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Honorary Decree by the Andrakleidian Brotherhood for Theomnestos (ca. 300 BCE) Tenos - Southwestern islands


Tenos (Southwestern islands, Aegean Islands — Pleiades map), 300 BCE
Roland Étienne, Ténos II. Ténos et les Cyclades du milieu du IVe siècle avant J.-C. au milieu du IIIe siècle après J.-C., Bibliothèque de l'École Française d'Athènes et de Rome (Série Athènes), 263bis (Paris: de Boccard, 1990), 37-39 (no. 1) = SEG 40 (1990), no.688 = AGRW ID# 20457


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Slab of marble found south of the Church of Panagia Evangelistria. Poseidon may be the patron deity of this group. It is not clear whether the patra (phratra) here–a group term otherwise unattested at Tenos–is an official civic subdivision of the citizens or a less formal association.

It was resolved by the Andrakleidians (Andrakleidai): Peisagoras proposed: Since Theomnestos son of Euktimenes is a good man with respect to the brotherhood (patra = phratra), managing communal interests in a good and just manner with the result that an abundance of income was produced for the brotherhood and continuing to take care of other communal interests of the brotherhood and of the sacrifices, it was resolved to crown him with a gold crown worth 100 drachmai and to give him double-portions of the communal sacrifices on account of his virtue, righteousness, and care with respect to the brotherhood and the sacred rites.  It was also resolved to announce the crown during the contests of the Poseidon celebrations in the theater.  This decree is to be inscribed on a stone slab (stele) and set up in the temple of . . .    The expense is to be provided . . . the leaders (archontes) . . . of the brotherhood.

Translation by: Harland



Ἔδοξεν Ἀνδρακλείδαις· Πεισαγόρας εἶ|πεν· ἐπειδὴ Θεόμνηστος Εὐκτ̣[ι]μένου | ἀνὴρ ἀγαθός ἐστι περὶ τὴμ πάτραν καὶ ἐπε|μελήθη καλῶς καὶ δικαίως τῶγ κοινῶν ||ὥστε γενέσθαι τῆι πάτραι εὐπορίαγ χρη|μάτων, καὶ διατελεῖ ἐπιμελόμενος | τών τε ἂλλων κοινῶν τῆς πάτρας καὶ | τῶν ἱερῶν· στεφανῶσαι αὐτὸν χρυσῶι στε||[φ]άνωι ἀπὸ ἑκατὸν δραχμῶν καὶ διμοιρί|[αι] τῶν κοινῶν ἀρετῆς καὶ δικαιοσύνης | [κα]ὶ ἐπιμελείας ἕνεκα τῆς περὶ τὴμ πά|[τ]ραν καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ καὶ ἀνακηρῦξαι Ποσιδεί||[ω]ν τῶι ἀγῶνι ἐν τῶι θεάτρωι τ̣ό̣νδε τὸν | στέφανον · τὸ δὲ ψήφισμα τόδε ἀναγράψαι | [ἐν στήλ]ηι λιθίνηι καὶ στῆσαι ἐν τῶι ἱερῶι τῆς | [. . . .] · τὸ δὲ ἀνάλωμα δοῦναι τοὺς ἄρχον||τας — ca. 12 —] ου τῆς πάτρας

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