Athens and Orontes

@article{Osborne1971AthensAO,  title={Athens and Orontes},  author={Michael J. Osborne},  journal={The Annual of the British School at Athens},  year={1971},  volume={66},  pages={297 - 321},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:163834297}}
Amongst the somewhat meagre array of inscriptions illustrating Athenian relations with Persia in the middle of the fourth century there is one substantial document which merits particular attention. This is the decree which records details of Athenian relations with a certain Orontes who is generally identified with the well-known Persian satrap of that name. This decree, published as IG ii2. 207, consists of four fragments. Three of these are extant and are housed in the Epigraphical Museum at… 

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