Posthumous honours for Muon and Peritas
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Μύωνα Περίτου τοῦ Ἀδράστου τοῦ Διονυσίου τοῦ Περίτου τοῦ φύσει Ἀδράστου Μόλωνος Μύωνος Ἀδράστου ἄνδρα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ προγόνων ἐνδόξων γένους πρώτου καὶ πολλὰς γυμνασιαρχίας καὶ στεφανοφορίας πεποιηκότος καὶ ἐν πρεσβείαις καὶ ἀρχαῖς καὶ λιτουργίαις πάσαις γεγονότος ἀνδρῶν ἀπόγονον τῶν συνεκτικότων τὴν πατρίδα καὶ αὐτον ἀπὸ παιδὸς ἡλικίας ζήσαντα καλῶς καὶ ἐναρέτως καὶ ἀναλογούντως τῇ τοῦ γένους ἀξίᾳ ἀσκήσαντα παιδείαν καὶ ἐν αἳς ἐφιλοτιμήσατο πρὼταις πρεσβείαις τε καὶ ἱερατείᾳ θεοῦ Νέρβα παρασχόντα χρήσιμον ἐαυτὸν τῇ πατρίδι εἰκόνων τε ἐνόπλοις ἐπιχρύσοις ἀναθέσεσιν καὶ ἀγαλμάτων καὶ ἀνδριάντων ἐν ἱεροῖς καὶ δημοσίοις τόποις ἐχόντων ἐπιγραφὰς τὰς ἀναλογούσας τῇ τοῦ γένους ἀξίᾳ εἰς τὴν ἐπικειμένην σορὸν τούτῳ τῷ μνημείῳ μηδενὶ ἄλλῳ ἐξεῖναι τεθῆναι ἢ μόνῳ Περίτᾳ τῷ κατεσκευακοτι τὸ μνημεῖον ἐπεὶ ὁ θεὶς ἕτερόν τινα ἀπιτισάτω τὰ δηλούμενα πρόστειμα ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ τῇ Περίτου Ζῇ.

Περείταν Ἀδράστου τοῦ Διονυσίου τοῦ Περίτου τοῦ φύσει Ἀδράστου τοῦ Μόλωνος Μύωνα ἄνδρα γένους λαμπροῦ καὶ ἐνδόξου καὶ γεγονότος ἐν τε γυμνασιαρχίαις καὶ στεφανοφορίαις καὶ πρεσβείαις καὶ κατασκευαῖς ἔργων καὶ ἀρχαῖς καὶ λιτουργίαις πάσαις καὶ αὐτον ἀπὸ πρώτης ἡλικίας κατακολουθοῦντα τῷ τοῦ γένους ἀξιώματι ζῶντα φιλοτίμως πρὸς τὴν πατρίδα καὶ τὰς ἐνχειρισθεισας αὐτῷ ἀρχὰς καὶ πρεσβείας καὶ ἐγδικίας τετελεκοτα ἴσως καὶ δικαίως καὶ ἀξίως τῶν προγόνων τελουμένης τε γυμνασιαρχίας καὶ στεφανηφορίας ἑνδεκάτης καὶ αὐτῆς καθαπερ Μύων ὁ προπαππος αὐτοῦ λαμπρῶς καὶ ἐκτενῶς καὶ ἀξίως τῶν προγόνων τὰ καθήκοντα αὐτῷ τῆς γυμνασιαρχίας καὶ στεφανηφορίας ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων τετελεκότα ἱερατεύσαντα δὲ καὶ θεοῦ Τίτου

[^a1: at i 3: [..]ΥΠΑΤΡΟΣ | [ἀπὸ ]πατρὸς]

[^a2: at i 5: ΓΕΓΟΝΟΝΟΤΟΣΑΝΔΡΩΝ | γεγονό[το]ς ἄνδρὸς]

[^a3: at i 14: ΤΟΥΤΩΤΟ | ΤΟΥΤΩ]

[^a4: at i 16: ΑΠΟΤΙΣΑΙΤΩ | ἀποτίσ[ε]ι τῷ [ταμέιῳ]]

[^a5: at ii 3: ΜΥΩΝΑ | Μύων[ος]]

[^a6: at ii 15: ΤΑΚΑΘ | ΚΑΚΑΘ, corrected to [τὰ] καθ]

[^a7: at ii 16: ΙΕΡΩ, with Α above | ΙΕΡΩ corrected to ἱερ[α]]

i. Myon son of Peritas, the son of Adrastos son of Dionysios, (adoptive) son of Peritas, by birth son of Adrastos (?the son) of Molon of Myon of Adrastos, a man whose father and ancestors were of esteemed, of a first family which had often held the gymnasiarchy and stephanephoria and taken part in embassies and magistracies and all liturgies, a descendant of those who founded the homeland, and one who from his childhood lived finely and virtuously and in a manner appropriate to the reputation of his family, pursuing education also in the important embassies in which he sought to distinguish himself, and in the priesthood of the god Nerva showed himself useful to his homeland by setting up images in gilt shields and statues of different kinds in sacred and public places, carrying inscriptions fitting the reputation of his family. In the sarcophagus standing on this memorial it is not allowed to anyone else except Peritas who built the tomb to bury, since anyone who buries anyone else (there) is to pay the fines specified in the will of Peritas.He is still alive

ii. Peritas Myon son of Adrastos son of Dionysios, (adoptive) son of Peritas, by birth son of Adrastos son of Molon, a man of a distinguished and esteemed family which had taken part in gymnasiarchies and stephanephoria and embassies and constructions of works and magistracies and all liturgies, one who also from his youth, following the reputation of his family, living with generosity towards his fatherland and having carried out the magistracies and embassies and judgeships which were entrusted to him fairly and justly and in a manner worthy of his ancestors. While he was holding the gymnasiarchy and his eleventh stephanephorate, that too, in the manner of Muon his great-grandfather, splendidly and lavishly and worthily of his ancestors, he completed what was appropriate for the gymnasiarchy and the stephanephorate from his own resources; he also served as priest of the god Titus.

[...] 123-125

[...] 2771 , whence [...] 47ff, [...] 511 (i) and 522 (ii); [...] 11.508.