Posthumous honours for Adrastos son of Nikotimos
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source date: First century CE
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οἱ νέοι ἐτείμησαν ταῖς καλλίσταις καὶ μεγίσταις καὶ πρώταις τειμαῖς Ἄδραστον Νεικοτείμου τοῦ Ἀρτεμιδώρου τοῦ Ζήνωνος Ἱέρακος υἱὸν νέων ἄνδρα μέγαν φιλόπατριν καὶ φιλοπολείτην καὶ εὐεργέτην καὶ κτίστην γεγονότα διὰ προγόνων τοῦ δήμου ἀρχιερατεύσαντα τῶν Σεβαστῶν γυμνασιαρχήσαντα δὶς δρακτοῖς ἐλαίοις ἐπιρύτοις ἀνελλιπῶς στεφανηφορήσαντα δίς ἀγωνοθετήσαντα τρίς ἀγορανομήσαντα τετράκις κτίστην πρεσβεύσαντα πλεονάκις ὑπὲρ τῆς πατρίδος γενόμενον ἔκδικον δημοσίων πραγμάτων πεποιημένον ἑστιάσεις καὶ ἐπιδόσεις ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων πολυτελεῖς διά τε τὴν πρὸς τὴν πατρίδα διηνεκῆ εὔνοιαν καὶ διὰ τὴν πρὸς τοὺς νέους φιλάγαθον διάθεσιν ζῶντα πρὸς ὑπόδειγμα ἀρετῆς τὴν δὲ ἀνάθεσιν τοῦ ἀγάλματος πεποιῆσθαι τοὺς νέους ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἐπιμεληθέντος Ἑρμογένους τοῦ Ὑψικλέους φύσει δὲ Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ γραμματεως τῶν νέων ἐργεπιστατήσαντος Πανφίλου τοῦ Ἀρτέμωνος Κροκίωνος

The neoi honoured with the finest, greatest and foremost honours Adrastos, son of Neikoteimos Hierax, the son of Artemidoros the son of Zenon, Son of the Neoi, a great man who loved his fatherland and his city, both a benefactor and a founder of the People through the tradition of his ancestors. He was high priest of the emperors, gymnasiarch twice, providing a continuous and abundant flow of olive oil, stephanephoros twice, contest-president three times, market overseer four times, a founder; he acted as ambassador for his fatherland on many occasions. He was an advocate of the affairs of the people and gave costly feasts and contributions from his own funds because of the constant good will he bore to the fatherland and because of his kindly disposition toward the neoi. He lived as a model of excellence.

The erection of the statue was undertaken by the Neoi from their own funds, under the supervision of Hermogenes, son of Hypsikles, by birth son of Hermes, the secretary of the Neoi, and the management of Pamphilos Krokion, son of Artemon.

The neoi honoured with the finest, greatest and foremost honors Adrastos, son of Neikoteimos Hierax, son of Artemidoros, son of Zenon, son of the neoi, a great man who loved his fatherland and his city, both a benefactor and a founder of the People in the tradition of his ancestors. He was high priest of the emperors, gymnasiarch twice, providing a continuous and abundant flow of olive oil, stephanephoros twice, agonothete three times, market overseer four times, a founder, and ambassador for his fatherland on many occasions. He was an advocate of the affairs of the people and gave costly feasts and contributions from his own funds because of the constant good will he bore toward the fatherland and because of his kindly disposition toward the neoi. He lived as a model of excellence.

The erection of the statue (agalma) was undertaken (pepoiesthai by the neoi from their own funds, and taken in charge (epimelthentos by Hermogenes, son of Hypsikles, by birth son of Hermes, the secretary of the neoi, and supervised (ergepistatesantos by Pamphilos Krokion, son of Artemon.

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