Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum: 388

ATHENS HONOURS NIKIAS AND THE OVERSEERS OF THE PROCESSION OF DIONYSOS

Greek text: IG_2².668 ( see also IG_2³.1.920 )
Date: 266/5 B.C.
Format: see key to translations

The sacrifice mentioned in this decree, made by the Athenians for "the crops in their fields", was probably prompted by concerns for the city's food supply during the Chremonidean War; see G.J.Oliver, "War, Food, and Politics in Early Hellenistic Athens", page 131.

. . . resolved by the people, as proposed by Aischylos . . . concerning the report that the archon has made about his sacrifices to Dionysos, with good fortune it is resolved by the people: that the people accept the good omen, which as the archon reports occurred in the sacrifices that he made on behalf of the health and safety of the council and the people of Athens and the crops in their fields; and since the archon has performed the other necessary sacrifices on behalf of the council and the people in a fine and pious manner; and he has taken care of the procession of Dionysos with his associates and the overseers; and he has continually taken care of the duties of his office according to the laws; therefore to praise the archon Nikias of Otryne, the son of Philon, and his advisors, Alkimachos of Myrrhinous the son of Kleoboulos and Antiphanes of Otryne the son of Polykrates, on account of the piety and the honourable conduct which they have continually displayed towards the Athenian people; and also to praise the overseers of the procession:

Isandros of Kydathenaion, the son of Echedemos
Mnesitheos of Kydathenaion, the son of Echedemos
Kallitheos of Phlya, the son of Boularchos
Antiphates of Azenia, the son of Euthykrites
Kallaischros of Pallene, the son of Diotimos
Ameinokles of Kettos, the son of Antiphanes
Hieron of Aithalidai, the son of Pheidyllos
Kallippos of Acharnai, the son of Hippotherses
Polyzelos of Halai, the son of Euenorides
Theogenes of Amphitrope, the son of Poseidonios;

and to praise the father of the kanephoros, Kalliphon of Athmonon, the son Kalliphon. The secretary of the prytany shall inscribe this decree on a stone stele and place it in the sanctuary of Dionysos; and the officials in charge of finance shall allocate the necessary funds to pay for the creation and inscribing of the stele.

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