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death untried,
Charter of Chalcis 195
except with the sanction of the Athenian
people; nor will I put a resolution to vote against the community
or any private citizen when neither has been summoned
to trial. Moreover if an embassy comes, I will introduce
it to the council and assembly within ten days
to the best of my ability whensoever I am serving as prytanis.
These things I will maintain for the Chalcidians
as long as they are obedient to the Athenian people.
An embassy coming from Chalcis shall administer the
oath to the Athenians and shall register the names of
those who have taken it.
It shaU be the function of the
generals to see that all take the oath.
The Chalcidians on their part shall swear as follows:
I will not revolt against the Athenian people by any
plan or contrivance, by word or deed, nor will I obey any
one who does revolt ; and if anyone revolts, I will denounce
him to the Athenians. Furthermore I will pay to the
Athenians whatever contribution I shall persuade the
Athenians to accept, and shall be as faithful and just an
ally as I am able; and I shall bring succor and aid to the
Athenian people if anyone attempts to harm the Athenian
people.
All the adult Chalcidians shall take the oath. Whoever
shall refuse to swear shall be disenfranchised and his
property shall be confiscated, and a tenth of his goods shall
be sacred to the Olympian Zeus. An embassy of Athenians
coming to Chalcis shall, in cooperation with the commissioners
of oaths in Chalcis, impose the oath and register
the names of the Chalcidians who have taken it. . . .
This decree and oath the secretary of the council at
Athens shall engrave on a stone pillar and set it up on the
Acropolis at the expense of the Chalcidians. The council
of the Chalcidians shall also engrave it and set it up in the
Hicks and
Hill, Manual
of Greek Inscriptions,
no. 40.
The opening
gives the
usual formula
of a decree.
Antiochis
was the
tribe whose
delegation
chanced to
be on duty
as pr>'tanes;
Ancient
World, 140.
The oath
of the
Chalcidians.
Preservation
of the
decree.
This and the
following
paragraphs
form part of
an amendment
by
Anticles.