Archippos of Thasos granted citizenship
IG II3 1 333 Date: 334/3 and 333/2 BCFragment a
Relief Decree 1 [ ... ?] for which Mnesiphilos son of Mneson of Phaleron was secretary (334/3). On the eleventh of Maimakterion,
the twenty-first of the prytany. Principal
Assembly. Of the presiding committee (proedrōn) (5) -otheos of Kydantidai or Kydathenaion was putting to the vote. The People decided. -
son of -ophron of Lakiadai proposed: concerning what Archippos[1] says and what the Council has proposed about
him, the People shall resolve: to praise
Archippos the [son?] of Archi[ppos?] (?),
(10) because he is a good man concerning the city
of Athens, both now and in past
time, and does what good is in his power;
and to crown Archippos with a gold crown
of 1,000 drachmas for his [manly virtue (andragathias)] (15) towards the Athenians; and since his [father] [was a friend of the Athenians] and the People
[gave] him [the citizenship], Archippos [shall be an Athenian, himself and] [his descendants], and he shall
choose the tribe and deme and phratry
(20) [to which he wishes to belong]; and the
prytany (prutaneis) [of HippothontisVIII] shall put
the vote about him to the next
Assembly . . . . . .
Fragment b
(25) . . . from the
People’s fund for expenditure on decrees;
and to invite Archippos to dinner
in the city hall (prutaneion) tomorrow.
Inserted later: he shall be permitted to join a phratry except those which the laws prohibit.[2]
Decree 2 (30) On the old and new day (henei kai neai) of Elaphebolion,
the twenty-sixth of the prytany, for which Archelas
of Pallene was secretary (333/2). Assembly.
Of the presiding committee (proedrōn) . . . was putting to
the vote. Fellow members of the presiding committee (sunproedroi): . . . (35) . . . I, Thymochares of TeithrasII -
of KydathenaionIII, Euxen- of -IV,
-os of KephaleV, E- of - VI or VII , -
of EleusisVIII, Niki- of -IX or X.
-es son of Aristarchos of Ph- proposed:
(40) concerning the petition which Archippos is deemed to have lawfully
made in the [Assembly or Council], since . . . Archippos and Hipparchos . . . brother and . . . . . . both on the . . . (45) Lakedaimonians . . . . . . of the Athenians and . . . . . . -rillos still now . . . . . . of the Athenian People . . . . . . of the Athenians . . . (50) . . . to Archippos . . . . . . was made a citizen . . . . . . of ancestors or descendants . . . . . . . . .