Athens-Pythophanes decree — edition Κεφαλῆθεν, Καλ· Ἱππομένης εἶπε: —στίωι, ἐπειδὴ πρόξενός ἐστι Ἀθηναίω-ν καὶ εὐεργέτης καὶ εὖ ποεῖ ὅ τι δύνατ-αι τὴν πόλιν τὴν Ἀθηναίων καὶ τὴν ……-στίων, τὸ ψήφισμα τὸ προεψηφισμένον α[ὐτῶι ἀναγράψαι ἐν στήληι λιθίνηι τὸ-ν γραμματέα τῆς βολῆς τὸν νῦν γραμμα-τεύοντα καὶ καταθε̅ναι ἐν πόλει. τὰ δὲ χρήματα ἅ ἐστιν Πυθοφάνει Ἀθήνησιν ἢ ἄλλοθί πο ὧν Ἀθηναῖοι κρατõσιν, … μὴ ἀδικε̃ν μηδένα, καὶ ἀσυλίαν ἔ-ναι αὐτῶι καὶ τοῖς χρήμασι αὐτõ καὶ ἀ]-νιόντι καὶ ἀπιόντι.

Athens-Pythophanes decree — translation

Athens-Pythophanes decree — commentary

§i is typical of the fifth and early fourth centuries in not specifying the honorand's good services (cf. 157, 162). What is highly unusual about §i is its prescript, which was significantly different from those of decrees acted under the democracy (cf. Introduction, pp. xxi–xxii). The first two lines cannot be convincingly reconstructed; the placing of the secretary in l. 3 is plausible; and then ll. 5–8 seem [to refer to] the five presiding officers (without title), one acting as chairman, in the 'future' oligarchic constitution of Ath. Pol. 30. v, and assigned the decree to the intermediate régime of 411/0, in which he was generally followed (cf. most recently Harris). However, Lenschau and de Ste. Croix noted that Carystus, then regularly restored as Pythophanes' city, was in revolt at the time of the intermediate régime (Thuc. viii. 95.vii), and preferred the régime of the Four Hundred in summer 411, whose recruitment was centred on five proedroi (Thuc. viii. 67.iii…) and once in office appointed an unknown number of prytaneis (Thuc. viii. 70.i, cf. Ath. Pol. 29.v).

Verbatim source material (from formula-dossier case study):

Greek text (verbatim OCR) [—— Κεφαλῆ]θεν, Καλ[—— ——]· Ἱππομένης εἶπε: [——————] —στίωι, ἐπειδὴ πρόξενός ἐστι Ἀθηναίω-ν καὶ εὐεργέτης κ[αὶ εὖ ποεῖ ὅ τι δύνατ]-αι τὴν πόλιν τὴν Ἀθ[ηναίων καὶ τὴν ……]-στίων, τὸ ψήφισμα τὸ προεψηφισμένον α[ὐτῶι ἀναγράψαι ἐν σ[τήληι λιθίνηι τὸ]-ν γραμματέα τῆς βολ[ῆς τὸν νῦν γραμμα]-τεύοντα καὶ καταθε̅[ναι ἐν πόλει.] τὰ δὲ χρήματα ἅ ἐστιν Πυθοφά[νει Ἀθήνησιν] ἢ ἄλλοθί πο ὧν Ἀθηναῖοι κ[ρατõσιν], … μὴ ἀδικε̃ν μηδένα, κ[αὶ ἀσυλίαν ἔ]-ναι αὐτῶι καὶ τοῖς χρήμασι αὐτõ καὶ ἀ]-νιόντι καὶ ἀπιόντι. Source: OR 2017, p. 448 (verbatim OCR; restorations in [] from M&L apparatus reproduced in OR's text)

English translation (verbatim from OR 2017) —— of Cephale, Cal— of ——. Hippomenes proposed: For Pythophanes of —stus, since he is a proxenos and benefactor of the Athenians and does what good he can to the city of Athens and that of —-stus, the decree previously voted for him shall be written up on a stone stele by the current secretary of the council and placed on the acropolis. The money belonging to Pythophanes in Athens or in any other place which the Athenians rule, and what he says about the ship and about the money (?), nobody shall wrong, and he shall have immunity from seizure for himself and his money both coming and going. Let this be decreed, wherever the Athenians rule, for all the family of Pythophanes in the same way. So that this shall come about, the generals in office at any time and the council in office at any time shall take care. This decree also shall be written up on the same stele by the secretary of the council. Source: OR 2017, p. 449 (verbatim OCR extract)

OR 2017 commentary (verbatim OCR) §i is typical of the fifth and early fourth centuries in not specifying the honorand's good services (cf. 157, 162). What is highly unusual about §i is its prescript, which was significantly different from those of decrees acted under the democracy (cf. Introduction, pp. xxi–xxii). The first two lines cannot be convincingly reconstructed; the placing of the secretary in l. 3 is plausible; and then ll. 5–8 seem [to refer to] the five presiding officers (without title), one acting as chairman, in the 'future' oligarchic constitution of Ath. Pol. 30. v, and assigned the decree to the intermediate régime of 411/0, in which he was generally followed (cf. most recently Harris). However, Lenschau and de Ste. Croix noted that Carystus, then regularly restored as Pythophanes' city, was in revolt at the time of the intermediate régime (Thuc. viii. 95.vii), and preferred the régime of the Four Hundred in summer 411, whose recruitment was centred on five proedroi (Thuc. viii. 67.iii…) and once in office appointed an unknown number of prytaneis (Thuc. viii. 70.i, cf. Ath. Pol. 29.v). Source: OR 2017, pp. 449–450 (verbatim OCR extract; some letterform OCR errors silently corrected against context, e.g. 'proedroi' for OCR's 'potaneis')

Critical apparatus Ἱππομένης εἶπε — Proposer (named in restored brackets) (formula slot): F.EIPEN ἐπειδὴ πρόξενός ἐστι Ἀθηναίων καὶ εὐεργέτης — Motivation clause (formula slot): F.EPEIDE + F.PROXENIAN_EINAI εὖ ποεῖ ὅ τι δύναται τὴν πόλιν — Hortatory tone (formula slot): F.HOPOS_AN-style intent clause τὸ ψήφισμα… ἀναγράψαι ἐν στήληι λιθίνηι — Inscription clause (formula slot): F.ANAGRAPSAI + F.STELEI_LITHINEI καὶ καταθε̅ναι ἐν πόλει — Erection clause (formula slot): F.STESAI_AKROPOLEI variant ("placed on the acropolis") ἀσυλίαν εἶναι αὐτῶι καὶ τοῖς χρήμασι — Asylia grant (formula slot): F.PROXENIAN_EINAI extension (immunity from seizure)

Editions and commentary On the text. Text follows R. Osborne and P. J. Rhodes, GHI (Oxford 2017), no. 173 (= IG I³ 117). Formula Dossier case #8 — slot-by-slot decomposition.