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Borrowings in the Archidamian War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

B. D. Meritt
B. D. Meritt
Affiliation:
Balliol College, Oxford
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In my first study of the borrowings from Athenian sacred treasure to finance the Archidamian War I assumed, in common with others, certain irregularities in the stoichedon order of IG. i. 324. The text has subsequently been amplified and improved by Tod, notably with the addition of one amount of interest due to Athena (line 101) and of the total amounts of principal credited to the Other Gods (line 119) and to all the gods (line 122). This further expansion, however, has introduced additional irregularities, the restoration [τάδε τοῖς ἂλλοις θεοῖς ⋯ϕέλοσι τόκο ⋯]ν ἒνδεκα ἒτεα[ιν:…] being too long by one letter in line 120 and the restoration [τάδε ἂπασι τοῖς θεοῖς ⋯ϕέλοσι τόκο ⋯ν] ἒνδεκα ἒτεσ[ιν:…] being likewise too long in line 123.

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Research Article
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The Classical Quarterly , Volume 40 , Issue 1-2 , January 1946 , pp. 60 - 64
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Copyright © The Classical Association 1946

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page 60 note 1 Meritt, B. D., The Athenian Calendar in the Fifth Century (1928), p. 29Google Scholar; ‘below line 75 there were never more than 74 letter spaces, though sometimes less, in each line. In this lower part of the inscription, especially from line 94 on, the Stoichedon order of letters and numerals, especially numerals, is often neglected.’ See also the text as given by the same author in Athenian Financial Documents (1932), pp. 136–43.

page 60 note 2 Tod, M. N., Greek Historical Inscriptions, no. 64Google Scholar.

page 60 note 3 The disposition can best be studied in the drawing published by Meritt, , The Athenian Calendar, Plate IGoogle Scholar.

page 60 note 4 There is a misprint in the text of Meritt, , Ath. Fin. Doc., p. 142Google Scholar, line 104: the line should begin [οις ηεχσέκοντα…].

page 60 note 5 For Ἀθεναία[ς τς Νίκες-] see τ⋯[ς Νίκης Ἀ]θηναίας of IG. i2. 298. lines 20–1. The text is given in Meritt, , Ath. Fin. Doc., p. 93Google Scholar.

page 61 note 1 See Tod, op. cit., note on p. 142.

page 61 note 2 Tod, op. cit., no. 64.

page 61 note 3 Dodwell, Edward, A Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece, i (1819), p. 372Google Scholar.

page 62 note 1 Cf. Meritt, , Ath. Fin. Doc., p. 135Google Scholar.

page 62 note 2 A photograph of Gell's copy is given by Meritt, , op. cit., p. 137Google Scholar.Tod, op. cit., no. 64, has the correct reading in line 113, but he must have used the old reading in computing the total in lines 117–18.

page 62 note 3 The lines are numbered as by Tod, op. cit.

page 63 note 1 For a possible restoration of this number, see below.

page 63 note 2 The line may also be restored [κεϕάλαιον χρέμασιν Ἀθεναίας Πολιά]δος κα⋯ Νίκ[ες τόκ]…

page 63 note 3 The minimum for line 53 is taken from the calculation in Meritt, , The Athenian Clendar, p. 74Google Scholar, but it seems desirable to allow a maximum an obol or two greater as being nearer the result obtained with decimal notation.

page 63 note 4 Tod, op cit., p. 143.

page 64 note 1 Technically, one might perhaps restore still a fifth figure; but there is no reason here to be saving of space, and I believe now (as in 1928 that it is best to give the mark of punctuation a little room and allow the broad first figure to fill the second space.