• Teos to Abdera, 167-160 BC (ho eron ta dikaia, gr. ὁ ἐρῶν τὰ δίκαια, en. a person who presents claims)

This man was expressly selected by the Teians to present the arguments of the Abderites before the court of arbitration in Erythrae, in the context of an arbitration between Abdera and Maroneia over a territorial dispute. The date of this arbitration must be shortly after the end of the Third Macedonian War. In their long decree regarding the merits of the Teians, the Abderites in fact describe an initial situation of devastation, which fits in well with the sacking of the city by L. Hortensius in the summer of 170 BC, as described by Liv. 43 4, 8-13 and Diod. Sic. 30, 6 (cfr. Adak, Thonemann 2022, pp. 1-3).

It is very likely that he was already one of the synedroi in charge of preparing the defence strategy of the Abderites. Since the Abderites emphasise that the Theians took charge of the entire trial, it is sure that this man was in essence the main defence lawyer, flanked only by a lawyer from Miletus, who was expressly brought in by the Teians; no Abderite spoke in the defence of the case.

• Adak, M., Thonemann, P. (2022), Teos and Abdera. Two cities in peace and war, Oxford.