Les ευθυμοι athéniens

THE DOCUMENTS IN ANDOCIDES' ON THE MYSTERIES

“…There is nothing similar to this in Andocides' summary. MacDowell 24 and Piérart 25 believe that the categories listed in the inserted document were the only ones covered in Patroclides' decree, which means that Andocides had the secretary read a document which did not support his argument. Alternatively, Hansen 26 and Boegehold 27 believe that the aim of the document is just to specify what physical records must be destroyed as the result of a general amnesty, which was enacted by the clause ψηφίσασθαι τὸν δῆμον ταὐτὰ ἅπερ ὅτε Ãn τὰ Μηδικά.…”

“…92 The only exception is for oaths (e.g. IG i 3 40, lines 4-16, [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32], but this document does not contain an oath.…”