Decree of Delphi for the inhabitants of Chios

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_7108
dc.title	Decree of Delphi for the inhabitants of Chios
dc.contributor.author	De Luca Gaia
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/axon/2021/2/decreto-di-delfi-per-gli-abitanti-di-chio/
dc.description.abstract	The document bears testimony of the concession of προμαντεία privilege by Delphi to the Chiotes, inscribed on an altar built by the Chiotes themselves inside the temple of Apollo in Delphi. This concession was probably made in the early IV century BC but it was graved on the stone at the end of the same century. Indeed, the altar is to be dated around the end of the IV century BC, after the earthquake that damaged the first altar, probably also built by the Chiotes and cited by Herodotus in 2.135. Though the concession of this privilege by the inhabitants of Delphi is very common, the monumental dimensions and the function of the altar offered by the Chiotes makes it quite extraordinary. Nevertheless, we must spoke of a relative priority, since the inhabitants of Delphi remained the first ones to consult the oracle of Apollo.
dc.relation.ispartof	Axon
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 5 \| Issue 2 \| December 2021
dc.issued	2021-12-10
dc.dateAccepted	2021-10-25
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-08-05
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2532-6848
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Axon/2532-6848/2021/02/004
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Chios
dc.subject	Chios
dc.subject	Delphi
dc.subject	Delphi
dc.subject	Herodotus
dc.subject	Herodotus
dc.subject	Oracle
dc.subject	Oracle
dc.subject	Promanteia
dc.subject	Promanteia

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Gaia De Luca EHESS, Paris; Università di Napoli «L’Orientale», Italia

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abstract

The document bears testimony of the concession of προμαντεία privilege by Delphi to the Chiotes, inscribed on an altar built by the Chiotes themselves inside the temple of Apollo in Delphi. This concession was probably made in the early IV century BC but it was graved on the stone at the end of the same century. Indeed, the altar is to be dated around the end of the IV century BC, after the earthquake that damaged the first altar, probably also built by the Chiotes and cited by Herodotus in 2.135. Though the concession of this privilege by the inhabitants of Delphi is very common, the monumental dimensions and the function of the altar offered by the Chiotes makes it quite extraordinary. Nevertheless, we must spoke of a relative priority, since the inhabitants of Delphi remained the first ones to consult the oracle of Apollo.

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Dec. 10, 2021

Accepted

Oct. 25, 2021

Submitted

Aug. 5, 2021

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Keywords: Chios • Herodotus • Oracle • Delphi • Promanteia

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