Kleomis of Methymna awarded proxeny
IG II3 1 390 Date: Ca. 350-340 BC
Decree 1 . . . -krates . . . . . . by the pirates, the Council
shall resolve: that the presiding committee (proedrous) allotted to
(5) preside in the People at the
next Assembly shall place these matters
on the agenda and submit the opinion
of the Council to the People, that it seems good
to the Council to praise Kleomis
(10) son of Apollodoros of Methymna,[1] since
he both ransomed those captured by the pirates
and does whatever good is in his power
for the Athenian People; and he shall be
proxenos and benefactor, himself
(15) and his descendants, of the Athenian People.
Decree 2 . . .