i. | Geographical area | Western Greece with the Ionian Islands |
ii. | Region | Corcyra |
iii. | Site | Corcyra |
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CAPInv. 1101: hoi technitai
I. LOCATION
II. NAME
i. | Full name (original language) |
οἱ τεχνῖται (IG IX.12.4 798, l. 4 et passim) |
ii. | Full name (transliterated) | hoi technitai |
III. DATE
i. | Date(s) | ii BC |
IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY
ii. | Name elements |
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V. SOURCES
i. | Source(s) | IG IX.12.4 798 (b. 229 BC) |
Note | Ed.pr.: IG IX.1 694 | |
Online Resources |
IG IX.1 694 |
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i.a. | Source type(s) | Epigraphic source(s) |
i.b. | Document(s) typology & language/script | IG IX.12.4 798 is a compendious Greek inscription. It consists of: (1) a foundation act (ll. 1-38), the donation (dosis) of Aristomenes and Psylla of 120 Corinthian mines to the polis (to be lent to interest) for the remuneration of theatre actors (ll. 19-25); (2) a decree (dogma) of the boule of Corcyra about the administration of the money received (ll. 39-146). Cf. Pappas 1996 and Migeotte 2010. The first copy of the (lost) inscription (ed. pr.) contains many mistakes: cf. SEG 61: 409. |
i.c. | Physical format(s) | Limestone stele. No details: lost. |
VII. ORGANIZATION
iii. | Members |
τεχνῖται technitai (IG IX.12.4 798, ll. 4, 6, 16, 24, 26-27, 29, 31-32, 35, 41, 80, 83, 88, 90, 91, 108, 130, 133, 136-137) αὐληταί, auletai (IG IX.12.4 798, ll. 20, 85) τραγωιδοί, tragoidoi (IG IX.12.4 798, ll. 21, 86) κωμοιδοί, komoidoi (IG IX.12.4 798, ll. 21, 86) For details, see field VIII.iii: Income, below. |
iv. | Officials | ἐργολάβοι, ergolaboi (IG IX.12.4 798, l. 32) |
viii. | Obligations |
Payments will not be made if the artists will not travel to Corcyra. See field VIII.iii: Income, below. |
VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS
iii. | Income |
According to the donation (ll. 20-24) and the decree (ll. 82-89), the artists will be paid for a total of 50 mines: 3 auletai, 3 tragodoi, 3 komodoi. In addition, they will receive allowances accommodation and subsistence (siteresia). |
iv. | Endowments |
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IX. MEMBERSHIP
ii. | Gender | Men |
Note | It is supposed that members were only male. |
X. ACTIVITIES
ii. | Meetings and events | Biennial theatrical agones at the Dionysia in Corcyra (ll. 27, 135). |
iii. | Worship | A festival of Dionysos (Dionysia) is founded in Corcyra (ll. 16-17). Migeotte 2010: 64 thinks that the polis wanted to revitalize an existing festival. |
Deities worshipped | Dionysos |
XI. INTERACTION
i. | Local interaction |
Interaction with the officials of the polis: agonothetes (ll. 16, 23, 81, 87, 94); archontes (ll. 22, 80). Cf. Aneziri 2007: 81, n. 63. The male donor, Aristomenes, is the eponymous prytanis of Corcyra and the female donor, Psylla, probably his wife: cf. Migeotte 2010: 63. |
ii. | Interaction abroad | The technitai came from outside Corcyra. However, their exact origin is unknown. |
XII. NOTES
i. | Comments | Migeotte 2010 estimates that the investment plan voted by the polis (loans of the amount initially donated) were to last five years. The interest rate is supposed to be 16%. |
iii. | Bibliography |
Aneziri, S. (2007), ‘The Organisation of Music Contests in the Hellenistic Period and Artists' Participation’, in P. Wilson (ed.), The Greek Theatre and Festivals. Oxford: 67-84. Migeotte, L. (2010), ‘La fondation d'Aristoménès et Psylla à Corcyre: dispositions administratives et financières’, Studi ellenistici 24: 63-9. Pappas, T.G. (1996), Θεατρικές παραστάσεις στην αρχαία Κέρκυρα. Ίδρυση των Διονυσίων. Athens. |
XIII. EVALUATION
i. | Private association | Certain |
Note | The activity of the Dionysian technitai elsewhere as a private association is well known. |