The headers of relief decrees in Athens: between private conscription and public practice ; Les en-têtes de décrets à relief à Athènes : entre consécration privée et pratique publique

Abstract

published by the Centre for Research on the Middle East and Greece Ancient National audience The stèles inscribed, which participate in both the epidemic by the engraved text and the archaeology by relief, combine an official decision and a private initiative. These documents, which demonstrate a desire to solemnly testify to success in front of the Assembly, have to be seen in the context of Athenian political life, where, with very few elective positions, the legitimacy of the leaders can only be achieved through the success of the deliberative assemblies. Those stèles are thus subject to a political analysis, since they are the result of such a special regime in classical Athens, a mixture of direct democracy, the essential role played by assemblies, and democracy governed by the preeminence of a class of speakers. ; Steles with inscriptions and bas-reliefs concern both epigraphists and archaeologists and are the result of an official decision and a private initiative. They represent a memorial to a political victory before the assembly, important in Athens, where it is necessary for leaders to establish there their authority. They attest that the Athenian democracy is both immediate through the assemblies and, at the same time, under the guidance of orators. ; published by the Centre for Research on the Middle East and Greece Ancient National audience The stèles inscribed, which participate in both the epidemic by the engraved text and the archaeology by relief, combine an official decision and a private initiative. These documents, which demonstrate a desire to solemnly testify to success in front of the Assembly, have to be seen in the context of Athenian political life, where, with very few elective positions, the legitimacy of the leaders can only be achieved through the success of the deliberative assemblies. Those stèles are thus subject to a political analysis, since they are the result of such a special regime in classical Athens, a mixture of direct democracy, the essential role played by ...