Honours for ephebes and their officials
IG II3 1 917 Date: 266/5 BC
In the archonship of Nikias of Otryne (266/5), in the third prytany,
of AkamantisVII, for which Isokrates son of Isokrates of AlopekeXII was secretary.
On the twenty-fifth of Boedromion, the twenty-sixth
of the prytany. Assembly. Of the presiding committee Leokrates
5 son of Leostratos of Oinoe was putting to the vote and his fellow presiding committee members.
The Council and People decided. -stratos son of Mynniskos of Pergase proposed: since all the ephebes who served in the archonship of Menekles (267/6) when war was gripping the city maintained
good order and obedience to the laws
10 and the superintendent and continued for the year to fulfil
their guard duties and the other orders issued by
the general in the guarding of the Mouseion, where they were
stationed by the People; in order, therefore, that, since others who have
been steadfast have been honoured as they have deserved, these be honoured too,
15 for good fortune, the Council shall decide: that the presiding committee who preside in the coming Assembly shall introduce
the superintendent after the sacred business and put the matter on the agenda
and submit the opinion of the Council to the People, that
it seems good to the Council to praise the ephebes who served
20 in the archonship of Menekles (267/6) and to crown them with a
gold crown according to the law for the good order and
love of honour which they continue to have for the People; and they shall
have front row seats at the competitions which the city puts on;
and to praise their superintendent Ameinias son of Antiphanes
25 of Kephisia; and to praise the physical trainer Hermodoros
son of Heortios of Acharnai and the javelin instructor Philotheos son of Stratios
of Lamptrai, and the artillery trainer Mnesitheos son of Mnesitheos
of Kopros and the secretary Hermogenes and the
archery instructor Sondros of Crete, and to crown them with a foliage
30 crown for their good order and the care which they continue to have
for the ephebes; and the prytany secretary shall inscribe
this decree on a stone stele and
stand it in the Agora; and the board of administrators shall allocate
the expenditure accrued for the stele.
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35 The Council (crowns) the
ephebes
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The People (crown) the
ephebes
Those who served as ephebes:
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45 AntigonisI Aithalidai Charinos son of Thrasonides
Eitea Lysikrates son of Phormion
50 Kydathenaion Theophilos son of Theoxenos
DemetriasII Melite -etades son of Proxenos
55 Koile -s son of Euthios or Euthias ErechtheisIII deme - son of -
60 deme - son of -chos
- son of -kleides
AigeisIV deme 65 - son of -oros
deme - son of Kallikrates
deme - son of -esios or -esias
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70 PandionisV Myrrhinous Aristokrates son of Antimachos
Paiania Teisamenos son of -
75 Oa
Hierokles son of Ant-
Angele Chairestratos son of Chai-
OineisVIII 90 deme - son of -
- son of -
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