The Troezen Decree
Troezen Decree: the higly controversial text of a decision by the Athenian popular assembly to evacuate Athens in 480 BCE. In its present form, the text cannot be authentic.
The following text is a translation of a decision by the Athenian people's assembly, proposed by the Athenian statesman Themistocles. It is decided that the Athenians will leave their home town and will settle their families at Troezen, and that the Athenian men will fight against the Persian invader.
The first line contains an official formula that was unusual in the first quarter of the fifth century. This, and the way the letters are formed, strongly suggests that the stela was not written before 300 BC