Journal | Axon
Monographic journal issue | 3 | 2 | 2019
Research Article | A Letter from Philip V to the Athenians of Hephaestia (Lemnos)
Abstract
The epigraphic document on which this paper is focused is a letter of the Macedonian king Philip V to the boule and the demos of the Athenians of Hephaestia, on the island of Lemnos, which was found in 1938 in the area of the late Roman Telesterion of the sanctuary of the Kabeiroi. A new edition of the inscription is here offered, along with a detailed epigraphic, historical and linguistic commentary. The text is not entirely preserved, and some points of it are quite difficult to interpret. However, the document is extremely interesting, less for its possible connection with specific events than for the information it provides on several historical issues of a more general kind: the relationship between the Antigonid kings and Lemnos; the inner organisation and institutions of the community of the Athenians on the island; Philip V’s ‘religious policy’ as described by the king himself and by literary sources, and so on.
Submitted: Sept. 9, 2019 | Accepted: Oct. 23, 2019 | Published Dec. 23, 2019 | Language: it
Keywords Philip V • Macedonian wars • Kabeiroi • Lemnos • Macedonia • Hephaestia • Antigonids
Copyright © 2019 Manuela Mari, Enrica Culasso Gastaldi. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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A Letter from Philip V to the Athenians of Hephaestia (Lemnos) |
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Culasso Gastaldi Enrica |
dc.contributor.author |
Mari Manuela |
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing |
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Research Article |
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it |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/axon/2019/2/una-lettera-di-filippo-v-agli-ateniesi-di-efestia/ |
dc.description.abstract |
The epigraphic document on which this paper is focused is a letter of the Macedonian king Philip V to the boule and the demos of the Athenians of Hephaestia, on the island of Lemnos, which was found in 1938 in the area of the late Roman Telesterion of the sanctuary of the Kabeiroi. A new edition of the inscription is here offered, along with a detailed epigraphic, historical and linguistic commentary. The text is not entirely preserved, and some points of it are quite difficult to interpret. However, the document is extremely interesting, less for its possible connection with specific events than for the information it provides on several historical issues of a more general kind: the relationship between the Antigonid kings and Lemnos; the inner organisation and institutions of the community of the Athenians on the island; Philip V’s ‘religious policy’ as described by the king himself and by literary sources, and so on. |
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Axon |
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Vol. 3 | December 2019 |
dc.issued |
2019-12-23 |
dc.dateAccepted |
2019-10-23 |
dc.dateSubmitted |
2019-09-09 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
2532-6848 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
dc.identifier.doi |
10.30687/Axon/2532-6848/2019/06/012 |
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yes |
dc.subject |
Antigonids |
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Antigonids |
dc.subject |
Hephaestia |
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Hephaestia |
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Kabeiroi |
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Kabeiroi |
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Lemnos |
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Lemnos |
dc.subject |
Macedonia |
dc.subject |
Macedonia |
dc.subject |
Macedonian wars |
dc.subject |
Macedonian wars |
dc.subject |
Philip V |
dc.subject |
Philip V |
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