Abstract
Sources for the territorial disputes between Athens and Megara in the 350s-40s BC refer to a ‘decree of Philocrates’, finally acted upon when the Athenians under the general Ephialtes resolved the issue in 350/49. Rather than identifying the proposer with the Philocrates who gave his name to the peace of 346, I make a case here for the less well-known Philocrates son of Ephialtes, probably the general’s father. If countenanced, this joins a set of evidence which suggests that father-son relationships which featured in Athenian official contexts could evade the dominant discourse that encouraged politicians to suppress elements of their personal profile which could be represented as unfairly advantageous to them, and might indeed help speakers demonstrate commitment to particular policies.
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