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The Places of Publication of Athenian State Decrees

from the 5th century bc to the 3rd century ad1

This article is the product of a first stage of an investigation of the placement of inscriptions in ancient

Greece. A reading of the circa 1679 state decrees of ancient Athens of which at least some fragment survives on stone has revealed 553 clauses relating to place of publication surviving in different degrees of preservation.2 I have ascertained the attested places of publication, the change in these locations over

time, and suggest some preliminary explanations. Previous modern work on this subject is scarce,

owing to the difficulties in collating all the state decrees as the primary source of information. Two

recent general studies have dwelt upon the Athenian tendency to place their inscriptions in sacred

places. Robin Osborne interprets this phenomenon as an appeal for divine protection, while H?lkes

kamp perceives a movement over the fifth and fourth centuries away from religious locations.3 Others

have noted the tendency to set up inscriptions in conspicuous places, or places with relevance to the

content of the inscriptions.4

The Akropolis

The Akropolis was the original place of publication for Athenian state decrees and was the findspot of

the earliest extant Attic state decree (IG I31). From the fifth century onwards, honorary decrees (IG I3

113 line 28; 164 line 9), regulations for Athenians and non-Athenians (IG I3 10 lines 25-6; 46 line 22);

1 Deep gratitude is owed to Stephen Lambert for reading several drafts of this article, and for numerous discussions of

the material and ideas involved. Thanks are due to Graham Oliver for reading a draft, and to Angelos Matthaiou for

discussion. This work has been discussed at the Graduate Work-in-Progress Seminar, Oxford, October, 2001, and at the

Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Glasgow, February, 2002. I am grateful to the Pollard Fund of Wadham

College, Oxford, for financial assistance towards trips to Athens.

All dates are BC unless stated.

Abbreviations used:

Ag.: The Athenian Agora: Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School at Athens, i-, Princeton, 1953?.

Aleshire: Aleshire, S. B., The Athenian Asklepieion: The People, their Dedications, and their Inventories, Amsterdam, 1989.

Lawton: Lawton, C, Attic Document Reliefs, Oxford, 1995.

Nat.: Osborne, M, Naturalization in Athens, Brussels, 1981-3.

Osborne, 1999: Osborne, R., Inscribing Performance, 341-58 in S. Goldhill and R. Osborne (eds.), Performance Culture and

Athenian Democracy, Cambridge, 1999.

Parker, 1996: Parker, R. C. T., Athenian Religion: A History, Oxford, 1996.

Reinmuth, 1971: Reinmuth, O., The Ephebic inscriptions of the Fourth Century BC, Leiden, 1971 Rhodes, 2001: Rhodes, P. J., Public Documents in the Greek States: Archives and Inscriptions. Part I, G&R 48, 2001, 33-44.

Schwenk: Schwenk, C, Athens in the Age of Alexander: The dated laws and decrees of 'The Lykourgan Era', 338-322 BC,

Chicago, 1985.

Stroud, 1998: Stroud, R., An Athenian Grain Tax Law of 374 BC, Princeton, 1998.

2 The clause relating to the place of publication consisted usually of a clause of one of KaTaGeiVai, KcrraO?Tco, Ge?va?,

6?Tw, aTf)aai, cmriaaTto, ?vaypcu|;ai, TTpoaavayp?iJ;ai, followed by ?v or ei?, and the location. On the formulae, see Henry, A. S., The Attic State Secretariat and Provisions for Publication and Erecting Decrees, Hesperia 71, 2002, at 94-7.

3 K.-J. H?lkeskamp, (In-)Schrift und Monument. Zum Begriff des Gesetzes im archaischen und klassischen Griechen

land, ZPE 132, 2000, 73-96, especially 88-95; id., Written Law in Archaic Greece, PCPhS 38, 1992, 97-117, especially 97-102; cf. J. Bodel, in id. (ed.), Epigraphical Evidence: Ancient History from Inscriptions, London, 2001, 9, 23-4;

Osborne, 1999, especially 346-7.

4 S. Lewis, News and Society in the Greek Polis, London, 1996, 130-1; M. D?tienne, L'espace de la publicit?: ses

operateurs intellectuels dans la cit?, in id. (ed.), Les savoirs de l'?criture en Gr?ce ancienne, Paris, 1988, 29-81; M.

Richardson, The Location of Inscribed Laws in Fourth Century Athens, IG II2 244, on Rebuilding the Walls of the Peiraieus

(337/6 BC), in P. Flensted-Jensen (et al.) (eds.), Polis and Politics: Studies in Ancient Greek History Presented to Mogens Herman Hansen on his Sixtieth Birthday, August 20, 2000, Copenhagen, 2000, 601-15.

80 P. Liddel

90 line 9), decrees concerning the treatment of allies (IG I3 43 line 19; 68 line 26), treaties (IG I3 11 lines 11-2, and other agreements were set up on the Akropolis. Overall, the Akropolis was the most

common place of publication for Athenian state decrees. Of the decrees of all periods with extant places of publication, 64% were set up solely on the Akropolis or with a second copy on the Akropolis (see

table 1).

The proportion of Akropolis to non-Akropolis decrees was highest in the fifth and fourth centuries.

However, in the periods after 301/0 on average less than half of the decrees with extant places of

publication were set up on the Akropolis (see table 1). Over time there was a pattern of incomplete

dispersal away from the Akropolis. This pattern might be exemplified with reference to the probably

setting up there of an honorary decree for two doctors in the period 440-25 (IG I3 164).5 Many later

honorary decrees for medics were set up at the Asklepieion.6 However, the Asklepieion did not exist in

Athens until 420/19 BC.7 Thus this fifth century decree reveals the way in which inscriptions that later

might have been set up in a specialized location were in the fifth century sent to the Akropolis.

Why was the Akropolis the most frequent place of publication?

The tendency to set up state decrees on the Akropolis illustrates both the concern to erect inscriptions at

places most relevant to their content and also the more general understanding of the Akropolis as the

heart of the Athenian polis, as a conspicuous place and as a religious sanctuary.

The fact that Athenians called the Akropolis 'polis' throughout the fifth century is one indication

that they regarded it as the practical centre of their city-state.8 The myth of the Akropolis as the

birthplace of Erichthonios, the autochthonous first Athenian citizen, illustrates that the Athenians

considered it to be the spiritual heart of their polis.9 Citizens and visitors to Athens would frequently

have had reason to go up to the Akropolis,10 as participants in processions,11 tribute-bearers (IG I3 71

line 57), for the exchange of contracts,12 or to make dedications.13 Visitors to Athens without business

on the Akropolis might have made a visit there for sightseeing. Such occasions would give a chance for

Athenians and non-Athenians to notice decrees set up there. The physical conspicuousness of the

Akropolis would have enhanced the honour bestowed by an inscription set up there. At times, the

decrees competed with the monuments of the Akropolis for the attention of the visitor. This is

particularly clear in the case of the honorary decree for Arybbas the King of the Molossi (IG II2 226;

Lawton 122). This inscription is 2.43 metres high and contains two reliefs, referring to the King's

victories at the Olympia and the Pythia. As her most important treasury, the Athenians inscribed public debtors and accounts there,14 as well

as decrees concerning financial transactions including the tribute (e.g. IG I3 68). Inscriptions are works

5 The publication clause of this decree is restored as 'KaT[a0?Vai ?\i tt?X?i vacat\ (fr. a line 9), a restoration made

possible by the fact that fragment (a) was found on the Akropolis, and fragment (b) in between the theatres of Dionysus and

Herodes Atticus. The vacat need not be a problem: for 'irrational' vacant spaces, see Ag. xvi p. 247.

6 IG II2 304+604 = Schwenk 14 lines 11-2; IG II2 483 lines 30-1, although cf. Schwenk 88 lines 11-12. 7

Parker, 1996, 175.

8 R. Meiggs, The Athenian Empire, Oxford, 1972, 520-1.

9 Cf. N. Loraux, Children of Athena, tr. C. Levine, Princeton, 1983, 6-15.

10 J. Hurwit, The Athenian Akropolis, Cambridge, 1999, 48-57; cf. Osborne, 1999, 346-7.

11 Harpokration s.v. skaphephorov, SEG xxxi 67.

12 Isoc. 17 Trapeziticus 18, 20; Dem. 36.15-6; And. 1.42.

13 A. E. Raubitschek, Dedications from the Athenian Akropolis: A Catalogue of Inscriptions of the Sixth and Fifth Centuries BC, Cambridge, Mass., 1949, 466-7.

14A. Boeckh, Die Staatshaushaltung der Athener, I?II3, Berlin, 1886, at I, 458. Demosthenes says that state debtors are

to be written on a sanis and left in the temple of Athena ([Dem.) 25.69-70; cf. Dem. 58.48). The treasurers of Athena set up

many types of account and inventory on the Akropolis: S. Lambert, Radones Centesimarum, Amsterdam, 1997, 272.

The Places of Publication of Athenian State Decrees 81

of artistic display in their own right, and added to the aesthetic impression of the monuments,

dedications and sculpture on the Akropolis. The artistic effect not only of reliefs but also of the lettering of many fifth century decrees set up on the Akropolis is notable (IG I3 1 ; IG I3 4).15 Hyperides' assertion

that the garbage dumps at the crossroads near the statues of Hekate would be a more suitable place for

the proxeny decree for an Olynthian proposed by Demades than the usual holy places is a joke

parodying the usual practice.16 The placement of a decree on the Akropolis, a sanctuary of the Gods,

isolated from the distractions of a residential area or a region of political activity, would have granted a

religious aura.17 The superscript 'Geoi' appeared frequently on laws and decrees (Schwenk 3, 17; IG II2

140; Stroud, 1998).18 This reflects the general trend for apparently secular institutions to be infused with

a wider concern for ritual practice.19 Table 2 indicates that until the period after 86 BC, the vast majority of inscriptions set up on the

Akropolis lacked any reference to their exact location. Indeed, the number of inscriptions bearing a

specific place of publication on the Akropolis was small. Table 3 represents a breakdown of the

locations on the Akropolis used for Attic state decrees. The most common specific place of publication,

occurring six times, is the temple of Athena Polias. Decrees were set up at this cult location because

their subject matter or honorands were connected with cults located there (ABSA 21 p. 159 line 25 = IG

II2 1036+1060;20 IG I3 7 line 5; IG II2 1035 a lines 15-6; cf. SEG xxxiii 115 line 36), because of the location of a statue of the honorand (IG II2 983 lines 10-11), or in the case of the decree regulating the

award of citizenship. In the cases of the treaty with the Lacedaimonians and the decree regulating the

award of citizenship (IG II2 687 line 44, 1055 lines 24-5), placement at this location, or other prominent

constructions,21 added monumental significance and augmented the religious protection bestowed by the Akropolis.

The Agora

The publication of decrees in the Agora was rare before the Lycurgan period. It became more popular in

the period 352/1-322/1, reaching 8.3%, and was the most common place of publication in the periods after 229 BC (see table 1). The rising proportion of decrees set up in the Agora is in part due to the

introduction of new genres of honorary decree. Honorary inscriptions for prytaneis and bouleutai were

published annually only after the overthrow of Demetrius of Phaleron.22 Of the decrees containing

places of publication in the Agora in the periods 301/0-229, 229-86 and post 86 BC, 15, 57 and 7

respectively belong to this class, of which 15, 49 and 6 respectively were set up in the Agora. The

inclination towards the Agora is slightly less marked when we exclude this type of decree from the

totals: for the period 301/2-229, 58% are preserved as being set up on the Akropolis and 32% in the

Agora; for the period 229-86, 47% Akropolis and 34% Agora; for the period after 86 BC, the

percentages are 42% Akropolis and 33% Agora.

^ Photographs: see R. Austin, The Stoichedon Style in Greek Inscriptions, London, 1938, tab. 4 and 5. See also the

photograph of IG I3 4 on the website of the Epigraphical Museum, at http://www.culture.gr. 16 '?v tol? oCuGuploic f\ ott\\t) aTaGdri f| ?v toi? f||ieT?poi? Upo'is': Hyp. fr. Jensen 14.79.

17 Osborne, 1999.

18 Dr G. J. Oliver has read an omicron of the declaration at the top of the decree about the agoranomoi (IG II2 380). This is visible in the squeeze at the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents, Oxford.

19 Aesch. 1.23 with N. Fisher, Aeschines ' Against Timarchus, Cambridge, 2001, 146-7.

20 S. B. Aleshiref and S. D. Lambert have just published a new edition of this decree (ZPE 142, 2003, 65-86). 21 On the setting up of decrees by the statue of Athena Promachos, see S. Dusanic, The Attic-Chian Alliance (IG II2

34) and the Troubles in Greece' of the late 380s BC, ZPE 133, 2000, 21-30, esp. 25; D. Lewis and R. Stroud, Athens

honours King Euagoras of Salamis, Hesperia 48, 1979, 180-93, at 192-3; cf. Lawton, p. 122.

22 Meritt and Trail 1, Ag. xv, p. 2.

82 P. Liddel

The other category of inscriptions frequently set up in the Agora are honorary decrees for ephebes and their officials. Publication of honorary decrees for ephebes began in the late 330s, in places specific to ephebic activity, at the sanctuary of Artemis Mounichia and Panakton (SEG xxxix 110; xxxviii 67),

but were regularly set up in the Agora. Of the decrees of these three periods, 3, 15 and 2 respectively were decrees in honour of ephebes or their officials, of which 3, 13 and 0 were set up in the Agora. In

terms of percentages, excluding prytany decrees and decrees for ephebes and their officials, for the

period 301/0-229 60% of decrees were set up in the Akropolis and 30% Agora; 229-86 57% Akropolis and 23% Agora; and post 86 50% Akropolis and 40% Agora. However, even excluding these new

genres, it is possible to detect a gradual increase in the numbers of decrees set up in the Agora. This was

perhaps owing to a degree of crowdedness on the Akropolis. However, for the most part, the movement

away from the Akropolis seems only to have included those inscriptions whose content was relevant to

a specific location in Athens or Attica outside the Akropolis.

Why were decrees set up in the Agora?

Table 4 shows that the earliest state decrees set up in what we now know as the Agora refer to specific

locations without mentioning the 'Agora' itself.23 Very few decrees non-ephebic decrees were set up in

the Agora without any indication of a specific location.24 Therefore, many of the inscriptions set up at

specific locations in the Agora may be explained by a specific relationship between their content and

their location (see table 5). For instance, the charter of the Second Athenian Confederacy of 378/7 was

set up '-napa t?v Ata 'EXeuO?piov' (IG II2 43.65-6). Osborne has argued that this inscription was

erected in the Agora as a more accessible place for an inscription that needed constant updating.25 To

this we might add that 'beside the statue of Zeus Eleutherios" represents an exceptional place of

publication which had some propaganda value, giving the impression that eleutheria would be retained

by member-states of this alliance (cf. Dem. 15.3-4). The Athenians, anxious to distinguish this alliance

from the Athenian Empire, perhaps deliberately avoided setting up the charter of the new confederacy

on the Akropolis in proximity to the Athenian Tribute Lists.

Other Locations

The Athenian tendency to set up decrees at places relevant to their substantive content meant that state

decrees of Athens could be set up in various unique locations (see table 6). On the whole, however, the

practice was rare: only 6.5% of decrees were set up in central Athens in locations other than the Agora

and Akropolis and only 5.8% of decrees were set up in Attica outside Athens. When we look for

explanations, the situation seems rather similar to that in the Agora: the guiding principle was the

relevance of location to the content of the decree. Decrees set up at the Amphiareion at Oropos were all

directly relevant to that shrine. State decrees set up at the Piraeus were associated with various activities

that took place there, including cult,26 commerce,27 military activity,28 and ephebes.29 Decrees set up in

23 IG I3 27 lines 9-10 of c. 450/49; cf. IG I3 82 line 43; 104 line 78. 24

Only three non-ephebic decrees have extant the place of publication '?v ttJl dyopai' (IG II2 791, Ag. xvi 224, Nat. D

95. Six other non-ephebic decrees are restored as having this place of publication (IG II2 125, 676, 829, 875, Ag. xvi 188,

S?Gxiv71). 25

Osborne, 1999,347.

26 IG I3 136 lines 38-9, cf. Xen. Hell. 2.4.11 ; IG II2 1035; IG II2 380; IG II2 337; IG II2 47; SEG xxi 241 ; Lawton 22.

27 IG II2 212.46-7 with Dem. 20. 36 and Koumanoudes, Athenaion vi, 154.

28 IG II2 125; IG II2 834; cf. SEG xxxiv 94 lines 20-1. On the strategeion in the Piraeus, see R. Garland, The Piraeus,

New York, 1987, 80. Two other decrees, concerning naval administration, are dated to 440-25 and 435-20 were found at

Piraeus and 'in colle Munichiae' respectively (IG I3 153 and 154). 29 IG II2 478d line 30 = Reinmuth 17. For ephebic activity at the Piraeus, see Garland, 1987, 80, 169, 197.

The Places of Publication of Athenian State Decrees 83

the regions of the sanctuary of Dionysus refer to the cult of Dionysus (IG II2 410 of c. 338/7).30 A

similar pattern of relevance appears in those decrees found in the archaeological sites in the environs of

the theatre. The honorary decree for Dionysius of Syracuse and his family of 393 was proposed by a

Dithyrambic poet at the time of the Lenaia (IG II2 18; cf. Lawton 16).31 The decree concerning the

Methonians (IG I3 61; cf. Lawton 2) discusses the assessment of the tribute of the Methonians (lines

6-9),32 and provides for arbitration between Perdiccas and the Methonians, and if necessary, the

sending of ambassadors by both parties to the Dionysia (line 25). Decrees set up at the Asklepieion are

either honorary decrees for priests of the cult,33 inventories of the cult,34 or honorary decrees for

doctors.35 Those found at or around the Asklepieion relate to the same subjects.36 Decrees set up at

Eleusis and the city Eleusinion concern the cult of the Mysteries or other Eleusinian matters.37 The

decree of 352/1 concerning the disputed sacred or gas between the Megarians and the Athenians was set

up'[T?iv]p?v ' EXeixjivi TTpo? tcol TrpofTTUXwi too iepoi), tv\v Se ?v tool

' EXetyaivicoi tool ?v

?aT6L' (IG II2 204.56-7). Positioned at the propylon, the decree would have been well exposed to the

gaze of initiands.

The Place of Publication of Decrees outside Attica

The frequency of the erection of Athenian state decrees outside Attica was highly sensitive to factors

such as the existence of an empire, Athens' relations other states and in particular Delos, and the

participation of Athenians in the affairs of other cities (see tables 1 and 7). The setting up both inside

and outside Attica of treaties was rare, but continued until the mid-third century (IG II2 687 of 268/7). As far as bilateral treaties go, the most common place of publication is in both Athens in the Akropolis and in the other city in a temple of some kind,38 or in a place relevant to the Athenians.39 The setting up of Greek inter-state treaties at inter-state sanctuaries was a commonplace activity, and is known at

Olympia, Delphi and Isthmia.40 Decrees of the Athenians concerning regulations on states of the fifth

century empire or fourth century alliance were set up in the states of the Athenian hegemony (e.g. IG I3

1453; cf. ibid. 1454, bis, ter), and sometimes also in Athens.41 The practice of inscribing honorary decrees in the city of the honorand took place in the fifth century but became more common after the

30 This was perhaps intended originally for publication at the theatre of Dionysos in Piraeus: see S. Lambert, Ten Notes on Attic Inscriptions, ZPE 135, 2001, 51-62 at 52. 338/7 is Lambert's dating.

31 K?hler, Hermes 3, 1869, 158. 32 For the bringing in of the tribute of the allies in the fifth century to the theatre, see Z. ad Ar. Ach. 504; Isoc. de Pace

82.

33 Schwenk 54; IG II2 775. 34 Aleshire, V and VI. 35 IG II2 483 lines 30-1 ; cf. Schwenk 14 lines 11-2. 36 IG II2 976; SEG xviii 27; IG II2 772; SEG xviii 26; SEG xxxixl40; IG II2 1033; IG II2 1046. 37 Eleusis: IG I3 32.32-4; IG II2 204.56-7; IG I3 78.50-1; IG II2 847.53-4; IG II2 949.21; Eleusinion: IG I3 32, II2 204,

1078; cf. IG II2 661; Ag. xvi 220; Ag. xvi 206; IG II2 1045 + SEG iii 194 + K. Clinton The Sacred Officials of the Eleusinian

Mysteries^ 1974, pi 19 App. 2 lines 14-5; Ag. xvi 228; Ag. xvi 123; IG II2 1078; Ag. xvi 239. Decrees lacking an extant place of publication have been found at these sites: IG I3 5; cf. IG I3 58; IG I3 79; SEG xxx 93; IG II2 683; Ag. xxxi pp. 65, 67 with table 2.

38 IG I3 76.22-3 and 28; IG II2111.22-5; cf. Thuc. 5.18.10 and 23.5; Thuc. 5.47.11.

39 IG II2 44.16-7; cf. IG II2 329.13; cf. SEG xxx 64. 40 SEG xviii 239; Thuc. 5.18.10, 47.11; Paus. 5.23.4. D. Steiner, The Tyrant's Writ: Myth and Images of Writing in

Ancient Greece, Princeton, 1994, 66 with n. 17.

41 IG I3 15.42-4; IG I3 37.39, 42-3; IG I3 101.43-5; IG I3 40.58-63. Fourth century: SEG xlv 126.3-5; SEG xxvi 1282.

84 P. Liddel

end of the Athenian empire.42 The setting up of honorary decrees for Athenians outside Athens was

related to their activity abroad.43

The Place of publication of post-404/3 laws

Nine Athenian laws survive on stone from the fourth century.44 Like decrees, they were set up in places relevant to their content. For instance, the law about silver coinage of 375 was set up '?v [?a]Tei p?p

p6Ta?? TGov TpaiT??wv, ?\x. TTeipai?L Se Trpo[a]06v rf\? ott]\t\? toi) TToael[S]a)vos,, (SEG xxvi

72.45-6), thus allowing reference to the legislation in case of dispute.45 The places of publication of

laws reflect other more general considerations of relevance, such as proximity to related legislation (IG

II2 140.32-5), or a cult location (SEG xl 91; Ag. xvi 56). As is the case with state decrees, laws

concerning religious or financial matters were placed on the Akropolis (Schwenk 21; IG II2 45).46

Unattested places of publication

Certain locations attested as places for the erection of honorary statues do not occur as places of

publication for decrees.47 In some cases, these absences may be owing to the fact that decrees and laws

set up at these locations have been lost. Some places where state decrees have been regularly found are

also absent from the record of places of publication. One notable case is the south slope of the

Akropolis, the find-spot of many honorary decrees and treaties, and which was used for the erection of

choregic dedications. Many of the decrees found there probably fell or were thrown from the Akropolis at points between original erection and their excavation. It remains difficult to ascertain whether '?p TT?Xa' or '?v dicpoTr?Xei' might refer to the slopes of the Akropolis as well as the Akropolis itself. Only a study of the findspots on Attic state decrees would present possible answers to this question.

Conclusions

The Akropolis, owing to its function as a religious sanctuary, its high degree of conspicuousness,

centrality in Athenian conceptions of their polis and its multi-faceted functions, was the original place

of publication for inscriptions recording decrees. The place of publication of decrees was frequently directed by the relevance of a given location to the substantive content of the decree. Accordingly, decrees were sometimes set up at a specified location on the Akropolis. Relevance of location to

substantive content explains also the setting up of decrees in places outside the Akropolis. This

tendency is most obvious from those inscriptions set up in the Agora, which were set up in a specific location within that space more frequently than simply '?v ttJl ?yop?i'. There was an incomplete

pattern of dispersal away from the Akropolis after 301/0, perhaps owing to the crowdedness of the

Akropolis. The inclination to set up decrees and laws in locations specific to their content meant that

42 IG I3 156.24-6; Nat. D 5 line 40; SEG xlv 59.6-8. 43 Delos: / Delos 88.22-5 of 369; BCH 121 (1997) pp. 154-5 lines 49-50; / Delos 1500.30-1 ; 1508.23-4. Aianteion in

Salamis: IG II2 1008.87; SEG xv 104 lines 140-1. 44

Stroud, 1998, 15-6. For the distinctions in enactment and substance of laws and decrees post-403 BC, see M. H.

Hansen, The Athenian Ecclesia: A Collection of Articles, 1976-83, Copenhagen, 161-206.

45 Cf. Ag. xvi 73 lines 23-7 with S. Koumanoudes, Aiop?orriKa, Horos 4, 1986, 157-8; Schwenk 3 with M.

Richardson, The Location of Inscribed Laws in Fourth Century Athens, IG II2 244, on Rebuilding the Walls of the Peiraieus

(337/6 BC), in Polis and Politics: Studies in Ancient Greek History Presented to Mogens Herman Hansen on his Sixtieth

Birthday, August20, 2000, Copenhagen, 2000, 601-15, and Gauthier BE (2001), 171;Stroud, 1998, 1.

46 On IG II2 45, see V. Gabrielsen, The diadikasia documents, C&M 38, 1987, 39-51.

47 '?v TfjL ' AttcxXou oro?i' and '?v twl T7To\e|iau?i yv\?vaoU?C ; cf. A. Henry, Honours and Privileges in Athenian

Decrees, Hildesheim, 1983, 302.

The Places of Publication of Athenian State Decrees 85

this dispersal affected those inscriptions whose content was seen to be relevant to a given location

outside the Akropolis. Further work on this subject might elucidate some of the preliminary explanations proposed in this

article. An analysis of the findspots of Athenian state decrees, in particular those relating to prytaneis, bouleutai and ephebes and their officials might focus attention on the correlation between the places of

activity of these groups and the location of the decrees passed in honour of them. Such a study might also shine light on the relationship between the quantity of buildings in any given area and the

frequency of epigraphical publication there. Similarly, a survey of the placement of the inscriptions of

Attic tribes, demes, phratries and other corporate groups and also inscribed dedications would provide more insight into the topographical significance of the places of publication of Athenian state decrees.

Table 1 : The places of publication of Attic state decrees

DATE In Akropolis In Agora (including Eleusinion)

Other central

Athens including

Asklepieion,

Dionysus

Attica outside city of Athens

Outside Attica, or

with additional

copy outside

Attica

Total of state

decrees with

preserved place of

publication

469-395/4 71+2(89%) 3+2 (2.7%) 6+1 (8.5%) 2+6 (9.8%) 82

394/3-378/7 28 (96.6%) 1 (3.4%) +1 (3.4%) +1 (3.4%) 29

377/6-353/2 37+1 (100%) + 1 (2.6%) 1+2 (7.9%) 38

352/1-322/1 66+2(81.0%) 4+3 (8.3%) 3 (3.6%) 10+2

(14.3%)

1+2 (3.6%) 84

321/0-318/7 8(88.9%) (11.1%) 317/6-302/1 41 (85.4%) 4 (8.3%) 2 (4.2%) (2.1%) 48

301/0-229 49+1 (49.1%) 42+1 (42.2%) 7 (6.7%) 3 (2.9%) 1(1.0%) 102

229-86 39+1 (28.2%) 75+3 (54.9%) 16+1

(12.0%)

5+1 (4.2%) 7+4 (7.0%) 142

Post 86 BC 4+1 (26.3%) 9+1 (52.6%) 5+1 (31.6%) 1+2

(15.8%)

19

Totals 343+8

(63.5%)

139+10

(26.9%)

33+3

(6.5%)

26+6

(5.8%)

12+16

(5.1%)

553

Principles of organization of the basic table (Table 1)

My starting point for this table is the earliest dated decree preserving a clause recording a place of publication (IG I3 10, dated to 469-50). Date divisions refer to important political events, with the exception of 394/3, the first restored occurrence

of ?v dKpoTT?Xet (IG II2 19b.9?10). Where inscriptions are of uncertain date, I have calculated a mean point and inserted

them in the table accordingly. Therefore an inscription dated to 317-302 would assume a date of 310-9 for the purposes of

this article and would be placed in the table accordingly. The supplementary figures in each column (+X) indicate secondary or tertiary places of publication. In cases where a decree states more than one place of publication in Athens, I have taken the

first place as the primary one, and the inscription has entered the table under this primary location. In such cases I have not

given priority to whichever of the copies is extant: this would be confusing in cases where the stone had moved since the

time of publication from the Akropolis to the agora and vice versar* However, with regard to those stones with places of

publication outside Athens, as there is less likelihood of such confusion,^ I have given priority to the extant copy. Owing to

the existence of multiple places of publication of documents, the percentages in the tables add up to more than 100%.

48 On the movement of a horos to the Akropolis, see S. Lambert, Notes on Two Attic Horoi, ZPE 110, 1996, 77 n. 3.

According to Pittakis, before the Greek war of independence, marble slabs were removed from the area around the church of

the Hypapanti and were carried off and used in other parts of the city for building material: Arch. Eph. 1852, p. 677 with n.

1 ; cf. Ag. xxxi 3 with n. 9.

49 However, for the movement of stones between Attica, Aigina and Salamis, see J. Cargill, Athenian Settlements of the

Fourth Century BC, Leiden, 1995, 123-4.

86 P. Liddel

Table 2: Decrees on the Akropolis

DATE Total number of de crees set up in Akro

polis or Akropolis and

other location

em polei alone en Akropolei alone em polei/ en

Akropolei with added

details of location

em poleilen

Akropolei with

other copy in

Attica

em polei/en

Akropoliei with

other copy outside

Attica

469-395/4 73 6150(83.6%) 251 (2.7%) 352 (4.1 %) 753 (9.6%) 394/3-378/7 28 13(46.4%) 1254(42.9%) l55 (3.6%) I56 (3.6%) l57 (3.6%) 377/6-353/2 38 1 58(2.7%) 32(84.2 %) 259 (5.3%) 360 (7.9%) 352/1-322/1 68 62(91.2%) 2+161 (5.9%) 262 (2.9%) 263 2.9%)

50 The first case of '?p ttoX?i' as a place of publication is the decree of the demos and houle arranging a symbola

agreement with Phaseiis, IG I3 10.26, '|?p TT?Xa ]' dated between 469-50.

51 IG I3 7 concerning the Praxiergidai: '[?p tt?X?l ?ttlcf|0 v to" ve? T?dpxlaio]' (a lines 5-6); (2) IG I3 12 treaty with Halikyai: '[?p TT?Xet ?v t?? a?T? aT?Xet ?v h? ?vay?ypaTrraL Ka]l Trepl

' E[yeaTa?ov Ta ?cf)a?(j)Lap?va]' (lines 5-6).

52 (1) IG I3 71 concerning the tribute of 425/4: '[T?p p?v ?v t?t ?o|X6u|Tep][oL r?\v ?? ?p TT?Xa]' (lines 24-5); (2) IG

I3 78 about the first fruits at Eleusis of 422: 't6v p?v 'EXeuotvi ?v t?t hiep?i, T?v ?? heT?pav [?]p tt?X?l' (lines 50-1); (3) IG I3 27 proxeny of c. 450/9: '?p tt?X?[l ?crr?XeL Kal ?v] t?l ?ouXeuTelpioi |' (lines 9-10).

53 (1) IG I3 15 the decree and oath for the Erythraeans of c. 450: '[?p tt?X|6l,

' E|pi)0|p?~|a|L ?? ?v T?T ?icp|oTTO\ei t?v

(?>p?papxov ?vaypa(|)aa]l Ta?|Tav'| (lines 43-5); (2) IG I3 37 related to Kolophon of 447/6: '?p TT?Xa' and '[?v t?ttol ?toi T?TT6L KoXo(f))ovLov ? v?pos1' (lines 39-43); (3) IG I3 40 concerning Chalcis of 446/5: '?? tt?Xlv ... ?v ?? XoXkl?l ?v t?t

hiep?i t? Al?? t? 'OXupmo' (lines 60-63); (4) IG I3 76 treaty with Bottiaeans of 422: ' '

A0evaio? p?v ?p TT?Xe[i]\ '[BoTTiaji'oL ... ?v tol? hLepOLS' K]aTa TroXe?' (lines 22-8); (5) IG I3 101 about the Neapolitans of 410/9: '[?p Tr?Xa]' and

'?v ?? N?ai TT?Xr|L ... ?v t?l Up?T tt\? TTapG?vo' (lines 43-5); (6) IG I3 156 for Le?nidas of Halicarnassus of 440-25: '?p tt?X?l' and '?v haXiKapvaacr?T ?v t?l kep?L t?

' Att?XXovo?' (lines 24-6); (7) Nat. D 5 line 40 for Samians of 403/2: '[??

Z?]pcoL' and in Athens '?? tt?XlIv]' (line 39 cf. 66-7). 54 The first restored occurrence of '?v aKpoTT?Xa' occurs IG II2 19b.9-10, dated to 394/3 BC. The treaty of 378/7 with

theChalkideanswasset up 'I'AGfilvriaL p?v ?v(kpoTTOXIa ?]v |?? XaX|K??|L ?vT]coL lepc?L ttj?' A0TTva[a?' (IG U2 A4. 16-7). 55 IG II2 34 alliance with Chios of 384/3: '?v dtKpoTT?XfL [Trp?]a0ev TodydXpaTo?' (lines 21-2). 56

Ag. xvi 36 honorary for Sthorys of Thasos of 394/3: '[?v| tt?Xt)l Kal ?v TTuOlV (lines 8-10). 57 IG II2 44 treaty with Chalkideans of 378/7: '[

' A0f||vr|aL p?v ?v dKpoTT?X[a ? [v [?? XaX|KL?[L ?v t|col lepcoL ttj? '

AGirvaLa?' (lines 16-7).

58 The last instance of '?p ir?XeC as the place of publication occurs in a fragmentary proxeny decree of 375-50, '[?p tt?X?i I' in/G II2 55.

59 (1) IG II2 107 praising Mytileneans of 368/7: '[dv|ayp?i|;aL ?? Ka[l| t[?] t|;f?</)L[apa] e\i? ttjv ol\vtt\v ott\\t\v b

?TTe[Kp|ivaTo ? ?fipos* tol? TTpeo?eaL [to'l? Mu]TLXr|v|aL](jav tolIc] p6T? [r le]poLT[a|' (lines 20-2); (2) IG II2 120 concern

ing the writing up of objects in the chalkotheke of 353/2: '6pTrpoa0ev Tf?s* xaXKO0f|KT|[sT (line 19). 60

(1) / Delos 1.88 the antigraphon of the proxeny for Pythodoros the Delian of 369: 'aTffaaL ?v tcol iepeol twl

AttoXXcovo? ?v At|Xcol' (lines 24-5); (2) IG II2 111 the agreement concerning Ioulis of 363/2: '?v tcol iepcik t? ' AttoXXojvos' t?

TTu0lo, Ka0?TT6p ?v Kap0aiaL ?vayeypapp?vaL eloL ... Kal crrfjaaL ?v aKpoTT?XeL' (lines 22-3); (3) ?G II2 55 the decree about

Athens and Aphytis of 375/50: '?v ' A(f>?nr|L Kal| ?p TToTa?a[[aL Kal ?v 'OX?v0a)L ...

?p tt?X6l|' (lines 5-8). 61

(1) IG II2 264 for Iatrokles of 352-35: '[?v (kpoiTOXa Trapa tt]\v tou TTaTp?[? ott?XtivI' (lines 1-3); (2) IG II2 326 a

fragmentary decree (not certainly a state decree) of 352-35: '[?v tcol lepcoT Tfj? ' Ap|T?pL?o?' (lines 2-3); (3) IG II2 365 the

decree for Lapyres of 323/2: '\e\ic tt\v gtt\\\t)v tt\v ?v] aKpoTT?XeL ?[v| f|L y?ypaTTTaL ' Exev[?pOTcoL] KXecovatcoL tcol

Tfpoy?vcoL Tc?T AaTTUpLO? r\ TTpo^evla' (b lines 13-6); 62 (1) IG II2 125 concerning Eretria of 343: '?v aKpoTr[?XeL Kal ?v ttjl ?yopou] Kal ?v tcol XLp?vL' (lines 18-9). As

Rhodes has pointed out, the restoration ?v ttjl ?yopdL is without precedent at this date and is therefore insecure, Rhodes,

2001, 37 with n. 38. For this and other reasons, the restoration will be omitted in S. D. Lambert's republication of the stone

in IG II3. (2) IG II2 448 the decree of 323 in honour of Euphron of Sicyon was initially decreed to be set up 'tt]v p?v p?av ?v

aicIpoTT?XeL tt^v ?'] ?T?pav ?v ?yopdt Trap[?] t[o|v toi) A[lo? toi) ZcoTfjpo?]' (lines 27-8): see G. J. Oliver, '(Re)-Locating Athenian decrees in the Agora: IG II2 448', in J. S. Traill and D. Jordan (eds.), Lettered Attica (forthcoming); the re

inscription of 317 read: 'ttjp p?v ?v aKpoTT?XeL ttjv ?? Tra|p? t|?v A?a t?v ZcoTfjpa Ka0?Trep ? ?fjpo? ?i|;T|(|)LaaTO [Trp?Te]

pov' (ibid, lines 68-71).

63 (1) SEG xlv 59 concerning Sestos of 360^0: '?v aKpoTT?XeL ??m |f)pepcov

... ?? Kal ] ?v Ztjotcol ... [?v ?yo]p|?L]'

(lines 6-8); (2) IG II2 329 the treaty of the Greeks with Alexander of 336/5: '?p TTijtvt|l ?v tt\? ' hQv\\vas tcol lepc?L]' (line

13); a re-publication of this adds another line '(ml to?? ' A0T]va[ou? ?v otKpoTr?Xa ]' (SEG xxx 64).

The Places of Publication of Athenian State Decrees 87

321/0-318/7 8(100%) 317/6-302/1 41 40 (97.6%) 164(2.4%) 301/0-229 50 42 (84%) 665 (12%) 260 (4%) 229-86 40 32 (80%) 3+l67(10%) 468(10%) l69 (2.5%)

post 86 BC 270 (40%) l + l71 (40%) 272 (40%)

Table 3: Specific locations on the Akropolis

Upon another

stele

Behind

/beside

another stele

In front of statue

of Athena

Promachos

Behind

chalkotheke Sanctuary of

Aglauros

Behind /beside

temple of

Athena Polias

On/in front of

honorarystatue

Other

specific

religious

469-395/4 173 174

394/3-378/7 J75

377/6-353/2 J76 177

64 SEG xli 50 Athens and Sicyon of 303/2: '|?v dKpoTr?XeL Trapa tt\v ' A0r|vdv (?)]' (lines 44-5).

65 (1) Ag. xvi 162 the citizenship decree of c. 200-94: 'Trapa tt\v gtt\\t\\v ?v f) ol TTp|?T[e)pov tt)v TroXLTeiav

Xa[?ovT6c ...]' (lines 18-19); (2) IG II2 695 honorary for the Elaiteans of c. 300-261: '?v dKpoiT?Xa ?v0a Kal t? ̂ (?napa t|6 Trp?Tepov [yev?pevov ?]' (lines 15-6); (3) IG II2 687 the with the Lacedaimonians and other poleis treaty of 268/7 was set up on a bronze stele 'Trapd t?v veco ttj?

' A ?riva? tt\? r?o[XLd?o?)' (lines 44). The stone copy extant is the one referred to

in lines 63-4 '?v lepcoL ?ttou dv ?ou[XcovTaL]'; (4) IG II2 793 for Antigonus Gonatas of 255-34: '[etc t]o ?fjpa ?cj)' ov r\ 6LKcbv aTa0f|a[6TaL|' (lines 9-10); (5) IG II2 663 of 286/5: '?v

' AyX|a?poi>]' (lines 35-6); (6) SEG xxxiii 115 in honour of

the priestess of Aglauros of 247/6 or 246/5: '?v tcol lepcoL Tfj? ' AyXa?pou' (line 36).

66 (\) Nat. D 69 of 295/4: 't[t)v p?v ?v tcol Alov|ucjlcol, tt)v ?' ?v dKpoTr?XeL' (lines 13-4); (2) SEG xlv 101 for

Philippides of 293/2: 'tt^v p?v ?v ' AKp|oTr?XeL, tt\v ?? Trapa tt\v ekl?va' (lines 49-50).

67 (1) IG II2 844 in honour of Eumarides of 229-28: 'Trapd ttiv elK?va' on the Akropolis (line 30); (2) ABS A 21 p. 159 =

IG II2 1036+1060 (see Lambert, ZPE 142, 2003, 65-86) for ergastinai of 108/7: 'Trapd t?v va?v Tfj? ' A0r|vd? Tfj?

TToXLd?o?' (lines 23-5); (3) IG II2 983 for Ptolemy Philometor of c. 169-134 was set up beside his statue which was '[Trapd t?v ve |co t?v ?pxa?ov T|fjs" rToXLaooc]' (lines 5-6); (4) IG II2 1055 of 100 about the award of citizenship was set up '[f] p?v p[a Trapd t?v va?v i\f\s TToXLa?o?

' A0Tyv?s\ f) ?? 6T?|pa

? ?v dyopdL Trap? t?v ?ia|' (lines 24-5). 68

(1) IG II2 847 for the epimeletai of the Eleusinian mysteries of 215/4: 'ttjv p?v ?v Tel a?]Xet to?) iep|o?) to?) ?v

'EXeixj?vL, tv\v ?? ?v aKpoTr]?Xa' (lines 53-4); (2) IG II2 1062 concerning a lawcode of 150-100: '[?v dKpoTr?Xa Kal ?v to'l?

?LKaalTTipLOLs*' (lines 7-8); (3) IG II2 1055 concerning the award of citizenship of c. 100: '[f] p?v p?a Trapd t?v va?v T|f?s* TToXLaooc

' A0ryvds\ r\ ?? ?T?[pa

? ?v dyopdL Trapd t?v Aia]' (lines 24-5); (4) Ag. xvi 322 about weights and balances of c. AD 120: '[?v tol? olkol? ?v o?s Kal Td p?Tpa Kal Ta oTa0p]d KetTaL' (lines 14-5), i.e. on the Akropolis, in the tholos, at

Eleusis and at Piraeus.

69 IG II2 861 for some judges from Lamia of 226-00: 'Tf|p p?v p?av ?v ' A^rivaL? ?v aKpoTr?Xei, ttjv ?? ?T?pav ?v

Aap[aL ?v tcol IKpcoL to?) AlovI?kjodI' (lines 27-8). 70 The last instances of '?v dKpoTr?XeL' as a place of publication can be restored in Chiron 27 (1997) pp. 162-167

concerning the cleruchy at Lemnos of 20 BC (line 57); and Chiron 27 (1997) pp. 159-162 concerning the cleruchy at Lemnos and honouring the negotiating presbeis of 20 BC (line 52).

71 (1) Ag. xvi 341 about the cult of Sebastes of AD 196-217: 'Tra[pd t?v ?v dKpoTr?|XeL ?copov [tcov] Ze?aaTcov' (lines

44-5). (2) IG II2 1035 about the restoration of sanctuaries of c. 27-14 BC: '(t)t]v p?[v ?v dKpoTr[?XeL Trapd [ttjl TT|oXLd?L ' A0Tvv?L, (t)t]v ?' ?v ThpaLeL Trap? tcol ZcoTfjpc Kal ttJ|l

' A0r)vdL ttjl ZcoTecpaLl' (a lines 15-16).

72 (1) IG II2 1035 about the restoration of sanctuaries of c. 27-14 BC: '(t)t]v p?[v ?v dKpoTr]?XeL Trapd [ttjl T7)oXLd?L '

A0T|vdL, (t)t]v ?' ?v ?LpaL6L Trapd tcol ZcoTfjpL Kal ttj[l ' A0r]vdL ttjl ZcoTeipaLJ' (a lines 15-16); (2) SEG xxx 89 of between

AD 140 and 160 set up somewhere in relation to '[to? Al?? to|?) 'EXeu0epLOU ... [Kal 1 toi) Al?? to?) TTav?f|[pou|' (c lines

16-18). 73 IG I3 12 treaty with Halikyai: '[?p Tr?XeL ?v Ta avrei crr?XeL ?v hfL dvay?ypaTTTaL Ka|l irepi 'E|y6OTaL0v Ta

?c()ae(j)Lap?va|'(lines 5-6). 74 IG I3 7 concerning the Praxiergidai: '[?p Tr?XeL ?TTLa|0ev t?" veo t? dpxla?ol' (a lines 5-6); (2) IG I3 12 treaty with

Halikyai: '[?p Tr?XeL ?v T?L a?rr?L aT?XeL ?v h?L dvay?ypaTTTaL Ka|l Trepl 'ElyeaTatov Ta ?(j)aec|)Lap?va|' (lines 5-6). 75 IG II2 34 the oath of the alliance with Chios of 384/3: '?v dKpoTr?XeL |Trp?]a0ev t? dydXpaTo?' (lines 20-2). 7^ IG II2 107 praising the Mytileneans of 368/7: '[dv|aypdij;aL ?? Ka[l| t|?| i(;T]cf)L[apa] e\l? Tfiva)?Tf|v aTfiXrjv ?

?Tre|Kp|LvaTO ? ?fipo? tol? Trpea?eaL [tol? Mu|TLXriv|aL|cov tol[s*| peTd [f Ie|po?T|a|' (lines 20-2). 77 IG II2 120 concerning the writing up of objects in the chalkotheke of 353/2: '?pTrpooDev Tfj? xa^KO?^^!?)' (line 19).

P. Liddel

352/1-322/1 l78 l79 J80

321/0-318/7

317/6-302/1 181

301/0-229 282 283 [84 185

229-86 386 287

post 86BC | 89

Table 4: Decrees in the Agora

DATE Totals Agora alone Prytaneion/ Prytanikon Bouleuterion Eleusinion At another specific location in Agora

469-395/4 290 (40%) 1 (20%) 2 (40%) 394/3-378/7 1 (100%) 377/6-353/2 l91 (100%) 352/1-322/1 l92 (16.7%) 393 (50%) 1 (16.7%) 1 (16.7%) 321/0-318/7 (100%) 317/6-302/1 294 (50%) 1 (25%) 1 (25%)

78 IG II2 365 for Lapyres of 323/2: '[eli? tt)v gtx]\\t\v ttjv ?v| dKpoTr?Xet ?|v| fji y?ypaTTTaL ' Exevl?pOTcoc) KXeco

vaicoL tcol Trpoy?vcoL tcol AaTTUpLO? f] Trpo?evia' (b lines 13-6).

79 IG II2 264 for Iatrokles of 352-35: '[?v dKpoTr?XeL Trapd rr\\v to?) TraTp?[? aTf|Xriv|' (lines 1-3). 80 IG II2 326 (not certainly a state decree) of 352-35: '[?v tcol lepc?T ttj?

' Ap|T?pL?o?' (lines 2-3).

81 SEG xli 50 the alliance between Athens and Sicyon of 303/2: '[?v dKpoTr?XeL Trapd ttjv ' A0Tyvav (?)[' (lines 44-5).

82 (1) Ag. xvi. 162 for Aristotle and Sostratus of c. 200-94: 'Trapd ttjv ?T?pav cn~f|Xr)[v ?v fp o? Trp|?T|e]pov tt)v

TToXLTe?av Xa[?ovTec ...)' (b linesl8-19); (2) IG II2 695 for the demos of Elaiteans of between 300 and 261: '[?v dKpoTr?XeL ?v0a Kal t? t|;f|</>iCFpa t]? Trp?Tepov [yev?pevov)' (lines 15-6).

83 (1) IG II2 663 of 286/5: '?v

' AyX[a?pou|' (lines 35-6); (2) SEG xxxiii 115 in honour of the priestess of Aglauros of

247/6 or 246/5: '?v tcol lepc?T Tfj? ' AyXa?pou' (line 36).

84/G II2 687 the treaty with the Lacedaimonians and other pole is of 268/7 was set up on a bronze stele 'Trapd t?v veco

TT\? ' A0r)vds' tt)? TToIXlooosT (lines 44). The stone copy extant is the one referred to in lines 63-4 '?v lepan ?ttou ?v

?ou[XcovTaL|'. 85 IG II2 793 for Antigonus Gonatas of between 255 and 234 '|el? t|? ?fjpa ?cj)' ov f\ etKcov crra0f)cr[eTaL |' (lines 8-10). 86

(1) ABS A 21 p. 159 = IG II2 1036+1060 (see Lambert, ZPE 142, 2003, 65-86) of 108/7 for erganistai: 'Trapd t?v va?v Tfj9 AOriv?s* rf\? TToXc?oo?' (lines 23-5); (2) IG II2 983 for Ptolemy Philometor of c. 169-134 was set up beside his

statue which was '[Trapd t?v ve|co t?v ?pxatov t[t)? TToXc?Oocl' (lines 5-6); (3) IG II2 1055 about the award of citizenship

of 100: '[f] p?v p?a Trap? t?v va?v t[tj? TToXL??os" ' A0T|vds\ f\ ?? ?T?[pa-?v dyopdL Trap? t?v Aia[' (lines 24-5).

87 (1) IG II2 844 in honour of Eumarides of 229-28: 'Trapd rr\v elK?va' which was on the Akropolis (line 30 with

26-7); (2) IG II2 983 for Ptolemy Philometor of c. 169-134 was set up beside his statue which was '[Trapd t?v ve]co t?v

?pxottov T[fjs* TToXLd?o?l' (lines 5-6).

88 IG II2 1035 about the restoration of sanctuaries of between 27 and 14: '(t)t)v p?|v ?v dKpoTrl?Xet Trap? [ttjl TTjoXL??L ' A0T)vdL, (t)t)v ?' ?v T?LpaLeL Trap? tcol ZcoTfjpc Kal ttj[l

' A0r|vdL ttjl IcoTeipaL]' (a lines 15-16).

89 Ag. xvi 341 about the cult of Sebastes of AD 196-217: 'Tra[pd t?v ?v dKpoTr?|XeL ?copov [tcov] Ze?aaTcov' (lines

44-5). 90

(1) IG I3 71 about the tribute of 425/4: '[T?p p?v ?v t?l ?o]Xeu|Tep|[oL T?[v ?? ?p Tr?XeL|' (lines 24-5); (2) IG I3 27 a

proxeny decree of c. 450/9: '?p Tr?XefL ?oT?XeL Kal ?v| t?l ?ouXeirre[pLOL ]' (lines 9-10).

91 IG II2 195 for Aristokrates of 377-52: '[?v dKpoTr?XeL), but note also the mention of '[t? ?? ?\)t\$iG\ia] to Trp?Tep[ov,

b f)v dvayeypapp?vov ?pTr|poa0ev t?" ?ouXeuTripio a?Tcoc ]' (lines 7-9 and 11).

92 IG II2 125 concerning Eretria of 343: '?v dKpoTr[?XeL Kal ?v ttjl dyopdL] Kal ?v tcol Xtp?vL' (lines 18-9). As Rhodes

has pointed out, the restoration ?v ttjl dyopdL is without precedent at this date and is therefore insecure, Rhodes, 2001, 37

with n. 38. For this and other reasons, the restoration will be omitted in S. D. Lambert's republication of the stone in IG II3.

93 (1) IG II2 298 of 352-35: 'Trp?o0e t(o?) ?ouX)einr|pLOi;' (lines 4-5); (2) Nat. D 85 of c. 350-00: '[?v tJcol

?ouXeuTripicoL ' (line 12); (3) SEG xxviii 52 a prytany decree of c. 333: '[?pTrpocj0ev to?)| ?ouXei/TT|p[LOur (line 25).

The Places of Publication of Athenian State Decrees 89

301/0-229 43 895(18.6%) 13%(30.2%) 297 (4.7%) 3 (7.0%) 17 (39.5%) 229-86 78 1498(17.9%) 49" (62.8%) l'??(1.3%) 3 (3.8%) 11 (14.1%) post 86BC I 101 (11.1%) 7i02 (77.8%) 1 (11.1%) (11.1%)

Table 5: Specific locations in the Agora (excludes inscriptions erected in bouleterion and the prytaneion)

469

395/4

394/3

378/7

377/6

353/2

[103 p04

J105

?s S S s

94 Ag. xv 58 a dedication of the prytaneis including a decree of the boule in honour of them of 305/4: '[epTrpoa{a}0ev

to?)| ?ovX?UTT)[p|ioi/ (line 4); (2) IG II2 487 for Euchares of 304/3: '?pTrpoo0ev [t|o? ?ouXeimr|pLou' (line 20). 95

(1) IG II2 676 for the overseers of the sacrifices of 273/2: '?[v Te? dyopdL)' (line 35); (2) Ag. xvi 188 for the sitonai of 271/0: '[?v Tel' dyopdL |' (lines 48-9); (3) IG II2 665 for the ephebai, kosmetes, paidotribes, javelin-thrower, artilleryman, secretary and archer of 266/5: '?v dyopdL' (line 33); (4) Hesp. viii (1938), p. 110 no. 20 for ephebes of c. 260-55: '[?v dyopat]' (line 28); (5) IG II2 829 of 300-200: '?v Te? [dyopdL]' (line 4); (6) IG II2 875 of 260-50: '?v Tet [dyopdL]' (line 3); (7) IG II2 791an epidosis decree and subscription list of 244/3: '?v Te? dyopdL' (line 24); (8) IG II2 766+750 for the ephebai of 240/39: '[?vdyopdL]' (lines \2-A).

96 First case: the prytany decree of 280/75, Ag. xv 77 [280/75] was to be set up '[?v tcol Trpirra]vLKc?V (line 34). 97

(1) Ag. xv 66 a prytany decree of 300-250: '[epTrpoa0ev to?) ?ouXeirnpLoi;]' (lines 11-12); (2) Ag. xv 71 a prytany decree of 283/2: 'Trp?? tcol ?louXeirnpLcoL]' (line 22).

98 (1) Ag. xvi 224 in honour of Prytanis a philosopher of 226/5: '?v Te? dyopdL' (line 47); (2) Hesp. xv (1946), p. 190

no. 37 for ephebes of 220/19: '[?v dyopdL]' (line 5); (3) Nat. D 95 for Antioch of the Chrysoreans of c. 203: '?v dyopdL' (line 33); (4) SEG xxvi 98 for ephebes of 204/3: '?v Te? dyopdL' (line 48); (5) Hesp. xv (1946), p. 196 no. 38 for a

didaskalos of 185/4: '[?v dyopdL]' (line 19); (6) IG II2 900 for ephebes and their magistrates of 184/3: '?v dyopdL' (line 25); (7) SEG xix 96 for ephebes and magistrates of 180: '?v dyopdL' (line 15); (8) IG II2 1009 for ephebes and magistrates of 116/5: '?v dyopdL' (lines 25 and 55); (9) IG II2 1028 for ephebes and their magistrates of 101/00: '[?v dy]opdL' (lines 56-7

and 104); (10) IG II2 1029 for ephebes and their magistrates of 96/5: '?v dyopdL' (line 37); (11) IG II2 1008 for ephebes of 118/7: '[?v dyopdLl' (line 42); (12) SEG xvl04 for ephebes of 126/7: '[?v dyopdL]' (line 42); (13) IG II2 1006 in honour of

ephebes and their magistrates of 122/1: 'piav p?v ?v dyopdL, tt)v ?? ?T?pav ou dv ?mTf|?eLOv' of 122/1 (lines 48-9 and

97-8); (14) SEG xiv 71 for a magistrate of 200: '[?v dyopdL o?) dv e?kaLp]ov til' (lines 6-7). 99 Last case: the prytany decree of c. 110, SEG xviii 63.8-9 (for date, see S. Tracy, Attic Letter-Cutters of 229-86 BC,

California, 1990,200). 100 SEG xxxiv 94 for magistrates epi tous prosodous of 181/0: 'Trp?a0e|v t]o?) ?ouXeirrripLOU to?) [e]v doTeL, tcov <?'>

els* ?TeLpaL[d] Trp? T[o]?)aTpaTrryo?)To?) ?vTcoL ?pTropilcoL] (lines 21-2). 101 SEG xxi 505; and SEG xxx 82 honoring M. Eubiotos and sons of AD 230: 'to"l? dv?pLdoLV tol? a?rro?) tqIlc ?v tcol

auve?picoL Kal TTpirraveicoL]' (SEG xxx 82 line 30 cf. xxi 505 line 2), with the statues '?v [tcol auve?picoL tt\? lepd?

yepoua?ac Kal tcol TTpirraveicoL' (SEG xxx 82 line 4 cf. xxi 505 line 28). 102

(1) SEG xxviii 92 the prytany decree of 50: '?v tcol ?ouXe[irnr|pLcoL]' (line 5); (2) Ag. xv 268 the prytany decree of 57/6: '[?v| tcol ?ouXeinr|pL[coL]' (lines 18-9); (3) Ag. xv 265 the prytany decree of 86-50: ('[?v tcol ?ouXeimpLcoL]' (line 12); (4) Ag. xv 264 the prytany decree of 86-50: '?v tcol l?]o|uXeuTr|pLcoL|' (line 16); (5) Ag. xv 278 the prytany decree of 45-2: '?v tcol ?ouXeinripLcoL' (line 23); (6) Ag. xv 279 the prytany decree of 30: '?|v tcol ?ouXeimr|pLcoL|' (line 4); (7) Hesp. 40

(1971), p. 96 no. 1 the inventory '?v tcol ?ouXe[i)TTipLcoL|' (lines 10-11).

103 IG I3 82 concerning the Hephaisteion of 421/0: '[? |v t?l luep?V (line 43). 104 IG I3 104 the re-inscription in 409/8 of Drako's law: '[Trpoal0e[v] Tes* otocTs* res ?aoLXeLas*' (lines 7-8). 105 IG II2 43 charter of the Second Athenian Confederacy of 378/7: 'Trapd t?v Ala t?v

' EXeu0?pLov' (lines 65-6).

90 P. Liddel

352/1

322/1

321/0

318/7

317/6

302/1

301/0

229

229

_86_

post 86BC

J106

J107

5109

1115

1"

3110 UU 3+1"2 J113

J116 + 1117 3II8 ]119 120 [121

114

1122

J123

106 IG II2 448 the decree of 323 in honour of Euphron of Sicyon was initially decreed to be set up 'ttjv p?v p?av ?v

dK|poTT?XeL tt]v ?'| ?T?pav ?v dyopdL Trap[?] t[?|v to?) A|l?s* to? IcoTfjpo?|' (lines 27-8): see G. J. Oliver, '(Re)-Locating Athenian decrees in the Agora: IG II2 448', in J. S. Traill and D. Jordan (eds.), Lettered Attica (forthcoming); the re

inscription of 317 read: 'Trjp p?v ?v dKpoTr?XeL tt\v ?? Tra|pd t]?v Al a t?v XcoTf)pa Ka0dTrep ? ?ffpo? ?i|;r)(()LCTaTo [TTp?Telpov' (ibid, lines 68-71).

107 Oliver will restore '?|v dyopdL Trap? t?v to?) Alo? to?) Icottj ]po?' in his republication of IG II2 575 = Nat. D 41. 108 ?G II2 500 for taxiarchs of 302/1 : '?pTrpoo0ev [t|o?) oTpaTryyiou' (lines 39-40).

109(1) IG II2 689 of 272/1 for the priest of Zeus Soter: '[Trp?? T|e? aTod[L] to?) Al?|c]' (lines 28-9); (2) IG II2 690 for the priest of Zeus Soter of 262: 'Trp?? Te|? oTodL to?) Al?s*!' (lines 11-2); (3) IG II2 792 for the sitonai of 274/3: '[?v dyopdL ou to dyaXpa to A [los* ?aTLv' (lines 13-4); (4) Ag. xvi 174 in honour of an archon and his proedroi of between 286 and

262: '|epTrpoa|0ev tt)? to?) A[l?? aTo?sT (lines 7-8); (5) Ag. xvi 214 of 242/1: '?v tcol Tep?veL to? Al[o?]' (line 23). 110

Ag. xvi 182, 185 and 187 in honour of taxiarchs of 281/0, 275/4 and 272/1: 'Trp?s* tcol aTpaTrjyicoL' (Ag. xvi

182.30); '[?pTrpoa0evTouaTpaTr)yLOi>r (Ag. xvi 185.28-9); '?pTrpoa0ev to? aTpaTT)y[ou' 04g. xvi 187.34-5).

111 (1) SEG xxxiii 117 in honour of the sitophylakes of 254/3: 'Trp?? tcol auve?picoL' (a line 12); (2) Ag. xvi 181 for an archon and his paredroi of 282/1: '?pTrpoo0e to?) ouve?piou' (lines 39-40); (3) Ag. xvi 175 of between 286 and 262:

'?p[Trpoa0ev to?) ouve?piou)' (line 4).

112 (1) SEG xxviii 60 and (2) IG II2 682 for Rallias of Sphettos (270/69), Phaedrus of Sphettos (255/4): 'Trapd tt)v

elK?va' (line 107; line 89); (3) Ag. xvi 240 of between 299 and 261: '?v [dyopdL Trp?a0ev ttj? eLKOvo?(?)|' (line 15); (4) SEG xlv 101 for Philippides of 293/2: 'tt)v p?v ?v

' AKp[oTr?XeL, tt\v ?? Trapd tt]v e?K]?va', which was '[?v dyopdL J' (lines

44-5 and 49-50).

113 Ag. xvi 221 o? circa 240: |Tr]apd to [Mrp-pcoLov| (line 3).

114 SEG xxi 357 for the hipparchoi and phylarchoi of 286-262: '?Tp?? tol? ' Eplpals*]' (line 9).

115 Ag. xvi 304 of between 200 and 150: '[epTrpoa0ev Tfj? to?) Al?s"! OTod?' (line 8).

116 Ag. xvi 291 for Kalliphanes of Phyle of 169/8: '?v dyopdL Trap? tt\v e?K?va' (line 41).

117 IG II2 1062 concerning a lawcode of 150-100: '[?v dKpoTr?XeL Kal ?v tol? ?LKaah~r|pLOL?' (lines 7-8).

118 (1) IG II2 908 of 150 and (2) IG II2 909 of 150: '?v tcol Tep?veL to? Af|pou Kal tcov Xap?Tcov' (lines 19-20 and 23

respectively); (3) IG II2 987 of 150: '[?v) tcol Tep?veL to? Af|pou Kal tcov XapLTcov' (line 3). 119 ?G II2 1011 an ephebic decree of 106/5: 'Trapd tt\v ArjpoKpaTLav' (line 62-3). 120

Ag. xvi 225 for an embassy of 224-1: '?v dyopdL Trapd Top ?copov jf\? ' ApT?p.L|?|os- tt)s ?ouXaias-' (lines 19-20).

121 Ag. xvi 322 about weights and balances of AD 120: '[?v tol? olkol? ?v o?? Kal Ta p?Tpa Kal Ta QTa0p]? Ke?TaL'

(lines 14-5), i.e. on the Akropolis, in the tholos, at Eleusis and at Piraeus.

122 SEG xxi 436 in honour of the hipparchoi of 187/6: '[ttjv p?v Trp?? toi s ' Eppai?, ttjv ??| ?v ttjl a?XfJL tcov [

? ]'

(lines 7-8).

123 SEG xxi 505; and SEG xxx 82 honoring M. Eubiotos and sons of AD 230: 'tols* dv?pLdaLV tol? a?To? tq[?s* ?v tcol

auve?picoL Kal TrpuTave(coL|' (SEG xxx 82 line 30 cf. xxi 505 line 2), with the statues '?v [tcol auve?puoL rf\? lepd?

yepouaia? Kai tcol TTpuTaveicoL' (SEG xxx 82 line 4 cf. xxi 505 line 28).

The Places of Publication of Athenian State Decrees 91

Table 6: Other places of publication

DATE Piraeus Sanc

tuary/ theatre of

Dionysus

Oropos

(Amphia reion)

Eleusis Eleusi

nion

Askle

pieion

Phaleron Sounion

[128

In temple of

Demeter

Kal liste Others Uncer

tain

469

395/4

394/3

378/7

377/6

353/2

352/1

322/1

321/0

318/7

317/6

302/1

301/0

229

[124

2+2132

[139

-ynr

4142

[131

2125

135

+ 1126

+ 1136

?W

3143

[137

2141

3144

1 + 1127

J 145

1129

Z\?W

TW

2146

124 IG I3 136 concerning Bendis of 413/2: '|?v t?l Bev?L??oL]' (lines 38-9). 125 (1) IG I3 32 on the Eleusinian epistatai of 449-7: '?v aT?XeL

' EXeua?vL Ka[l ?v doTeL Kai <?>]aX[e]po"L ?v t?l

'EXeuaLv[LOL' (lines 32-4); (2) IG I3 78 about the first fruits at Eleusis of 422: 'T?v p?v 'EXeua?vL ?v t?l lep?L, T?v ??

?T?pav |?|pTTOXeL' (lines 50-1). 126 IG I3 32 of 449-7: '?v aT?XeL 'EXeua?vL Ka[l ?v doTeL Kal <?>]aX|e|poL ?v t?l 'EXeuaLvI?oL' (lines 32-A). 127 (1) IG I3 130 concerning the cult of Apollo at Phaleron of 432 has been interpreted by Lewis as deriving from the

temple of Apollo Delios at Phaleron: '|?v t?l luep?L]' (line 21); (2) IG I3 32 on the Eleusinian epistatai of 449-7: '?v OT?XeL 'EXeua?vL Ka[l ?vdoTeL Kal <$>]aX[e]p?L evT?L 'EXeuaLv|?oL' (lines 32-4).

128 IG I3 8 concerning cults at Sounion: '[t? (j)a?(f)]LCTpa ev oT?Xe[L XL0iveL ....7... ZoulvLds* KaTa0?vaL ?v |...5..]' (lines

13-14). 129 IG I3 84 about the shrine of Kodros, Neleus and Basile of 418/7: '?v t?l NeXe?oL Trapd Ta ?KpLa' (lines 27-8). 130

Ag. xvi 36 for Sthorys of Thasos of 394/3: '[?v| tt?Xtil Kal ?v TTu0lo' (lines 8-10 cf. 34-6). i31

lOrop 290 concerning repairs to the Amphiaraion at Oropos of 369/8: '?v tcol lepc?T t?' Apcfaapdo' (line 9). 132 (1) IG II2 212 for Spartokos and Pairisades of 347/6: ('TrXr|[a|LOV tt)? ZaT?pou Kal AeUKcovo?' (lines 46-7); (2) IG

II2 125 concerning Eretria of 343: '?v dKpoTr[?XeL Kal ?v ttjl dyopdL] Kal ?v tcol Xtp?vc' (lines 18-9); (3) Demosthenes tells us that the decree(s) concerning Leucon were set in the Piraeus, Bosphoros and at Hierum (Dem. 20.36); (4) IG II2 410 for the priest of Dionysus and the hieropoioi of 335/4: '?v tcol 0edTpcoL to? ALovuao[u|' (line 39). Lambert has suggested that

the decree was originally to be set up at the theatre in Piraeus (Lambert, ZPE 135, 52). 133 See above, endnote lxxvii (4). 134 (1) Ag. xv 49 for the bouleutai of 328/7: '?v tcol lepc?T to?

' Apcfnapdou' (line 57); (2) Schwenk 40 of 332/1: '?v

tcol iepc?V (lines 33-4) ; (3) Schwenk 41 of 332/1: '?v tcol lepcoc to? ' Apcfnap?ou' (lines 29-30); (4) Schwenk 50 of 329/8:

'?v tcol lepcoL to? ' Apcjnapdou' (lines 47-8); (5) IG II2 338 for Pytheas of Alopeke of 333/2: 'piav p?v ?v tcol to?

"Appcovo?, piav ?? ?v' Apcfnap?ou' (lines 26-8). 135 IG II2 204 of 352/1 about the sacred orgas: '[ttjv] p?v

' EXeua?vL Trp?? tcol Trpo|Tr?XcoL to? iepo?, Tfiv ?? ?v tcol

' EXe Iuolvlcol tcol ?v doTeL' (lines 56-7).

136 See above, footnote 135.

137 IG II2 354 for Andocides, priest of Asclepius of 328/7: '?|v tcol ] lepcoL to? ' ActkX?ittlo?' (IG II2 354 lines 28-9).

138 IG II2 338 for Pytheas of Alopeke of 333/2: 'piav p?v ?v tcol to? "Appcovo?, piav ?? ?v' Ap(f>Lap?ou' (lines 26-8). 139 IG II2 478 for the ephebes and kosmetes of 305/4: '[?v tcol yupvaai]coL tcov e^fj?cov' (line 30). 140

Ag. xvi 123 in honour of taxiarchs of 302/1: 'Trp?? tcol 'EXeuoLvicoL ?vd[aTeL|' (lines 26-7). 14^ (1) Schwenk 14 for two doctors of c. 310: '?v tcol

' AaKXrimeicoL tcol ?v doTeL' (lines 11-2); (2) IG II2 483 for a

Rhodian doctor of 304/3: 'evTcolLl' AaKXTymeicoL' (lines 30-1). 142 (1) Nat. D 69 of 295/4: '[tt)v p?v ?v tcol Alov|uolcol, tt]v ?' ?v dKpoTr?XeL' (lines 11-12); (2) IG II2 657 for the poet

Philippides in 283/2: 'Trap? t?v veco to? Alovuoou' (line 70); (3) IG II2 668 in honour of an archon, paredroi and the over seers of processions of 265/4: '?v tcol Tep?veL to? Alov?oou' (lines 35-6); (4) IG II2 780 a decree of the demos in honour of the sacrifices of an agonothetes of 246/8: '?v tcol [Tep?vec to? Alov?oo|u' (lines 23^-).

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86BC

+2147

~+F*~

J148

] 157

I 2+1149 I

1158

3150

1159

5151 ~fI32~ J153 J154

160

J155

143 ( 1 ) IG II2 661 for the epimeletai of the Eleusinian mysteries of 267/6:

' [?v tcol ]

' EXeua[LvicoL |' (lines 31-2); (2) Ag.

xvi 220 of 245-29 '[?v tcol ' EXeuatvicoL tcol ?v| da[T|eL' (lines 2-3); (3) Hesp. xv (1946), p. 189 no. 36 containing a list of

names o? epimeletai of 301-267: '[?v tcol 'EXeuoLv]LcoL' (line 19; cf. Ag. xvi 206 of 301-267). 144

(1) IG II2 775 for a priest of Asklepieios of 243/2: '[?v tcol ' A|a|KXr|]TTLeicoL' (lines 24-5); (2) Aleshire, V of 244/3:

'[?vTc?L 'AaKXTimeLcoL tcol ?vdoTeL]' (line 18); (3) Aleshire IV of 274/3: '[?vTcOL ' AaKXTymeLcoL tcol ?v daTet]' (line 14).

145 IG II2 788 and 789 in honour of the priest of Kalliste of 234/3 and 200: '?v tcol lepc?T Ti)? KaXXtaTris" (lines 27-8 and 6-7 respectively).

146 (1) Ag. xvi 129 for a military commander and troops 301/0-298/7: '[?v T|e? auXe?' (line 11); (2) Ag. xvi 177of

286-62: '|?]vTc?L T[ep?veL|' (line 4). Woodhead's suggestions are '[to?'AokXttttlo?I' and '[to?' AttoXXouI'. 147

(1) SEG xxxiv 94 for the magistrates epi tous prosodous of 181/0: 'p?v ?v doTeL ""2| APOTTA?QENTON Trpoa0e[v

t|o? ?ouXeuTT|pLou to? [?|v doTeL, tcov <?'>el? TTeLpatld] Trp? t[o]? oTpaTT)yo? to? ?v tcol ?pTropL[coL|' (lines 20-1); (2) Ag. xvi 322 about weights and balances of AD 120: '[?v toi? o?'kol? ?v o?? Kal Ta p?Tpa Kal Ta OTa0p]? Ke?TaL' (lines

14-5), i.e. on the Akropolis, in the tholos, at Eleusis and at Piraeus.

148 ?G II2 896 for the father of a basket carrier and for the overseers of the processions of 186/5: '?v tcol Tep?veL to?

Alov?oou' (lines 19 and 54-5).

149 (1) IG II2 847 for the epimeletai of the Eleusinian mysteries of 215/4: 'ttjv p?v ?v Te? au|Xe? to? iep[o? to? ?v '

EXeua?vL, tt)v ?? ?v dKpoTr|?XeL' (lines 53-4); (2) IG II2 949 in honour of the demarch of Eleusis of 165/4: '?v Te? a?Xe? to?

iepo? to? ?v 'EXeua?vL' (line 21); (3) Ag. xvi 322 about weights and balances of AD 120: '[?v to?? olkolc ?v oT? Kal Ta

p?Tpa Kal Ta QTa0p|? Ke?TaL' (lines 14-5), i.e. on the Akropolis, in the tholos, at Eleusis and at Piraeus.

150 K. Clinton, The Sacred Officials of the Eleusinian Mysteries, 1974, p. 119 App. 2 concerning the hi?rophantes of

160-40 had three places of publication, only one of which survives: '[evTcoc 'EXIeuqrvicoL tcol ?vd[oTeL]' (lines 14-5); (2)

Ag. xvi 228 an honorary decree for the epimeletai of the Eleusinian mysteries of 230-00: '[TTpo? tcol 'EXe]yaL|v[coL] (line 7); (3) Ag. xvi 239 a citizenship grant of 202-196: 'ijpo? tcol 'EXeuacvicoc' (lines 12-13).

151 (1) SEG xviii 20 for a priest of Asklepieios: '?v tcol lepcoc [to?1 AokXtittlouI' (line 14); (2) IG II2 950 for a priest of

Asklepieios of 165/4: '?v tcol to?' AaKXiyrrLo? ?epcoc' (line 21); (3) SEG xviii 24 for a priest of Asklepieios of 160^-0: '[?v tcol to?

' AaKXrrmou lepcoL]' (lines 13-4); (4) Aleshire Inventory IX: '?v tcol iepcoc t[o?

' AaKXTymo?]' (line 37); (5) SEG

xviii 27 for a priest of Asklepieios of c. 112-0: '|?v tcol iepcoc to? ' AaKXTymo?]' (line 32).

152 IG II2 863 in honour of a priest of the late second century: 'Tra[pd] t?v v|ecbv Tfj? Afiprrrpos'' (lines 6-7). 153 IG II2 788 and 789 of 234/3 and 200 in honour of the priest of Kalliste: '?v tcol lepc?c tt\? KaXXioTr|?' (lines 27-8

and 6-7 respectively).

154/Gil2 839 for a doctor of 221/0: '?v tcol iepcoc' (line 40). 155 IG II2 1038 of 130: '[?v] peTaKLOv?coL to? vao?' (line 10; on the phrase see Arch. Delt. 1891, 108). From findspot

we might speculate the Hephaisteion is the temple referred to.

156 IG II2 1035 about the restoration of sanctuaries of between 27 and 14: '(t)t)v p?|v ?v dKpoTr|?XeL Trapd |ttjl TT]oXLd?L

' A0T|vdL, (t)t)v ?' ?v ?Lpate? Trapd tcol ZcoTfjpc Kal tt)|l

' A0rrvdL ttjl ZcoTeLpaL]' (a lines 15-16).

157 An agreement between Oropos and Athens of 50 BC, unpublished (cf. lOrop. p. 16).

158 IG II2 1078 about the restoration of rites and sacred objects at Eleusis of post AD 220: 'tt)v p?v ?v 'EXeuoLvicoc tcol

?tt? |T|?L Tr?XeL, TT\v ?? ?v tcol ALoyeveicoL, ttjv ?? ?v ' EXeuoelvL ?v tcol iepcoc Trp? ?ou|X]euTT|pLOu' (lines 41-4).

159 See above, footnote 158.

160 See above, footnote 158.

The Places of Publication of Athenian State Decrees 93

Table 7: Decrees outside Attica

DATE Outside Attica, or with additional copy outside Attica

469-395/4 8161

394/3-378/7 162

377/6-353/2 3163

352/1-322/1 3164

321/0-318/7

317/6-302/1

301/0-229 1165

229-86 [166

post 86BC

Wadham College, Oxford

Trinity College, Dublin Peter Liddel

161 (1) IG I3 15 the decree and oath for the Erythraeans of c. 450: '[?p Tr?X]eL, 'E[pu0|p?~[a]L ?? ?v T?t dKp[oTr?XeL t?v

c|)p?papxov ?vaypdcf>aa]L Ta?[Td v| (lines 43-5); (2) IG I3 37 related to Kolophon of 447/6: '?p Tr?XeL' and '[?v t?ttol ?tol T?rm KoXoc?)|ovlov ? v?poc' (lines 39-43); (3) IG I3 40 concerning Chalcis of 446/5: '?? tt?Xlv ... ?v ?? XoXkl?l ?v t?l

kep?L t? Al?? t?" 'OXupmo' (lines 60-63); (4) IG I3 1453 the coinage law of c. 450-46: '?v ttjl dyopdL [?KdaTT|?] tt)\? Tro|Xeco? Kai ... [?pTrpoa0ev] T?dpyupoKomo' (textus compositus section 8); (5) IG I3 76 treaty with Bottiaeans of 422: ' '

A0evaio? p?v ?p Tr?XeL', 'BoTTLa[?oL|... [?v tol? htepoi? K|aTd TroXe?' (lines 22-8); (6) IG I3 101 about the Neapolitans of 410/9: '[?p Tr?XeL]' and '?v ?? N?aL TT?Xt|l ... ?v t?l iep?L Tfj? TTap0?vo' (lines 43-5); (7) IG I3 156 for Le?nidas of Halicarnassus of 440-25: '?p Tr?Xet' and '?v haXtKapvaoa?L ?v t?l htep?L t?

' AttoXXovo?' (lines 24-6); (8) Nat. D. 5 line

40 for Samians of 403/2: '[?? Zd]pcoc' and in Athens '?? tt?XlIv]' (line 39 cf. 66-7). 162 IG II2 44 treaty with Chalkideans of 378/7: '[

' A0f||vr|aL p?v ?v dKpoTT?X[eL ? [v [?? XaX]K??[L ?v t]col iepcoc Tfj?

'A0r|vaca?' (lines 16-7).

163 (1) / Delos 88 the antigraphon of the proxeny decree for Pythodoros the Delian of 369: 'aTfjaat ?v tcol iepcoc tcol

' AttoXXcovo? ?v Af)Xcoc' (lines 22-5); (2) IG II2 111 the agreement concerning Ioulis of 363/2: '?v tcol iepcoc to' AttoXXcovo? t?

TTu0Lo, Ka0dTrep ?v Kap0a?aL dvayeypapp?vaL eioL ... Kai OTfjaaL ?v dKpoTr?XeL' (lines 22-3); (3) IG II2 55 the decree about

Athens and Aphytis of 375/50: '?v' A(f>?TT|L ml) ?p TToTeL?a[[aL Kal ?v 'OX?v0col ... ?p Tr?Xec)' (lines 5-8).

164 (1) SEG xlv 59 concerning Sestos of 360-40: '?v dKpoTr?XeL ??m [fpepcov ... ?? Kal| ?v Zt^otcol ... [?v dyo]p[?L]'

(lines 6-8); (2) IG II2 329 the treaty of the Greeks with Alexander of 336/5: '?p TT?tvt|l ?v ttj? ' A0r||vd? tcol iepcoc]' (line

13); a re-publication of this adds another line: '[Kal to?? ' A0T|vaiou? ?v dKpoTr?XeL]' (SEG xxx 64); (3) SEG xlv 126

concerning the kleruchy on Lemnos was set up on two stelai of 350-300: 'tt)v p?v 'A0f|vir|aL ?Tf)vdX]Xr|v ?' ? v r Hcj)aLaTLa|L ?v ?|' (lines 3-5).

165 IG II2 687 treaty between Athens and Sparta of 268/7: 'Trapd t?v veco ttj? ' A0r)vd? Tfj? TToIXcd?o?]' (lines 44). The

stone copy extant is the one referred to in lines 63^4: '?v iepcoc ?ttou dv ?ou[XcovTac ]' (lines 63-4).

166 (1) IG II2 861 for some judges from Lamia of 226-00: 'Tf)p p?v piav ?v' A[0f)vaL? ?v dKpoTr?XeL, tt)v ?? ?T?pav ?v

Aap?aL ?v tcol ? ]epc?c to? Acov[?aou]' (lines 27-8); (2) IMM 37 an Athenian state decree for the Magnetes was set up '?v

Tcoc iepcoc' (IMM 37.39 of 209/8); (3) Helly, Gonnoi II 109 a decree of the city of Gonnoi (lines 1-9) incorporating the text of an Athenian decree (lines 9-47) of c. 250: 'ei? t? iep?v ttj?

' A0T|vd?' (lines 5-7); (4) ED II 140 concerning Mikion of

Kephissia and the organization of games of 230-150 was to be sent '[ei? t|? iep?v to? ' AttoXIXcovo? ?v AeX<|)o??, cv'

dvaypa^fj Kal Trap]? t?v 0r|aaup?v Tfj? TroXeco?' (lines 12-3); (5) IG II2 909 for a Salaminian of 180: 'ttjp p?v pcav ?v tcol

Tep?veL to? Af|pou Kal tcov XapcTcov, ttjv ?? dXXrjv ?v ZaXap?vL ?v tc?c ttj? ' A0T)vd? iepcoc' (lines 22^); (6) / Perg. 160 in

honour of King Eumenes and his brothers of 175/4: 'Tf)p p?v ?v dyopdc Trapd T?? elKOva? Td? to? ?aaLXecoc ' Avtc?xou,

tt)v ?? ?v tcoc iepcoc Tfj? NtKr^opou' A0r)vd?, tt\v ?? ?v tcol ?m Adc|)vec to?' AttoXXovo? iepcoc' (b line 53-5); (7) BCH 121

(1997) pp. 154-5 in honour of a Melitean gymnasiarch in Delos of 157/6: '?v tcol yupvaaicoc tcoc ?v Af|Xcoc' (line 50). (8) / Delos 1500 an honorary decree of 151-0: '?v tcol dpxeccoc tcov d[yopav?p]cov' (lines 30-1); (9) / Delos 1508 in honour of an Athenian (official?) and his daughters of 150: 'ei? t? iep?v Tfj?

' ApT?pc?o? Tfj? ?v Af|Xcoc' (lines 23^4); (10) IG II2 1008 for

ephebes of 118/7: '?v tcol AiavTeicoc' (line 87); (11) SEG xvl04 for ephebes of 126/7: '<?>v tcol Tep?veL to? AlavTo?' (lines 140-1).