Honours for the archon Nikias and others
IG II3 1 920 Date: 266/5? BC
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his fellow presiding committee members. The People decided. -as
son of Aischylos of S- proposed: concerning the report
of the archon about the sacrifices which he made to
(5) Dionysos,[1] for good fortune, the People shall decide:
that the People shall accept the good things that the
archon reports occurred in the sacrifices
that he made for the health and preservation of the Council
and the Athenian People and the
(10) crops in the countryside;[2] and since the archon
has made as many other sacrifices as were proper to him
on behalf of the Council and People well and
piously, and has managed the procession
for Dionysos with his assistants and the
(15) managers, and continues to manage
matters concerning his office according to the
laws, to praise the archon Nikias son of Philon
of Otryne (266/5) and his assistants,
Alkimachos son of Kleoboulos of Myrrhinous,
(20) Antiphanes son of Polykrates of Otryne for the
piety and love of honour (philotimias) which they continue to have
for the Athenian People; and to praise
the managers of the procession,[3] Isandros
son of Echedemos of Kydathenaion, Mnesitheos
(25) son of Echedemos of Kydathenaion, Kallitheos son of Boularchos
of Phlya, Antiphates son of Euthykritos of Azenia,
Kallaischros son of Diotimos of Pallene, Ameinokles
son of Antiphanes of Kettos, Hieron son of Pheidyllos
of Aithalidai, Kallippos son of Hippotherses of Acharnai,
(30) Polyzelos son of Euenorides of Halai, Theogenes
son of Poseidonios of Amphitrope; and to praise
the father of the basket-bearer Kalliphon
son of Kalliphon of Athmonon; that the prytany secretary
shall inscribe this decree
(35) on a stone stele and stand it in the
precinct (temenei) of Dionysos; and for the inscription and
making (of the stele) the board of administrators shall allocate
the expenditure accrued.