Journal | Axon
Journal issue | 5 | 1 | 2021
Research Article | Legge di Taso sugli onori ai caduti in guerra e alle loro famiglie
Abstract
The stele, to be displayed in the civic prytaneion, preserves a public decree concerning honours for the war dead, norms and limitations to their public mourning, as well as provisions for the fallen’s fathers and sons. The decree, dated to mid-4th century B.C. on a paleographical basis, has been recently connected with the war the Thasians fought against the Thracians to protect their colony Datos/Krenides between 360 and 356 B.C. The first section (ll. 4-14) concerns public honours for the war dead, while the second section (ll. 14-49) deals with public provisions for the war dead’s fathers and sons. Concerning both the special treatment of the war dead and the welfare in favour of the war orphans, a useful comparison can be drawn from the analogue Athenian practice in Classical times.
Submitted: Feb. 3, 2019 | Accepted: March 24, 2019 | Published June 30, 2021 | Language: it
Keywords Sacrifices • Honors • Thasos • Subsidies • Athens • War Orphans • War dead
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Axon/2532-6848/2021/01/005