Athenian Honorary Decree for Thymondas (or Memnon) of Rhodes

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_9944
dc.title	Athenian Honorary Decree for Thymondas (or Memnon) of Rhodes
dc.contributor.author	De Martinis Livia
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/axon/2022/2/decreto-onorario-ateniese-per-timonda-o-memnone-di/
dc.description.abstract	The stele bears an Athenian honorary decree from 327‑326 BC. The honoured person is Thymondas, whose paternal uncle was the well-known Memnon of Rhodes. The reasons why Athens decided to honour him seems to lie in his having spent himself with Alexander on behalf of Greek and Athenian mercenaries and ambassadors who had fallen captive to the Macedonian after the death of Darius III. The document would attest, therefore, to a form of opposition on the part of Athens to the policy by which the Macedonian, by settling in the East the Greek mercenaries he had captured and/or incorporated into the ranks of his army, wished to avoid the risk of masses of citizens accustomed to fighting returning home.
dc.relation.ispartof	Axon
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 6 \| Issue 2 \| December 2022
dc.issued	2022-12-12
dc.dateAccepted	2022-10-14
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-07-16
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/2532-6848/2022/02/004
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Alexander
dc.subject	Athens
dc.subject	Golden crown
dc.subject	Greek mercenaries
dc.subject	Honorific decree
dc.subject	Memnon
dc.subject	Persia
dc.subject	Thymondas

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Livia De Martinis Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italia

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The stele bears an Athenian honorary decree from 327‑326 BC. The honoured person is Thymondas, whose paternal uncle was the well-known Memnon of Rhodes. The reasons why Athens decided to honour him seems to lie in his having spent himself with Alexander on behalf of Greek and Athenian mercenaries and ambassadors who had fallen captive to the Macedonian after the death of Darius III. The document would attest, therefore, to a form of opposition on the part of Athens to the policy by which the Macedonian, by settling in the East the Greek mercenaries he had captured and/or incorporated into the ranks of his army, wished to avoid the risk of masses of citizens accustomed to fighting returning home.

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Dec. 12, 2022

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Oct. 14, 2022

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July 16, 2022

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Keywords: Alexander • Greek mercenaries • Honorific decree • Memnon • Persia • Golden crown • Athens • Thymondas

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