Decree fragment from Eleusis honouring -medes of Hamaxanteia
I Eleusis 230 Date: ca. mid-2nd cent. BC
. . . . . . . . . . . . the countryside
. . . Uninscribed (5)[For good fortune the - shall decide to praise] -medes
[son of Demetrios of Hamaxanateia] . . . and to the
. . . [and crown him with the] crown with which
[it is traditional to crown benefactors] . . . and to permit
[the making and erection of a statue of him] . . . of the temple
(10) . . . whatever may
[be decided] . . . with the following inscription:
. . . -medes son of Demetrios of Hamaxanteia
. . . and since it happens
. . . . . . [1]