Journal | Axon
Journal issue | 7 | 1 | 2023
Research Article | Athenian Decree About the Granting of the sitesis
Athenian Decree About the Granting of the sitesis
Abstract
The Athenian decree under discussion is a highly controversial inscription for several reasons, including its dating, which varies between 440 and 424 BCE, and the content of the document itself. The inscription, which is very fragmentary, refers to people who were granted a meal at public expense (sitesis), including the descendants of the tyrannicides, Harmodios and Aristogeiton; perhaps the pythochrestoi or, better, the manteis selected by Apollo; the winners of at least one of the four agones of the periodos; and probably the strategoi. Finally, the hypothesis of conferring proedria together with sitesis is discussed.
Submitted: April 13, 2022 | Accepted: Sept. 12, 2022 | Published Aug. 3, 2023 | Language: it
Keywords Apollo • Proedria • Agonistic victors • Tyrannicides • Privileges
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