Marcus Aurelius
Letter to the Athenians
Correspondence
Letter to the Athenians
Ἐπιστολὴ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου πρὸς Ἀθηναίους
A long epigraphic letter of the mid-170s in which Marcus settles petitions and appeals from the Athenians concerning access to the Areopagus, the council and other magistracies, and disputes involving Herodes Atticus. It is the main direct evidence of his cultural policy in Greece, contemporary with the chairs of philosophy he endowed at Athens. James H. Oliver edited it with a commentary in 1970.
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Authorship note
An official document preserved in an inscription from Athens; like all imperial letters it was drafted by the chancery, though it expresses the emperor's decisions. Some passages are also attributed to Commodus, associated in power.
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English
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius: Aspects of Civic and Cultural Policy in the East (Hesperia Supplements 13)
The Conscious LibraryMarcus Aurelius: Aspects of Civic and Cultural Policy in the East (Hesperia Supplements 13)
American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1970
Translation: James H. Oliver
Edición del texto griego con traducción y comentario.
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Sources
- Oliver, James H. Marcus Aurelius: Aspects of Civic and Cultural Policy in the East. Hesperia Supplements 13. Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1970.
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