The Epigraphic Museum offers a small taste of the rich world of its “hidden” collections with its program of periodic exhibitions. In the category of non-Attic inscriptions of the Museum, neighboring Kea is represented with more than 70 inscribed stones. This fact, as well as the close historical relations between Athens and Kea, which are also documented through the Attic inscriptions, create a remarkable material, suitable for the presentation of a thematic exhibition with messages of timeless value.
The exhibition Politiesthai tous Keious kata polis. The division as a means of political control aims to highlight and illuminate the forms of the political union formed by the four cities of Kea, Iulis, Karthaia, Koresia and Poiessa, during the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C. in their attempt to strengthen their presence and prevent or free themselves from the imposition of the dominance of the powerful of the time. Attic inscriptions and inscriptions from Kea are intertwined in a dramatic way and speak through the sections of the exhibition about great alliances (EM 10397), debts of cities (EM 80220), treaties between the Athenians and the Keans, oaths, violations of treaties, convictions and punishments.