Funerary honours for Hermias Glykon, his wife Apphia, and their daughter Apphia
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source date: First to second century CE
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ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἔθαψεν καὶ ἐτείμησεν ταῖς μεγίσταις τειμαῖς Ἑρμίαν Ἑρμίου τοῦ Φανίου Γλύκωνα ἄνδρα καλὸν καὶ ἀγαθὸν γένους πρώτου καὶ συνεκτικότος τὴν πόλιν γυμνασίαρχον καὶ στεφανηφόρον τελέσαντα τὰς λειτουργίας πολυτελέστατα καὶ λαμπρότατα καὶ τὰς μεγίστας ἀρχὰς πάσας ἄρξαντα κατὰ τὸ κάλιστον τελέσαντα δὲ καὶ πρεσβείας ἄλλας τε πλείστας καὶ εἰς Ῥώμην καὶ καθόλου πρὸς ὑπόδειγμα πάσης ἀρετῆς βιώσαντα καθότι καὶ ἐφ' ἑκάστῳ τούτων διὰ τῶν ἐψηφὶσμένων ἐτειμήθη

ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἔθαψεν καὶ ἐτείμησεν Ἀπφίαν Μενεσθέως τοῦ Εὐμάχου γυναῖκα δὲ Ἑρμίου τοῦ Ἑρμίου Γλύκωνος γένους πρώτου καὶ ἐπισημοτάτου καὶ συνεκτικότος τὴν πόλιν καὶ αὐτὴν σωφροσύνῃ καὶ σεμνότητι διενένκασαν καὶ ζήσασαν ἀξίως τῶν τε προγόνων καὶ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς καθότι πολλάκις διὰ ψηφισμάτων ἐτειμήθη

ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἔθαψεν καὶ ἐτείμησεν Ἀπφίαν Ἑρμίου τοῦ Ἑρμίου Γλύκωνος θυγατέρα σώφρονα καὶ κοσμίαν πρὸς ὑπόδειγμα πάσης ἐζηκυῖαν ἀρετῆς καθότι πολλάκις καὶ διὰ ψηφισμάτων ἐτειμήθη

i. The Council and the People buried and honoured with the highest honours Hermias Glykon son of Hermias the son of Phanias, a fine and good man of a foremost family, and one which had shared in the foundation of the city. He had been gymnasiarch and stephanephoros and carried out liturgies most generously and splendidly, held all the highest offices in the finest manner and had carried out many embassies including ones to Rome, and to sum up lived with a view to displaying every virtue. For which reason he was honoured for each of these things in decrees.

ii. The Council and the People buried and decreed honours to Apphia daughter of Menestheus the son of Eumachos, wife of Hermias Glykon the son of Hermias, of a foremost and remarkable family, and one which shared in the foundation of the city. She was herself surpassing in prudence and distinction and lived worthily of her ancestors and her husband. For which reason she was often honoured in decrees.

iii. The Council and the People buried and decreed honours to Apphia daughter of Hermias Glykon son of Hermias, discreet and with due order, who lived with a view to demonstrating every virtue and was honoured in decrees.

[...] 17; [...]; [...]

[...] 52 ; [...] 471 (i), 470 (ii), 469 (iii), whence [...] 425, 426, 485 , [...] H.210, H.211, H.212 (listed); [...] 12.306.