IG II³ 1 1026 (Q10710)

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Honours for the priestess of Athena Polias
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IG II³ 1 1026
Honours for the priestess of Athena Polias

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    . . . . . . for good fortune, the Council shall decide: that the presiding committee (proedrous) allotted to preside at the forthcoming Assembly shall put the matter on the agenda and submit the opinion of the Council (5) to the People, that it seems good to the Council to accept the good things [that the priestess says?+1+] occurred in the sacrifices that she made for the health and preservation of the Council and the People and children and women and [king Demetrios] and queen (10) [Phthia] and their descendants; and since the priestess [of Athena] took care well and with love of honour (philotimōs) of the adornment of the table according to tradition and the other things which the laws and decrees of the People prescribed, and continues (15) at every opportunity to be honour-loving (philotimoumenē) towards the goddess,+2+ and in the archonship of Alkibiades (237/6) she dedicated from her own resources a Theran+3+ and . . . and a garment of plaited hair; and contributed to the Praxiergidai+4+ a hundred drachmas for the ancestral sacrifice+5+ from (20) her own resources;+6+ so, therefore, that the People may be seen to be honouring those who rate most highly piety to the gods, to praise the priestess of Athena Polias -te daughter of Polyeuktos of Bate+7+ and (25) crown her with a foliage crown for her piety towards the goddess; and to praise also her husband Archestratos son of Euthykrates of Amphitrope and crown him with a foliage crown for his piety towards the goddess and love of honour (philotimias) (30) towards the Council and People;+8+ and the prytany secretary shall inscribe this decree on a stone stele and stand it [on the acropolis] . . . . . .
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    Stephen Lambert
    Attic Inscriptions Online
    Stephen Lambert
    Sean Byrne