Honours for Asklepiodoros
IG II3 1 418 Date: Ca. 340-320 (337/6?) BC
Decree 1 . . . . . . of the prytany. [Of the presiding committee (proedrōn) Euthy?]krates of [Aphidna?][1] was putting to the vote.
. . . of Potamos proposed: concerning the
lawful petition which Asklepiodoros son of Poly- of -[2] (5) is deemed to have made to the Council,
the People shall resolve: since Asklepiodoros
was a good man, fighting against
the enemy, sailing on the trireme
of Chares of Aixone,[3] to praise
(10) him and crown him with a foliage crown
for his manly virtue (andragathias) and invite him
to hospitality in the city hall (prutaneion) tomorrow;
and he and his descendants shall have equality of taxation (isoteleian),
while resident at Athens, like the
(15) others who have equality of taxation (isotelesin), so that everyone
who serves on campaign with the Athenians may know that the People honours good men;
and having inscribed this decree
on a stone stele, let the secretary stand it
(20) on the acropolis; and for the inscribing
let the treasurer of the People give twenty drachmas
from the People’s fund for expenditure on
decrees.