Greek Historical Inscriptions, 404-323 Bc

GREEK HISTORICAL INSCRIPTIONS 404-323 BC This page intentionally left blank GREEK HISTORICAL INSCRIPTIONS 404-323 BG Edited with introduction, translations, and commentaries by P. J. R H O D E S and ROBIN OSBORN E OXTORD UNIVERSITY PRES S OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRES S Great Clarendo n Street , Oxford 0x2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department o f the Universit y of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship , and educatio n by publishing worldwide in Oxford Ne w York Auckland Bangko k Bueno s Aires Gap e Town Ghenna i Dar e s Salaam Delh i Hon g Kong Istanbu l Karach i Kolkat a Kuala Lumpu r Madri d Melbourn e Mexic o City Mumba i Nairob i Sao Paulo Shangha i Taipe i Toky o Toront o Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK an d i n certain other countries Published in the United State s by Oxford University Press Inc., New York © P. J. Rhode s an d Robin Osborn e 200 3 The mora l rights of the authors have been asserted Database righ t Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2003 First published in paperback 200 7 All rights reserved. No par t of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, i n any form o r by any means , without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under term s agreed with the appropriat e reprographics right s organization. Enquiries concerning reproductio n outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department , Oxford University Press, at the address abov e You must not circulat e this book in any other binding o r cover and you must impose this same condition o n any acquirer British Library Cataloguing i n Publication Data Data available Library o f Congress Catalogin g i n Publication Data Greek historical inscriptions: 404—323 Bc / edite d with introduction , translations, and commentaries by P. J. Rhode s an d Robin Osborne . 1. Inscriptions , Gree k 2 . Greece—History—Sparta n an d Theban supremacies, 404-362 BC—Sources. 3 . Greece—History — Macedonian Expansion , 359—32 3 BC—Sources. I. Rhodes , P.J . (PeterJohn ) II . Osborne , Robin , 1957 CN365.074 2003 9 38'.06—dc2i 200204255 2 ISBN 978-0-19-815313-9 (Hbk.) 978-0-19-921649-9 (Pbk.) 1 3 5 7 9 1 0 8 6 42 Typeset b y Regent Typesetting , Londo n Printed in Great Britai n on acid-free pape r b y Biddies Ltd., Guildfor d & King's Lynn PREFACE The firs t volum e of M. N . Tod's Selection of Greek Historical Inscriptions (followin g earlier selections by E. L. Hicks and G . F. Hill: published in 1933, second edition 1946) was superseded b y th e volum e compile d b y Russel l Meiggs an d Davi d Lewi s in 196 9 (revised 1988). David Lewis had hoped to produce a volume to supersede Tod's second volume (publishe d 1948) : h e firs t considere d in 197 7 what migh t b e included , an d again in 1991-2 he consulted a number of colleagues includingboth o f us; but afte r he had finishe d editin g Inscriptiones Graecae, 13, he saw work on the tablets from Persepolis as his highest priority. After his death in 1994 Rhodes, as his literary executor, invited Osborne t o join hi m i n perseverin g with th e project ; an d thi s volume, whic h w e dedicate to the memory of David L