Welcome to Attic Inscriptions Online (AIO) , a resource structured around English translations of the inscriptions of ancient Athens and Attica.
Inscriptions on stone are the most important documentary source for the history of the ancient city of Athens and its surrounding region, Attica. Dating from the 7th century BC through to the end of antiquity, Greek texts are available to scholars in Inscriptiones Graecae ( IG ) I (up to 403/2 BC) and II (after 403/2 BC) ( website ), updated annually by the Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum ( SEG ) ( website ) (access by subscription), and in the Packard Humanities Institute (PHI) Greek Inscriptions website
The core of the site comprises annotated English translations of Attic inscriptions. The most popular means of accessing a translation is via browse by source . If you browse by an outdated reference (e.g. an old edition of IG) you will always be led to a translation of the most up-to-date Greek text. Each translation includes a link to the Greek text translated, whether on an external site or in many cases on AIO. AIO's policy is to include our own Greek text of an inscription where no up-to-date text is a