4, 285 n.1. Charias of Kydathenaion was trierarch in 326/5 BC (cf. Athenian Onomasticon, s. v. Charias of Kydathenaion). In the early 290s as hoplite general he seized the Acropolis, but was expelled and executed by Lachares who then set himself up as a tyrant (P. Oxy. 17.2082 = FGrH 257a F1-2 with P. Thonemann, ZPE 144, 2003, 123-24; cf. G. J. Oliver, War, Food, and Politics in Early Hellenistic Athens, 2007, 174 n. 5, 235). On the generalship for the countryside see I Rham. 3, with notes.

Added: 2 Apr 2019
Updated: 13 Jul 2021
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