Athenian Honorary Decree for Aristoxenos

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_9831
dc.title	Athenian Honorary Decree for Aristoxenos
dc.contributor.author	Giannotti Andrea
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-aristosseno/
dc.description.abstract	The document is an honorary decree in favour of Aristoxenus son of Simon from Boeotia, who is made proxenos and euergetes for having helped the Athenians. The decree, despite its fragmentary and problematic nature, is an extremely interesting document since it belongs to that small yet critical group of honorary decrees stipulating a public proclamation in the theatre during a ‘preliminary ceremony’ to the dramatic festival of the Great Dionysia. The obscure reasons for the conferred honours also provide an excellent starting point for investigating the historical contingencies in which the decree was issued.
dc.relation.ispartof	Axon
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 6 \| Issue 2 \| December 2022
dc.issued	2022-12-12
dc.dateAccepted	2022-10-19
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-07-08
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/2532-6848/2022/02/002
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Athens
dc.subject	Boeotia
dc.subject	Decree
dc.subject	Democracy
dc.subject	Dionysia
dc.subject	Honours
dc.subject	Thebes

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Andrea Giannotti Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Storici, Napoli, Italia

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abstract

The document is an honorary decree in favour of Aristoxenus son of Simon from Boeotia, who is made proxenos and euergetes for having helped the Athenians. The decree, despite its fragmentary and problematic nature, is an extremely interesting document since it belongs to that small yet critical group of honorary decrees stipulating a public proclamation in the theatre during a ‘preliminary ceremony’ to the dramatic festival of the Great Dionysia. The obscure reasons for the conferred honours also provide an excellent starting point for investigating the historical contingencies in which the decree was issued.

Published

Dec. 12, 2022

Accepted

Oct. 19, 2022

Submitted

July 8, 2022

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Keywords: Thebes • Democracy • Honours • Boeotia • Decree • Athens • Dionysia

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