Machatas, son of Sabattaras from Europos, was a

Macedon Macedonia ( ; , ), also called Macedon ( ), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by the royal ...

ian ''

proxenos Proxeny or () in ancient Greece was an arrangement whereby a citizen (chosen by the city) hosted foreign ambassadors at his own expense, in return for honorary titles from the state. The citizen was called (; plural: or , "instead of a foreign ...

'' of

Delphi Delphi (; ), in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), was an ancient sacred precinct and the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient Classical antiquity, classical world. The A ...

ans in late 4th century BC. As the inscription says: "the Delphians gave '' proxenia'', ''euergesia'' (benefaction), '' promanteia'' (priority in consulting the

oracle An oracle is a person or thing considered to provide insight, wise counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future, inspired by deities. If done through occultic means, it is a form of divination. Descript ...

), '' proedria'' (privilege of reserved seats at the theatre), '' prodikia'' (the right to priority in a trial) to Machatas and his descendants, the same as it is given to every ''proxenos''". The decree is issued by

archon ''Archon'' (, plural: , ''árchontes'') is a Greek word that means "ruler", frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem , meaning "to be first, to rule", derived from the same ...

Hierondas and bouleutai (chancellors) Heraklidas, Eualkeus and Echyllos.

References

FD III 4:405
Delphi — 325–300 BC * * * ''A History of Macedonia: Historical geography and prehistory'' by N. G. L. Hammond v.1 (1972), p. 168 {{ISBN, 0-19-814294-3 Upper Macedonians Proxenoi 4th-century BC Greek people People from Kilkis (regional unit)