Citizenship for Artemidoros of Perinthos
IG II3 1 867 Date: 286/5 BC
. . . [since Artemidoros, enjoying the trust and friendship of
king Lysimachos] and despatched
by king Lysimachos to
the People on embassies . . . . . . to king Lysimachos
(5) and the Athenian People, and on returning
to the king, at every opportunity
. . . whatever good
he can on behalf of the People; and he co-operates
with the embassies despatched to the king
(10) in whatever way they request
of him, for good fortune, the Council
shall decide: that the presiding committee (proedrous) who
presides in the People at the
next Assembly shall put the matter on the agenda
(15) and submit the opinion of the Council
to the People, that it seems good to the Council
to praise Artemidoros son of Apollodoros
of Perinthos[1] for his excellence and good will
to king Lysimachos and to
(20) the Athenian People, and to crown
him with a gold crown according to the law;
and he shall be Athenian, and his
descendants, and shall enrol in the tribe and
deme and phratry that he wishes
(25) according to the law; and the prytany
in office in the month of Mounichion
shall put the vote about him at the
first Assembly, and the court presidents (thesmothetas) shall bring the scrutiny (dokimasian) for him
(30) when they fill the public courts,
so that there may be competition for everyone to be of service
to the People in the knowledge that favours
worthy of their benefactions will be delivered;
and the prytany secretary
(35) shall inscribe this decree on
a stone stele and stand it on the acropolis,
and for inscribing the stele
the board of administrators (tous epi tei dioikēsei) shall allocate the
expenditure accrued.