Epikerdes
Epikerdes from Cyrene ( Greek Ἐπικέρδης , * 5th century BC) was an ancient patron .
The Greek speaker Demosthenes states in his "speech against Leptines " that Epikerdes supported the Athenian prisoners after the failure of the Sicilian expedition by sending them 100 mines and thus saving some of the Athenians from starvation. After the end of the war they got another 60 mines from him. As an inscription found on the Agora in Athens shows , he was granted the Ateleia privilege by the city of Athens, i.e. exempted from all usual taxes, which was a special form of honor in Athens.
literature
- Otto Jessen : Epikerdes. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, column 114.
- Douglas Maurice MacDowell : Epikerdes of Kyrene and the Athenian privilege of Ateleia . In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 150. Bonn 2009. pp. 127–133.
- Benjamin Dean Meritt : Ransom of the Athenians by Epikerdes . In: Hesperia 39, 2nd American School of Classical Studies at Athens 1970. pp. 111-114.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Epikerdes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἐπικέρδης (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient patron |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr. |