Citizenship for King Audoleon
IG II3 1 871 Date: 285/4 BC
In the archonship of Diotimos (285/4), in the
twelfth prytany, of PandionisV,
for which Lysistratos son of Aristomachos
of PaianiaV was secretary.
(5) On the twenty-fifth (hektei met' eikadas) of Skirophorion,
the twenty-fifth of the prytany.
Assembly. Of the presiding committee
Philomelos son of Philomelos
of Halai was putting to the vote and his fellow presiding committee members.
(10) The People decided. Simonides
son of Hegemon of Hagnous proposed: since
Audoleon king of the Paionians both from earlier times has been
of good will to the Athenian People,
(15) being of service and
joining the effort (sunergōn) for the freedom of the
city, and when the People delivered
the town, on learning this he was delighted
at the success that had occurred,
(20) considering that the preservation (sōtērian) of the city was as one with his own,
and he is of service both individually to
Athenians spending time with
him and those arriving
(25) in the country; and he has given
a gift of grain to the People
of 7500 medimnoi
from Macedonia at his own
expense, having delivered it to the
(30) harbours of the city; and
further he announces that in the future
he will be of service by joining the effort (sunergōn) for the deliverance of the Piraeus and the freedom of the city,
(35) for good fortune, the People
shall decide: to praise king
Audoleon son of Patraos of Paionia for his excellence and good will for the
Athenian People and to crown
(40) him with a gold crown,
and to announce the crown at the
tragedy competition of the Great
Dionysia; and the board of administrators (tous epi tei dioikēsei) shall
manage the making of the
(45) crown and the announcement;
and he shall be Athenian,
and his descendants, and it shall be
possible for him to enrol in the tribe and
deme and phratry that he wishes;
(50) and the prytany that
is allotted to preside next
shall put the vote about him at the
next Assembly, and the
court presidents (thesmothetas) shall bring for him
(55) the scrutiny (dokimasian) of the award to
the court whenever it is
possible; and they shall stand a bronze statue
of him on a horse in the Agora; and the board
of administrators (tous epi tēi dioikēsei) shall manage
(60) the making and the setting up
. . .