Proxeny for Mikalion of Alexandria
IG II3 1 847 Date: 301-295 BC
. . . the Athenian People and presents himself
as ever eager to give individually to all
whatever each needs, for good
(5) fortune, the People shall decide: to praise
Mikalion son of Philon of Alexandria and to crown him with a gold crown
according to the law for his excellence and
good will towards the Athenian People;
(10) that Mikalion and his descendants
shall be proxenoi and benefactors
of the Athenian People; and they shall have
right of ownership (enktēsin) of land and a house
according to the law, so that everyone else may know
(15) that the People honours those
displaying good will to it as
each deserves; and the secretary of the People
shall inscribe this decree on a stone stele
and stand it on the
(20) acropolis; and for inscribing the
stele the trittys commanders (trittuarchous) and the inspector (exetastēn) shall give 30 drachmas
from the People’s fund for expenditure
on decrees.