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Herodotus, Histories, 6.46-6.47


δευτέρῳ δὲ ἔτεϊ τούτων ὁ Δαρεῖος πρῶτα μὲν Θασίους διαβληθέντας ὑπὸ τῶν ἀστυγειτόνων ὡς ἀπόστασιν μηχανῴατο, πέμψας ἄγγελον ἐκέλευε σφέας τὸ τεῖχος περιαιρέειν καὶ τὰς νέας ἐς Ἄβδηρα κομίζειν. οἱ γὰρ δὴ Θάσιοι, οἷα ὑπὸ Ἱστιαίου τε τοῦ Μιλησίου πολιορκηθέντες καὶ προσόδων ἐουσέων μεγαλέων, ἐχρέωντο τοῖσι χρήμασι νέας τε ναυπηγεύμενοι μακρὰς καὶ τεῖχος ἰσχυρότερον περιβαλλόμενοι. ἡ δὲ πρόσοδός σφι ἐγίνετο ἔκ τε τῆς ἠπείρου καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν μετάλλων· ἐκ μέν γε τῶν ἐκ Σκαπτησύλης τῶν χρυσέων μετάλλων τὸ ἐπίπαν ὀγδώκοντα τάλαντα προσήιε, ἐκ δὲ τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ Θάσῳ ἐλάσσω μὲν τούτων, συχνὰ δὲ οὓτω ὣστε τὸ ἐπίπαν Θασίοισι ἐοῦσι καρπῶν ἀτελέσι προσήιε ἀπό τε τῆς ἠπείρου καὶ τῶν μετάλλων ἔτεος ἑκάστου διηκόσια τάλαντα, ὅτε δὲ τὸ πλεῖστον προσῆλθε, τριηκόσια.In the next year after this, Darius first sent a message bidding the Thasians, who were falsely reported by their neighbors to be planning rebellion, to destroy their walls and bring their ships to Abdera. ,Since they had been besieged by Histiaeus of Miletus and had great revenues, the Thasians had used their wealth to build ships of war and surround themselves with stronger walls. ,Their revenue came from the mainland and from the mines. About eighty talents on average came in from the gold-mines of the “Dug Forest”, and less from the mines of Thasos itself, yet so much that the Thasians, paying no tax on their crops, drew a yearly revenue from the mainland and the mines of two hundred talents on average, and three hundred when the revenue was greatest.


εἶδον δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς τὰ μέταλλα ταῦτα, καὶ μακρῷ ἦν αὐτῶν θωμασιώτατα τὰ οἱ Φοίνικες ἀνεῦρον οἱ μετὰ Θάσου κτίσαντες τὴν νῆσον ταύτην, ἥτις νῦν ἀπὸ τοῦ Θάσου τούτου τοῦ Φοίνικος τὸ οὔνομα ἔσχε. τὰ δὲ μέταλλα τὰ Φοινικικὰ ταῦτα ἐστὶ τῆς Θάσου μεταξὺ Αἰνύρων τε χώρου καλεομένου καὶ Κοινύρων, ἀντίον δὲ Σαμοθρηίκης, ὄρος μέγα ἀνεστραμμένον ἐν τῇ ζητήσι. τοῦτο μέν νυν ἐστὶ τοιοῦτον. οἱ δὲ Θάσιοι τῷ βασιλέι κελεύσαντι καὶ τὸ τεῖχος τὸ σφέτερον κατεῖλον καὶ τὰς νέας τὰς πάσας ἐκόμισαν ἐς Ἄβδηρα.I myself have seen these mines; by far the most marvellous were those that were found by the Phoenicians who with Thasos colonized this island, which is now called after that Phoenician Thasos. ,These Phoenician mines are between the place called Aenyra and Coenyra in Thasos, opposite Samothrace; they are in a great hill that has been dug up in the searching. So much for that. The Thasians at the king's command destroyed their walls and brought all their ships to Abdera.


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1. Herodotus, Histories, 3.57, 5.17, 5.23, 6.47 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

3.57. When the Lacedaemonians were about to abandon them, the Samians who had brought an army against Polycrates sailed away too, and went to Siphnus; ,for they were in need of money; and the Siphnians were at this time very prosperous and the richest of the islanders, because of the gold and silver mines on the island. They were so wealthy that the treasure dedicated by them at Delphi, which is as rich as any there, was made from a tenth of their income; and they divided among themselves each year's income. ,Now when they were putting together the treasure they inquired of the oracle if their present prosperity was likely to last long; whereupon the priestess gave them this answer: , quote type="oracle" l met="dact"“When the prytaneum on Siphnus becomes white /l lAnd white-browed the market, then indeed a shrewd man is wanted /l lBeware a wooden force and a red herald.” /l /quote At this time the market-place and town-hall of Siphnus were adorned with Parian marble. 5.17. So those of the Paeonians who had been captured were taken into Asia. Then Megabazus, having made the Paeonians captive, sent as messengers into Macedonia the seven Persians who (after himself) were the most honorable in his army. These were sent to Amyntas to demand earth and water for Darius the king. ,Now there is a very straight way from the Prasiad lake to Macedonia. First there is near the lake that mine from which Alexander later drew a daily revenue of a talent of silver, and when a person has passed the mine, he need only cross the mountain called Dysorum to be in Macedonia. 5.23. Megabazus, bringing with him the Paeonians, came to the Hellespont, and after crossing it from there, he came to Sardis. Histiaeus the Milesian was by this time fortifying the place which he hadasked of Darius as his reward for guarding the bridge, a place called Myrcinus by the river Strymon. Megabazus discovered what he was doing, and upon his arrival at Sardis with the Paeonians, he said to Darius, ,” Sire, what is this that you have done? You have permitted a clever and cunning Greek to build a city in Thrace, where there are abundant forests for ship-building, much wood for oars, mines of silver, and many people both Greek and foreign dwelling around, who, when they have a champion to lead them, will carry out all his orders by day or by night. ,Stop this man, then, from doing these things so that you will not be entangled in a war with your own subjects, but use gentle means to do so. When you have him in your grasp, see to it that he never returns to Hellas.” 6.47. I myself have seen these mines; by far the most marvellous were those that were found by the Phoenicians who with Thasos colonized this island, which is now called after that Phoenician Thasos. ,These Phoenician mines are between the place called Aenyra and Coenyra in Thasos, opposite Samothrace; they are in a great hill that has been dug up in the searching. So much for that. The Thasians at the king's command destroyed their walls and brought all their ships to Abdera.
2. Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, 16.2-16.4 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

3. Epigraphy, Demos Rhamnountos Ii, 180

4. Epigraphy, Ig Ii2, 2490

5. Epigraphy, Seg, 26.121, 52.48, 54.239

6. Lysias, Orations, 30



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akanthos Heymans (2021), The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World, 214
anagrapheus Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 81
argilos Heymans (2021), The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World, 214
artemision,of thasos Heymans (2021), The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World, 214
asklepios,quarry of Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 229
asklepios Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 81, 229
athens Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
cemeteries Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 229
corinthian,euboian Heymans (2021), The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World, 214
corinthian,magna graecia Heymans (2021), The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World, 214
corinthian,phoenician Heymans (2021), The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World, 214
crete Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
dermatikon account Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 81
dionysos,at piraeus Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 229
drama plain Heymans (2021), The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World, 214
eisphora Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
eleusinia Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 81
eleusis (deme),herakles at akris Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 229
epakreis (pre-cleisthenic trittys) Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 81
festivals,ἐπίθετοι ἑορταί Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 81
figs Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
gold,thasos Heymans (2021), The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World, 214
grain Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
hektēmoroi Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
herakles,at eleusis (ἐν ἄκριδι) Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 229
ionian tribes Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 81
leases,rental Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 81
livestock,funds derived from Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
loans,advanced by tyrant Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
mines,in siphnos Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 81, 229
mines,in thasos Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 81, 229
mines,ownership of Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 229
neapolis (kavala) Heymans (2021), The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World, 214
nikomachos,reviser of the sacrificial calendar Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 81
olives Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
pangaion Heymans (2021), The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World, 214
paralos,quarries Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 229
peloponnese Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
peloponnesian war,effects Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 81
pisistratus Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
poletai,records of Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 229
public,cemetery (δημόσιον σῆμα) Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 81, 229
public,landed property Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 229
public,property in sparta Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 229
quarries,sacred Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 229
quarries Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 229
sacrifices,ancestral (πάτριοι θυσίαι) Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 81
satrap Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
silver,chalkidike Heymans (2021), The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World, 214
siphnos. see siphnos,thasos Heymans (2021), The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World, 214
sparta Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50; Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 229
stageira Heymans (2021), The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World, 214
strymon river Heymans (2021), The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World, 214
taxation,direct and indirect Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
taxes,on crops Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
taxes,port Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
thasian peraia Heymans (2021), The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World, 214
thasos Heymans (2021), The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World, 214
tithe,collected by tyrant Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
trade networks Heymans (2021), The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World, 214
traders,aegean Heymans (2021), The Origins of Money in the Iron Age Mediterranean World, 214
tribute,from mines Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
tribute Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
trittyes (pre-cleisthenic)' Papazarkadas (2011), Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens, 81
tyrants,loans advanced by Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
tyrants,tithe,collected by Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
wine Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50
yields Gygax and Zuiderhoek (2021), Benefactors and the Polis: The Public Gift in the Greek Cities from the Homeric World to Late Antiquity, 50