IGII31 399 On Euboean affairs

On Euboean affairs

IG II³ 1 399 Date: 348 BC or 343? BC

. . . The People decided. Hegesippos [son of Hegesias of Sounion^[1] proposed]: so that none of the allies [of the Athenians?], nor anyone [of the Athenians?], whether foreigner or citizen, shall harm (5) any of the allies, setting out from anywhere [in Attica] or the allied cities, the People shall resolve: concerning those who have invaded the territory of the Eretrians,^[2] that the Council shall formulate and bring forward a proposal to the People at the next Assembly, (10) so that they may be punished according to the [laws?]; and if in future anyone invades Eretria or any other allied city, anyone of the Athenians or of the allies of the Athenians, he shall be condemned to [loss of citizen rights (atimian) or death (thanaton)] and his property (chrēmata) shall be public, and (15) a tithe for the goddess; and his property (chrēmata) shall be recoverable from all the allied cities; and if any city appropriates it, it is to owe it to the [common treasury (koinōi) or common Council (sunedriōi)] of the allies; and to inscribe this decree on a stone stele and set it up on the acropolis . . . (20) and in the port;^[3] and the treasurer of the People shall give the money for the inscribing; and to praise those [Chalkidians?] and Karystians who helped [the Eretrians?] . . . the general . . . ; (25) and to praise . . . . . .

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References:

IG II³ 1 399 (Translated text) (PHI) (IG Online)

IG II² 125 (PHI)

Syll.³ 191

RO 69

IALD 185 no. 6, 379 no. 6, 404

IALD II 33

Translation by: Stephen Lambert

Images: Krateros - (1)
Ohio - (1)

Monument type: Stele

Inscription type: Decree (People)

Original location: Acropolis

Findspot: Acropolis (EM 6964)

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[1] Well known as a virulent anti-Macedonian politician, he also proposed IG II³ 1, 316. See J. K. Davies, in S. D. Lambert ed., Sociable Man. Studies … Nick Fisher (2011), 11-23. This decree is more rhetorical and aggressive in tone than any from this period. [2] The reference is now usually taken to be a controversial expedition of 348 BC, led by Phokion and Hegesileos, in support of Ploutarchos, tyrant of Eretria (criticised by Demosthenes 5.5, cf. schol. ad Dem. 19.290). In this case the decree may have been passed in the aftermath of the expedition, or somewhat later, perhaps ca. 343. Cf. IG II³ 1, 398. S. Laursen, ZPE 212, 2019, 102-8, however, suggests that the occasion of Hegesippos' decree might have been an intervention by Philip II in Eretria in favour of the pro-Macedonian party, led by 1,000 mercenaries under the command of Hipponikos (later reinforced, Dem. 9. 57-58). This intervention was successfully countered by an Athenian expedition led by Phokion in 341/0 BC, which "restored democracy" in Eretria (FGrH 328 Philochoros F 160). There is no indication that Hipponikos' expedition originated in Attica or had Athenian support, but Laursen speculates that Hipponikos may have been an Athenian and member of the once wealthy family of the genos Kerykes in which the names Kallias and Hipponikos were common (APF pp. 254-70). [3] The stele erected in this unusual location was apparently intended to discourage those contemplating expeditions which would breach the terms of the decree. On this and in general on the places of erection of inscribed laws and decrees at Athens in this period see IALD II, 19-46 (this inscription, p. 33) (SEG 68.12).

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