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IG II² 329 – New Text

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Elias Kapetanopoulos

Professor Dr. (Greece-Rome)

Department of History .

Central Connecticut State University

New Britain, CT 06050-4010 (USA)

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Areas of Research: Attic epigraphy-Athenian institutions of the Roman period (200 B.C.-3rd c. A.D.), and early Makedon(ia)/Makedones.

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CENTER FOR ATHENIAN-MAKEDONIAN STUDIES:

MAKEDONIS St'A = MAKEDONIS VIA : IG II2 329

26 _April_ou 2007 > 26 April 2007 = 20 Septembr€ou 2008 > 20 September 2008

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Photograph, courtesy of the Epigraphik Museum, Athens.

IG II² 329, line 8: ...ow p...ou ÉAl°jandron par[ - - , discussed by Ian Worthington in ZPE 147 (2004) 59-71: <<Alexander the Great and the Greeks in 336? Another Reading of IG

II²329>>. NOTE. As the inscription has survived, the name ÉAl°jandron lacks the title basil°a, and the setting up of a copy at Pytne=Pydna does require a convincing explanation, which Worthington attempts. The surviving letters at the beginning of line 13 suggest the restoration of [§p‹ f/ul]ak∞i for lines 12-13, but who are/is [§p‹ ful]ak∞i at Pydna and for what reason/purpose? Worthington is correct in assigning the [§p‹ ful]ak∞i to the Athenians, but it may not have been for Alexander [the Great], as the name ÉAl°jandron appears in isolation and the reasons behind the Athenians’ [§p‹ f/ul]ak∞i can only be conjectural.

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[--------------]E.E[--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- kata]

[p°mc]ai p[o]mpØ[n s_tou ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ˜souw]

[par°]xein s›to[n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------pa]

5 [r°xe]in t«i éndr[‹ •]kãs[t]v[i --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------]

[....]d ıpÒsoi ín [‡v]sin: §ån d[¢ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- si]

[thr°]si[on: ıp]Òyem m¢n ¶xein s[›ton ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- p°ran]

[mhn]Úw p[er‹] o ÉAl°jandron par[°xein s€thsin --------------------------------------------------------------------- doËnai t]

[vi Í]paspist∞i draxmØn ka‹ to›[w loipo›w strati≈taiw ---------------------------------------------------------------- •kã]

10 [stv]i •kãsthw t∞w ≤m°raw épop°m[pein: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------]

[ßv]w ín x[r«]ntai t∞i stratiçi: §ån t€[new t∞w stratiçw xr«ntai ple€ona xrÒnon, toÁw metapempom°nouw]

[d°]ka ≤mer«n dÒntaw s›ton épop°m[pein: taËta eﬁw stÆlhn liy€nhn énagrãcaw ı strathgÚw §p‹ t∞i paral]

[i]ak∞i st∞sai §m PÊtnhi §n t∞w ÉAyh[na€vn égorçw skhn∞i/pÊlhi vacat?]

vacat

A <<loose>> reconstruction of IG II² 329 is presented above; cf. A. J. Heisserer, Alexander the Great and the Greeks. The Epigraphic Evidence [University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1980] 3-26, Chapter I.

The decree undoubtedly concerns an Athenian stratiå and its provisioning in Makedonia, and Alexander (ÉAl°jandron, line 8) is to provide at some occasion for the maintainance of the

stratiã.

Who is then Alexander of line 8? As the decree’s spirit seems to have been <<captured>> herein, it may not be Alexander III but Alexander II, when Athenian generals were active in Makedonia. These, of course, are subject to change. [26-4-2007]

This writer saw the stone of 329 at the Epigraphik Museum, 23 August 2007, with Angelos Matthaiou and Elena Zavvou. A publication is under consideration/preparation. [9 September 2007]

Cf. Adrian Tronson, <<The Relevance of IG II²329 to the Hellenic League of Alexander the Great>>, AncW 12 (1985) 15-19. [vidi, 1 May 2007]

I. B. Antela-Bernárdez, <<IG II² 329: Another View>>, ZPE 160 (2007) 77-78. [9 September 2007]

Worthington, I., << Encore IG II² 329>>, ZPE 162 [2007] 114-116 [vidi 4 Mar./Mar. 2008]. Worthington argues again that the ÉAl°jandron in the inscription (line 8) is Alexander III who had made a treaty with Athens. However, it is overlooked that 329 is concerned with the s€thsiw of a stratiå and its duration. Moreover, why Pydna? At the time of Alexander III Dion or Pella should have figured. (4 Mar./Mar. 2008)

SEG 54 (2004=2008) 53, No. 148=I. Worthington, ZPE 147 (2004) 59-71.

As to how 329, especially the last lines, has/have been interpreted and expanded, cf. Ernst Badian, <<History from ‘Square Brackets’>>, ZPE 79 (1989) 59-70. [12 Sept. 2007]

It is also entered in AlexandrosMerosB.1.htm and makglossikaMerosA1.2.htm herein, under PUTNH, but the above text is the latest updated [9 Sept. 2007/4 Mar. 2008].

Line 13: §m PÊtnhi §n t∞w ÉAyh[na€vn égorçw skhn∞i/pÊlhi vacat?] = §m PÊtnhi §n t∞w ÉAyh[na€vn parembol∞w pÊlhi vacat?]? The earliest attestation of parembolÆ?

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Diodoros, 11.12.3: ı d¢ [=Megabãthw] ta›w toË basil°vw [=J°rjou] paraggel€aiw ékolouy«n §k PÊdnhw t∞w Makedonik∞w énÆxyh pant‹ t“ stÒlƒ, ka‹ kat°pleuse t∞w Magnhs€aw prÚw êkran tØn Ùnomazom°nhn Shpiãda.

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