Mytilene area on Lesbos (Northern islands, Aegean Islands — Pleiades map), 125-175 CE
IG XII,2 484
= Guy Labarre, Les cités de Lesbos aux époques hellénistique et impériale (Paris: de Boccard, 1996), no. 50
= IGR IV 116
= PHI 75163
= AGRW ID# 17764
The Council and the People honored Bresos son of Bresos, chief-physician (archiatros), free of civic service (i.e. liturgies), whose children and descendents had fulfilled leadership offices, other offices, wreath-bearings, and market-overseeing offices. He himself was also chair of the Council, protector of the laws, and holder of other offices, including those of Zeus Aetherios (“of the Ether”), of Ammon Eleutherios (“Deliverer”), of Adrasteia (“Inevitable”; perhaps a Phrygian goddess or Nemesis), of the mysteries of the Augusti, of Pnistia, of Etephila, of Poseidon, of Mychios (“Innermost” god) and Mychias (“Innermost” goddess), of the most unavoidable goddesses (i.e. likely the Furies), and of the shrine of Eira (?). He was attendant (paredros) of Zeus Mainolios (“Frenzied”), caller (parakeleustēs) of Athena Polias (“of the City”) on behalf of the city, leader of the chorus of Artemis and Malean Apollo, sacred herald of the elders (gerontes), temple-warden of Asklepios Soter (“Savior”) and of the most divine emperor, and the one who makes offerings at the assemblies of the city. He has also been a guide for visitors (periēgētēs) for fourty years until now and, fittingly, without pay or reward, unlike those who were before him.
Translation by: Harland
Facsimile of IG-XII,2-484 from Alexander Christian L. Conze, Reise auf der Insel Lesbos (Hannover: Rümpler, 1865), plate XVII, 1.
Item added: October 31, 2015
Item modified: October 31, 2015
ID number: 17764
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