Citizenship
IG II3 1 974 Date: 286–262? BC
. . . . . . for good
fortune, the Council shall decide: that [the presiding committee (proedrous) allotted] to preside shall bring him before the People
and submit the opinion of the Council to the People, that it seems
(5) good to the Council to praise . . . of - and to crown him with a gold crown according to the law
for his love of honour (philotimias) and the good will that he continues to have for the
Athenian People; and he shall be Athenian, and
his descendants, and shall enrol in the tribe and deme and phratry
(10) that he wishes except those the laws forbid; and the
prytany shall put the vote at the next Assembly;
and the court presidents (thesmothetas) shall submit to the court for him
the scrutiny (dokimasian) of his citizenship according to the law;
and in order that there may be a memorial (hupomnēma) [of the award given] (15) [by the] People, [the secretary of the] People shall inscribe [this decree] [on a stone stele] . . . . . .