Proxeny for Apollonides son of Demetrios of Sidon
IG II3 1 379 Date: 323/2 BC
. . . . . . of the presiding committee (proedrōn) Epameinon [of Erchia?][1] was putting to the vote. -les (?) son of -
of Anagyrous proposed: since the merchants (emporoi) and the
shippers (nauklēroi) declare that Apollonides son of Demetrios
of Sidon[2] is a good man and well
(5) disposed towards the Athenian People, the People shall decide:
to praise Apollonides son of Demetrios of Sidon and crown him with a gold crown of
a thousand drachmas for his excellence and good will
towards the Athenian People, and he shall be
(10) proxenos and benefactor of the Athenian People,
himself and his descendants; and he shall have right of ownership (egktēsin) of land
and a house according to the law; and the secretary
of the Council shall inscribe this decree
on a stone stele and stand it on the acropolis;
(15) and for inscribing the stele the treasurer
of the People shall give 20 drachmas from the
People’s fund for expenditure on decrees.