Honours for the ephebes of 185/4 and their officers
IG II3 1 1290 Date: 184/3 BC
[... for the sake] of their good reputation (heneka tou kalōs akouein) . . . ,
and it is proper to honour those who are worthy and to challenge the [young men (neōterous)] to (adopt) a [like-minded (homoian) attitude (hairesin)], in order that there should be an [incentive (ephamillon)] for those who are ephebes to always obey those appointed by the People to be in charge of their orderliness (eukosmian);
and in order that the Council and the People may be seen to be honouring those who are worthy, for good fortune, the Council shall decide, that the
(5) presiding committee allotted for the forthcoming Assembly shall place these matters on the agenda, and submit the opinion
of the Council to the People, that it seems good to the Council to praise the ephebes of the archonship of Eupolemos (185/4),
and crown them with a gold crown for their [piety (eusebeias)] towards the gods and the
discipline (eutaxias), which they continually showed throughout the year, and for their [love of honour (philotimias)] towards the Council and the
People; and announce this crown at the new tragedies of the City Dionysia, and at the
(10) gymnastic competitions of the Eleusinia and Panathenaia and Ptolemaia; and the generals and the treasurer of the military fund
shall take care of the making of the crowns and their announcement; and they shall have
the front seats at all the competitions that the city puts on; whoever is elected director of works (architektona) shall always assign them their place; and they shall have permission to set up two paintings (pinakōn duein) (sic), wherever they please;
and since their superintendent has also rendered an account of how, obeying him, they they accomplished many useful things
(15) for the safety and protection (phulakēn) of the People, and since he requests of the Council and the People that they be granted a dedication
as a reward for their endurance (kakopathias), they shall have it, just as their superintendent (kosmētēs) requests, whatever shall seem good to the People, for their honour,
and its erection in the Lyceum shall be a monument to their love of labour (philoponias) and discipline (eutaxias); and to inscribe
their names with their father’s names and deme and the name of their superintendent (kosmētou) and trainers (didaskalōn); and to praise also
their superintendent (kosmētēn), Theoboulos son of Th[eoboulos of Eleusis?], for the good-will and love of honour (philotimias), which he continually shows towards
(20) the Council and the People . . . and to be crowned in accordance with the law; and to praise also
their trainers (didaskalous), their [weapons trainer (hoplomachon)], Persaios son of Symmachos of Kikynna, and their physical trainer (paidotribēn),
Hermodoros son of Heortios of Acharnai, and their [javelin trainer (akontistēn)], Nikomachos son of Nikomachos of Aphidna, and their artillery officer (katapeltaphetēn),
Pedieus son of Neandros of Kerameis, and their archery trainer (toxotēn), Sosos son of Proxenos of Sphettos; and to crown each of them
with a foliage crown; and the prytany secretary shall inscribe this decree on a stone stele, as well as
(25) the names of the ephebes according to their tribes, and stand it in the Agora,
and the treasurer of the military fund shall allocate the expenditure accrued for the stele and the [inscribing?].
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[The Council],
[the People (crown)] -
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(30) [The Council],
[the People (crown)] [the ephebes].