Proxeny <rs type="textType">decree</rs> of the city of Euesperides Inscriptions of Greek Cyrenaica Università di Bologna IGCyr064000 738336 igcyr064000 https://igcyr.unibo.it/igcyr064000

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 Cyrene Museum 265

White marble square panel ( 0.4 0.4 0.05 ).

 Inscribed on the face. 0.015, very carefully cut on the entire surface. Findspot. 350-320 B.C.

Found before 1925 at Euesperides.

Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1976 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

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Bibliography

, p. 18 (partial mention); , and , whence SEG, 18.772 . Cf. , p. 214, footnote 8 whence , 1954.278 ; , whence SEG, 39.1680 ; , p. 426, n. 71 , whence SEG, 40.1594 ; , whence SEG, 50.1629 ; , p. 391 , whence SEG, 54.1778 .

Text Ἐφόρων καὶ γερόντων ἐπαγόντων, ἇδε τᾶι βωλᾶι Εὔβιον Εὐβιότω, Ἁγέστρατον Μοσχίωνος, Συρρακοσίος, Εὐσπεριτᾶν πρoξένος ἦμεν αὐτὸς καὶ ἐκγόνος.
Apparatus

Sur proposition des éphores et des gérontes, le conseil a décidé: qu'Eubios fils d'Eubiôtos et Agestratos fils de Moskhiôn, de Syracuse, soient proxènes des Euhespéritains, eux-mêmes et leurs descendants.

The ephoroi and the gerontes having proposed, the council decided: that Eubios son of Eubiotos and Agestratos son of Moschion, from Syracusae, would be proxenoi of the Euesperitans, themselves and their offspring.

Su proposta degli efori e dei gerontes, il consiglio ha deciso: che Eubios figlio di Eubiotos e Agestratos figlio di Moschion, di Siracusa, siano prosseni degli Euesperitani, loro e i loro discendenti.

Commentary

This is the only official document known to us from the city of Euesperides. It gives useful informations about its institution, with a council and ephoroi taking part in the decision. It is also the only proxeny mentioned in the Cyrenaican inscriptions.

The stone, originating from Euesperides, was published from a photograph by Fraser, who thought that it was lost. However, C. Dobias-Lalou could see it in 1976 at Cyrene, where it was evidently brought as a consequence of the multiple movings of World War II.