IRhamn 39 Decree of Rhamnous and resident Athenians honouring Telesippos of Cholargos

Decree of Rhamnous and resident Athenians honouring Telesippos of Cholargos

I Rhamnous 39 Date: ca. 218 BC

. . . ^[1] traces . . . the generals for the countryside who, being honoured, will obtain worthy thanks from both the Rhamnousians and those living in Rhamnous, for good fortune, (5)the Rhamnousians and those citizens living in Rhamnous shall decide: to praise Telesippos son of Timotheos of Cholargos, and crown him with a gold crown for the excellence and [love of honour (philotimias)] which he continues to show towards the Council and People and [that towards] themselves; and inscribe this decree on a stone stele (10)and stand it wherever he sees fit; and for the making of the stele and the inscribing of it choose three men from among themselves to carry out what has been decreed; these were chosen: [Diogeiton] son of Dorotheos of Rhamnous, Me- . . . -les son of Agathon . . .

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References:

I Rhamnous 39 (Translated text) (PHI)

SEG 38.127

Oetjen, Athen im dritten Jahrhundert, no. 23

Knoepfler, Trésor documentaire, 62-66, 209.9

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Decree (deme Rhamnous and Athenian residents)

Findspot: Rhamnous (Rhamnous Fortress Φ379)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This decree for Telesippos of Cholargos belongs in the regular series of decrees passed jointly by the deme Rhamnous and Athenian residents there honouring generals for the coastal countryside based at Rhamnous. Telesippos was also honoured as general in 218/7 BC by I Rhamnous 38, passed by the paroikoi stationed in Rhamnous. This decree should date to the same year or to a different tenure of this generalship by Telesippos around the same time. The mason who cut this inscription was Tracy's "Cutter of IG II² 1309", who was active between 218/7 and about 205 BC (Tracy, Horos 26-31, 2014-2019, pp. 39-50). The honorand was awarded the proxeny by Oropos in 221 BC, I Orop. 84, cf. Knoepfler p. 63. The general Timotheos son of Telesippos of Cholargos who made a dedication in 161/0 (I Rhamnous 485) will have been the son, or perhaps rather grandson of our honorand (cf. Knoepfler p. 66). On the deme Rhamnous and its inscriptions in general see I Rhamnous 182.

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