Proxeny for Sopatros of Akragas
IG II3 1 432 Date: 337-325 BC
. . . The People decided. Lykourgos
son of Lykophron of Boutadai proposed:
concerning what the Council has proposed
that the People shall resolve:
(5) since Sopatros son of Philistion
of Akragas displays
the good will which he has
towards the Athenians, acting
to ensure that the
(10) greatest abundance of grain is brought
to Athens,[1] to praise him
for his good will towards the
Athenian People; and he shall be
proxenos and benefactor,
(15) himself and his descendants,
of the Athenian People; and he shall have
right of ownership (enktēsin); and the prytany secretary (grammatea ton kata prutaneian) shall inscribe this decree
on a stone stele
(20) and stand it on
the acropolis; and for inscribing
the stele the treasurer
of the People shall give 30
drachmas from the People’s
(25) fund for expenditure on
decrees; and to invite Sopatros
to hospitality in the city hall (prutaneion) tomorrow; and the director of
works (architektona) shall assign him a seat
(30) at the Dionysia.