Decree of consolation
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source date: First century BCE - first century CE
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ἔδοξεν τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ γνώμη στρατηγῶν καὶ [...] Περίτου Μινδρωνος καὶ [...] γραμματέως δήμου ἐπεὶ Ἀρτεμίδωρος Διονυσίου τοῦ Δημητρίου, προγόνων τῶν [...] καὶ ἐνδόξων καὶ μαλίστα [...] βίον ἑλόμενος εὔτακτον [...] καὶ πάσης πληρωμένον ἀρέτης τὰ νῦν [...] μετήλακχεν ὁ δὲ δῆμος η[...] τὴν λυπην τῶν γονέων αὐτοῦ α[...]οωδ[...]ων πρὸς τὸν μετηλλακχότα [...]ιτι ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἔκρινεν τείμησαι αὐτὸν ταῖς προσηκούσαις τειμαῖς δεδόχθαι τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ ἐπηνῆσθαι καὶ τετειμῆσθαι Ἀρτεμίδωρον τὸν προγεγραμμένον ἀνατεθῆναι .δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰκόνα γραπτὴν ἐν ὅπλῳ ἐπιχρύσῳ καὶ στήλην λευκοῦ λίθοῦ [...]ι ἐν δημοσίῳ τόπῳ ἐφ’ὧν καὶ ἐπιγραφῆναι ὅτι ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτείμησαν Ἀρτεμίδωρον Διονυσίου τοῦ Δημητρίου ἄνδρα καλὸν καὶ ἀγαθὸν ζήσαντα εἰς πάντα πρὸς ὑπόδειγμα ἀρέτης ἐξεῖναι δὲ τοῖς προσήκουσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπ[...] μηουεπιι [...]νισμα, τὸ δ’ εἰς τὴν εἰκόνα [...] ἄγαλμα εσ [...] φιλαγάθως διακειμένοι οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ[...] δλ[...]πσπατον

[Resolved by the Council and the People; the proposal of the Strategoi [and ...] of Peritos, son of Mindron, [and . . . the Secre]tary of the People: Since Artemidoros, son of Dionysio]s, grandson of Demetrios, [descended from ancestors who were ...] and distinguished, and especially [... having] chosen a well-ordered [life ... and] filled [with every] virtue; [and whereas] he [has now . . . ] passed away; and the People [sharing in? the gri]ef of his parents [......] toward the deceased [...]; it was unanimously decided to honor [him with the] fitting honors. It has been decreed by the Council and the] People that Artemidoros, the aforementioned be praised and honoured. [Let there be set up for him] both a painted portrait on a gilded shield and a stele of white stone [...] in a public place, upon which [it shall be insc]ribed: "The Council and the People honored Artemidoros, son of Dionysios, grandson of Demetrios, a man noble and good, who lived in all things as an example of virtue." It shall be permitted for his relatives and [......] and regarding the statue [...] his brothers being [well]-disposed [ ...

[...] 1977, 2005, A085, RS Inscriptions 25

[...] 25 (description), whence [...] 14 (mention)