Honours for Meliton, kitharist
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source date: Εarly third century CE
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ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος καὶ ἡ γερουσία ἐτείμησαν [...] Μελίτωνα Μελίτωνος τὸν καὶ Ἀγροίταν πυθικὸν καὶ κύκλιον κιθαριστὴν ἱερονείκὴν πλειστονείκην παράδοξον ἄνδρα εὐγενείᾳ καὶ τρόπου σεμνότητι διαφέροντα καὶ ἐπὶ τούτῳ μάλιστα θαυμασθέντα καὶ τειμηθεντα ὑ πὸ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν αὐτοκράτορος [...]ου [...]ΑΙ [...]υ [...]υ [...]υ [...]υ Μ[...]Ι ΤΩΙ [...]ΣΙ νεικήσαντα Ἄκτια ἐν Νεικοπόλει Ἐφέσηα ἐν Ἐφέσῳ

Πύθια ἐν Ἱεραπόλει Ἄκτια ἐν Ἱεραπόλει Ἄκτια ἐν [...] Ἄκτια ἐν [...] Δαμασκῷ Ἄκτια ἐν Καισαρείᾳ τῆς Στράτωνος Πύθια ἐν Λαοδικείᾳ Συρίας κοινὰ Καππαδοκῶν ἐν Καισαρείᾳ Ἡρακλεία Κομμόδεια ἐν Τύρῳ κοινὰ Βειθυνίας ἐν Νεικομηδείᾳ Αὐγούστεια ἐν Τράλλεσιν κοινὰ Ἀσίας β ἐν Τράλλεσιν Δεῖα Ἅλεια β ἐν Φιλαδελφείᾳ κοινὰ Ἀσίας ἐν Φιλαδελφείᾳ Ι[...]ει [...] ομ [...]α μυ [...] ιι [...]Ι [...]α πολειτείᾳ πόλεων ἐνδόξων καὶ ναιι[...] βουλῇ καὶ προεδρίᾳ τειμηθέντα

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The Council and the People and the Gerousia honoured Meliton son of Meliton, also known as Agroitas, pythic and cyclic kithara-player, sacred victor, frequent victor, extraordinary, a man distinguished by good birth and dignity of conduct, and for this very much admired and honoured by our lord emperor [... 6 lines ...], who won Actia at Nicopolis, Ephesea at Ephesus, Pythia at Hierapolis, Actia at Hierapolis, Actia [ at ...], Actia at Damascus, [? Actia at ] Caesarea Stratonos, P[ythia] at [?Syrian] Laodiceia, the provincial festival of the Cappadocians at Caesarea, Heracleia Commodeia at Tyre, the provincial festival of Bithynia at Nicomedia, Augusteia at Tralles, the provincial festival of Asia twice at Tralles, [?Deia Hal]eia twice at Philadelphia, the provincial festival of Asia [at Phi]ladelphia, [...2 lines ...] , honoured with ? citizenship of distinguished ?and [? ...] cities, and [?(membership of the) Council] and [? honorific seating].

[Le Conseil, le Peuple et la Gérousie] ont honoré Marcus Aurelius Melitôn fils de Melitôn, surnommé Agroitas, cithariste soliste et cithariste de chœur, vainqueur dans les concours sacrés, vainqueur dans de nombreux concours, vainqueur extraordinaire, qui l’emporte par sa naissance et la noblesse de son attitude, en outre et par-dessus tout admiré et honoré par notre Seigneur l’Empereur Caius Messius Quintus Trajan Dèce Pieux Heureux - - -; il a vaincu aux Aktia de Nicopolis; aux Ephesèa d’Éphèse; aux Pythia de Hiérapolis; aux Aktia de Hiérapolis; aux Aktia de - - -; aux Aktia - - - à Damas; aux Aktia (?) de Césarée de Stratôn; aux Pythia de Laodicée de Syrie; au Koinon Kappadokôn à Césarée; aux Hèrakleia Kommodeia de Tyr; aux Koina Bithynias à Nicomédie; aux Augousteia de Tralles; aux Koina Asias à Tralles, 2 fois; aux Deia Haleia de Philadelphie, 2 fois; aux Koina Asias à Philadelphie; - - - honoré du droit de cité de cités glorieuses, - - - de l’appartenance au Conseil et de la proédrie (?).

[...], K.V.18, Abklatsch 13, a fragment from the upper left side of face a; [...], 40, 45 (upper left side fragment); [...] The upper of those fragments, as well as seventeen further fragments, twelve of which join (86.43, Temple 17, Temple 29, and unnumbered)

[...] 148, bis (part) , whence (in part) [...] 29-30, [...] 301 ; all fragments: [...] 69, whence [...] PPAphr 69, [...] H.260 (listed); [...] 1.182, whence [...] 163.