Decree of tribe Hippothontis for the priest of Asklepios
IG II2 1163 Date: 284/3 BC
Gods.[1] Proxenos son of Pylagoras of Acherdous proposed: since Phyleus on being allotted as
priest of Asklepios for the archonship
(5) of Isaios (284/3) has made
all the sacrifices, as many as befell
him to make, well and with love of honour (philotimōs) on behalf of the Athenian People, and manages
the allotment of the courts[2] (10) and the rest which the laws
and the decrees prescribe for him
justly and according to the laws,
and because of these things both the Council
and the People have praised him, for good
(15) fortune, the tribesmen of HippothontisX shall decide:
to praise Phyleus son of Chairias of Eleusis for his piety towards
the gods and justice and
love of honour (philotimias) for the tribe members
(20) and the Athenian People,
and to crown him with a foliage
crown; and the managers (epimelētas) of the tribe
shall inscribe this decree
on stone stelai and stand one
(25) in the Asklepieion, one
in the Hippothontion; whatever expenditure
accrues shall be billed (logisasthai) to the
tribe.