Honours for commanders of tribal regiments (taxiarchoi)
IG II3 1 882 Date: 281/0 BC
Archon Ourias. In the second prytany,
of AiantisXI, for which Euxenos son of Kallias of AixoneIX was secretary. On the penultimate day (deuterai met' eikadas) of Metageitnion, the twenty-eighth
(5) of the prytany. Assembly. Of the presiding committee
Diokles son of Ischyrias of Ptelea was putting to the vote
and his fellow presiding committee members. The Council and People
decided. Leon son of Kichesias of Aixone proposed: concerning what the commanders of tribal regiments (taxiarchōn) who were despatched
(10) to the Basileia say about the
sacrifice which they made, for good fortune, the Council
shall decide that the presiding committee (proedrous) allotted to
preside in the People at the next
Assembly shall present them and
(15) put the matter on the agenda and submit the opinion
of the Council to the People, that it seems good to the Council
to accept the good things which they say occurred
in the sacrifices for the health and preservation
of the Council and the People; and to praise
(20) the commanders of tribal regiments (taxiarchous) who were despatched
to Boeotia, Deinostratos son of Deinides
of CholleidaiVI, Eukleides son of Lysistratos of
PiraeusX, Autias son of Autokles of AcharnaiVIII,
Habron son of Epigenes of HalaiIV, Aristodemos
(25) son of Aristophon of SteiriaV, Theophantos son of
Nikostratos of GargettosI, for their love of honour (philotimias) for
the Council and People; and the prytany
secretary shall inscribe this decree
on a stone stele
(30) and stand it before the headquarters (pros tōi stratēgiōi); and for
inscribing the stele the board of
administrators (tous epi tēi dioikēsei) shall allocate 10 drachmas.