Honours for priests and religious officials
IG II3 1 416 Date: Ca. 340-330 BC
. . . [1] . . . proposed: concerning what the priest of Dionysos
[in the Piraeus, Meixigenes?] and the religious officials (hieropoioi) appointed
by the Council [reported] about the sacrifices (hierōn) that they made (ethuon) to Dionysos and
(5) to the other gods to whom it was fitting to sacrifice on behalf of the Athenian Council and
People, for good fortune, the Council shall resolve:
that the presiding committee (proedrous) allotted to preside in the People
at the next Assembly shall introduce the priest and
the religious officials (hieropoious) to the People, and put their report on the
(10) agenda, and submit the opinion of the Council to the People,
that it seems good to the Council, that the People should accept the good things,
which the priest and the religious officials (hieropoioi) report as having occurred
in the sacrifices (hierois) which they made (ethuon) to Dionysos and to the other gods,
for the health and preservation of the Athenian Council and People
(15) and of the children and women and other possessions
of the Athenians; and to praise the priest of Dionysos,
Meixigenes of Cholleidai, and of Poseidon Pelagios,
Himeraios of Phaleron,[2] and of Zeus Soter,[3] Nikokles
of Hagnous, and of Ammon,[4] Pausiades of Phaleron,
(20) for their love of honour (philotimias) towards the Council and their piety
towards the gods, and crown each of them with a gold
crown of 500 drachmas when they have rendered their accounts;
and since the religious officials (hieropoioi) chosen by the Council
managed (epemelēthēsan) well and with love of honour (philotimōs) the supply of requirements (parastaseōs) for the rites (hiereōn)[5] (25) and . . . of the sacrifices (thusiōn) . . . of the heroes and
in other respects concerning the . . . have managed (epimemelēntai) . . . justly and with love of honour (philotimōs), to praise the religious officials (hieropoious),
Eunomos of EuonymonI, Sybarites of GargettosII, Gnosias
of KydathenaionIII, Phileas of PaionidaiIV, Chairephanes of SphettosV,
(30) Apollodoros of PteleaVI, Autosthenes of XypeteVII,
Amiantos of AuridaiVIII, Epikrates of AphidnaIX, Philostratos of PalleneX,
for their excellence and justice towards the Athenian Council and
People and their management (epimeleias) concerning the rites (hiera),
and to crown each of them with a gold crown of 500
(35) drachmas, when they have rendered their accounts; and the treasurer
of the People shall also give them for a sacrifice and dedication [50 or 100] drachmas
from the People’s fund for expenditure on decrees; and the
secretary of the Council shall inscribe this decree on a stone
stele and stand it in the theatre of Dionysos (erased text: [in
(40) Piraeus?]); and for inscribing the stele the treasurer
of the People shall give [30 or 40] drachmas from the People’s
fund for expenditure on decrees.
In crowns:
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Chairephanes
(50) of SphettosV.
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Eunomos
(55) of EuonymonI.
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Sybarites
of GargettosII.
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Amiantos
of AuridaiVIII.
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Philostratos
of PalleneX.
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