Abstract
During the excavations in the sanctuary, which probably belongs to the city of Molykreion or Molykreia, at Hellinika of Velvina, near Naupaktos, an inscribed bronze sheet was found in 2007. It is a proxeny decree, by which the Aitolians grant Kallias of Echinous proxenia and isopoliteia. Additionally, they gave Kallias asylia, asphaleia in time of war and peace, at sea and on land, and possession of οἰκίας (house) and γᾶς (land). The decree was issued when a certain Dorimachos Trichinios was general of the Aitolians. A Dorimachos from Trichonion, son of Nikostratos, held the post of general three times in the 3rd century BC. Another Dorimachos from Trichonion was general in 147/6 and 140/39 BC. As the other names of the officials of the Koinon and that of the έγγυος cannot be identified, they do not help to determine whether the general mentioned in the decree is the Dorimachos of the 3rd or that of the 2nd century BC. However, the form and the shape of letters are of the 3rd century BC. Therefore we can conclude that the decree was issued by Dorimachos of the 3rd century BC, possibly at the second time he was strategos, in 219/8 BC.
