Honours for the priest of Asklepios
SEG 18.24 Date: Ca. 160-140? BC
. . . and performed all the sacrifices in accordance with the decrees,
and has displayed seemly conduct,
fitting for the priesthood, for good
fortune, that the Council shall decide, that the
(5) presiding committee allotted to preside at the forthcoming Assembly
shall put these matters on the agenda, and submit the opinion
of the Council to the People that it seems good
to the Council to praise the priest of Asklepios[1] in the city, Me- son of - of -, and
(10) crown him with a foliage crown for the piety (eusebeias) and honour-loving behaviour (philotimias) which he continues to show towards
the gods; and to inscribe the decree
on a stone stele and stand it in the sanctuary (hierÅi) of Asklepios;
and the treasurer of the military fund
(15) shall allocate the expense accrued for the inscribing
of the stele.