Citizenship for Bithys of Lysimacheia
IG II3 1 924 Date: Ca. 285–282 BC
. . . four illegible lines (5) . . . the People . . . . . . and the . . . . . . . . . assigning them to their regiments (eis tagma) . . . he appoints . . . , and he manages everything else with love of honour (philotimōs) (10) and he is for all Athenians a good man
and of good will to the People, for good fortune, the Council
shall decide: that the presiding committee (proedrous) allotted
to preside in the People at the next Assembly
shall put the matter on the agenda and submit the opinion
(15) of the Council to the People, that it seems good to the Council
to praise Bithys son of Kleon of Lysimacheia[1] for his excellence
and good will to the Athenian People, and
to crown him with a gold crown according to the law; and that he be
Athenian, both he and his descendants, and
(20) shall enrol in the tribe and deme and phratry that he wishes
according to the law; and the prytany that is
presiding shall put the vote about him, so that there might be
competition among everyone to show love of honour (philotimeisthai) towards the Athenian People, knowing that they will receive thanks
(25) to the value of their benefactions; and the prytany secretary
shall inscribe this decree on a stone
stele and stand it on the acropolis; and for the
inscription of the stele the board of administrators (tous epi tēi dioikēsei) shall allocate
10 drachmas.