Rather than writing a post with something like an argument, today I’m simply going to translate a manumission inscription from Delphi:
[ἄ]ρ̣χοντος Μενεστράτου, μηνὸς
Ἡραίου, ἀπέδοτο Αἰακίδας Φιλαι-
τώλου τῶι Ἀπόλλωνι τῶι Πυθί-
ωι σῶμα ἀνδρεῖον ὧι ὄνομα Παρ-
νασσός, τιμᾶς ἀργυρίου μνᾶν τριῶ[ν],
καθὼς ἐπίστευσε Παρνασὸς τῶι
θεῶι τὰν ὠνάν, ἐφ’ ὧιτε ἐλεύθερον
εἶμεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἀνέφαπτον ἀπὸ πάν-
των ποιέοντα ὅ κα θέληι. βεβαιωτὴρ
κατὰ τὸν νόμον Νικόμαχος Δεξίππου.
μάρτυρες Ταραντῖνος ὁ ἱερεύς, Κλέαν-
δρος ὁ ἄρχων καὶ ἰδιῶται Ἀριστόμαχος
Ὀλυμπογένεος, Δαμένης, Μένης, Ἰατά-
δας, Τιμόκριτος. (FD 3.1) 161 BCE
When Menestratos was archon, during the month of Heraius, Aiakidas, son of Pilaitolos, sold to Pythian Apollo a male slave by the name of Parnassos, for a price, in silver, worth three mna. Just as Parnasos supports the sale to the god, for whom he is free, not to be enslaved by anyone and may do whatever he may please. The guarantor, according to custom, is Nikomachus, son of Dexippos. The witnesses are Tarantinos the priest, Kleandros the archon and the citizens Aristomachus, son of Olympogenes, Damenes, Menes, Iatadas and Timokritos.
[ἄ]ρ̣χοντος Μενεστράτου, μηνὸς
Ἡραίου, ἀπέδοτο Αἰακίδας Φιλαι-
τώλου τῶι Ἀπόλλωνι τῶι Πυθί-
ωι σῶμα ἀνδρεῖον ὧι ὄνομα Παρ-
νασσός, τιμᾶς ἀργυρίου μνᾶν τριῶ[ν],
καθὼς ἐπίστευσε Παρνασὸς τῶι
θεῶι τὰν ὠνάν, ἐφ’ ὧιτε ἐλεύθερον
εἶμεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἀνέφαπτον ἀπὸ πάν-
των ποιέοντα ὅ κα θέληι. βεβαιωτὴρ
κατὰ τὸν νόμον Νικόμαχος Δεξίππου.
μάρτυρες Ταραντῖνος ὁ ἱερεύς, Κλέαν-
δρος ὁ ἄρχων καὶ ἰδιῶται Ἀριστόμαχος
Ὀλυμπογένεος, Δαμένης, Μένης, Ἰατά-
δας, Τιμόκριτος. (FD 3.1) 161 BCE
When Menestratos was archon, during the month of Heraius, Aiakidas, son of Pilaitolos, sold to Pythian Apollo a male slave by the name of Parnassos, for a price, in silver, worth three mna. Just as Parnasos supports the sale to the god, for whom he is free, not to be enslaved by anyone and may do whatever he may please. The guarantor, according to custom, is Nikomachus, son of Dexippos. The witnesses are Tarantinos the priest, Kleandros the archon and the citizens Aristomachus, son of Olympogenes, Damenes, Menes, Iatadas and Timokritos.