Honours for the Ephesians
IG II3 1 1150 Date: 224/3-222/1 BC
. . . those who [have come? ... to announce] whenever the gymnastic competition takes place, that 'The Ephesian People
crowns the Athenian People with a gold crown according to the law for its piety
towards the gods and its good will towards the Ephesian Council
(5) and People.' [The People shall decide to choose a?] Receiver of official visitors (theōrodokon) from all Athenians; and to praise the Ephesian People[1] and crown it with a gold crown according to the law for its piety
towards the gods and its good will towards the Athenian People and king Ptolemy, and to announce this
(10) crown at the City Dionysia in the new tragedies and the Panathenaia
and the Eleusinia and the Ptolemaia at the gymnastic competitions;
and the generals and the treasurer of the military fund shall take care of
the making of the crown and its announcement;
and to praise the ambassadors who have come from the Ephesians (15) and crown each of them with a foliage crown, Dionysikles
son of Dionysikles, Nikophon son of Charidemos, Pantainos son of Teisidemos;
and to invite them to dinner in the city hall tomorrow;
and the prytany secretary shall inscribe this decree
on a stone a stele and stand it in the agora beside the altar of Artemis
(20) Boulaia; and the treasurer of the military fund and
the board of administrators (tous epi tei dioikēsei) shall allocate for inscribing and setting up the stele
the expenditure accrued.
Praxiteles son of Timarchos of Eiresidai was elected Receiver of official visitors.
col. 1
[The Council
the People (crowns)
(30) Dionysikles
son of Dionysikles]
col. 2
[The Council
the People (crowns)
Nikophon
(35) son of Charidemos]
col. 3
The Council
the People (crowns)
Pantainos
son of Teisidemos
[...?]