Honours for Phaidros of Sphettos
IG II3 1 985 Date: 259/8 BC(?)
Decree 1 . . . letter traces . . . he besieged the . . . that were in the alliance of the enemy; and
Thymochares his son, the father of Phaidros, when elected
5 general in charge of the fleet by the People sailed
on the ships which the People ⟦erased⟧[1] he sent them with them to Asia, and he joined in the fighting
of the war in Cyprus and captured Hagnon of Teos and the ships that were with him;[2] and in the archonship of Praxiboulos (315/4),
10 when Glauketes had captured Kythnos[3] and had brought down
the ships from there, he (Thymochares) captured the city and Glauketes
himself and the ships with him, and made it
safe for those sailing the sea; and when Kassandros
was besieging Oreos[4] and he (Thymochares) was despatched as
15 general in charge of the ships of the city, he
obtained through negotiation for those sailing on the ships that
the Athenians alone of the allies were free
from the works to do with the siege; and
Phaidros himself has continued to have the same
20 preference as his ancestors, presenting himself as worthy
of the good will of the People; and in the archonship of Nikias (296/5) when he was elected by the People twice[5] general
in charge of equipment he managed everything which was required
well and with love of honour ; and when he was elected (general) in charge of the countryside 25 several times, and being (general) in charge of the mercenaries three times,[6] he exerted himself to the full, so that the soldiers were
fitted out as well as possible and able to fulfil the needs
of the People; and when he went as ambassador to the elder
king Ptolemy he brought back grain and money
30 for the People;[7] and when elected by the People
hoplite general for the year of the archonship of Kimon (288/7) he continued to strive for the common preservation ,
and when difficult times beset the city[8] he safe-
guarded the peace in the countryside always revealing himself in the best
35 light, and he was responsible for bringing in the grain
and other crops from the countryside, having advised the People
to conclude ⟦erased⟧,
⟦ erased ⟧, and he handed over the city free, democratic and autonomous and under the rule of law to those after
40 him ⟦ . . . erased . . . ⟧ ⟦ . . . erased . . . ⟧; he continued to speak and do what
good he could for the People ⟦ . . . erased . . . ⟧ ⟦ . . . erased . . . ⟧ ⟦ erased ⟧ elected first hoplite general by the
45 People for the year of the archonship of Xenophon[9] (287/6) he continued to do everything in accordance with the laws and
the decrees of the Council and People; ⟦ . . . erased . . . ⟧ ⟦ . . . erased . . . ⟧ ⟦ . . . erased . . . ⟧ 50 ⟦ . . . erased . . . ⟧ ⟦ . . . erased . . . ⟧ ⟦ . . . erased . . . ⟧ and when he was elected competition director by the People in the archonship
of Nikias (282/1) he managed the sacrifices so that all would
55 be completed according to tradition and the games would take place
as well as possible and worthy of the love of honour of the People, and
later when his son Thymochares was elected competition director for the year of the archonship of Euboulos (274/3)[10] he shared
also in managing all these things, demonstrating in all things
60 the manifest good will that he has for the People; and he
performed all the other liturgies with love of honour[11] , and as many public subscriptions as took place on the part of the People
he took part in all; and for all these things he has been crowned
by the Council and People; in order therefore that
65 the People may be seen to honour the good
men who are worthy of remembrance, for good fortune, the
Council shall decide: that the presiding committee allotted
to preside in the People, when the days
set by the law pass, shall put the matter on the agenda
70 and submit the opinion of the Council to the
People,[12] that it seems good to the Council to praise Phaidros
son of Thymochares of Sphettos and crown him
with a gold crown according to the law for the excellence
and good will that he continues to have for the Athenian 75 People; and to proclaim the crown at
the new tragedy competition of the Great
Dionysia and at the athletic contest of the Great
Panathenaia; and the administrator shall
manage the making of the crown and the
80 announcement;[13] and the People shall stand a bronze
statue of him in the Agora, and he and the eldest of his descendants
at the time shall have have meals in the
city hall , and he shall have a front row seat at all the competitions
that the city puts on;[14] and the People shall elect
85 forthwith three men from the Athenians who
will manage both the making of the statue
and its erection; and the the prytany secretary
shall inscribe this decree on a
stone stele and stand it next to the statue;
90 and for the inscription of the stele the
administrator
shall allocate the expenditure accrued.
Decree 2 Lyandros son of Lysiades of Anaphlystos proposed:[15] for good
fortune, the People shall decide: to do all the
other things concerning the award that Phaidros
95 has requested[16] according to the earlier decree that Lyandros
proposed, and that the court presidents shall submit for him
the scrutiny[17] of the award to the court according to the law. For the erection of the
statue the following were elected: Thymochares
100 of Sphettos,[18] Menon of Acharnai,[19] Straton
of Sphettos.
In crown The Council.
The People.