Oxythemis was the nephew of Medeios, who was honoured in Syll_342. He is said to have received god-like honours at Athens, along with other courtiers of Demetrios ( Athen_6.253'A ).
. . . [with good fortune], it is resolved [by the people to praise] Oxythemis [of Larisa], the son of Hippostratos . . . on account of his virtue towards the kings Antigonos and Demetrios and towards the Athenian people; and to crown him 10 with a golden crown according to the traditional custom, so that everyone may be encouraged to strive unstintingly for the benefit of the kings and the freedom of the Greeks, when they see those who show goodwill in these matters are honoured by the people as they deserve; and that Oxythemis the son of Hippostratos and his descendants shall be Athenian citizens, and Oxythemis shall be enrolled 20 in whichever tribe and deme and phratry he chooses, according to the law; and the members of the incoming prytany shall put the vote about him to the people at the next assembly. The scribe of the assembly shall inscribe this decree on a stone stele and place it on the acropolis; and the treasurer of the people 30 shall give 30 drachmas out of the public funds towards the cost of inscribing the stele, so that Oxythemis, being held in honour by the people, might act on behalf of the captured knights, as also on behalf of the citizens, in whatever way he judges to contribute to their safety.
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