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Last Updated on 27 Feb 2017

Author: Claudia Antonetti

CAPInv. 1104: syskanoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Greece with the Ionian Islands
ii. Region Aitolia
iii. Site Trichonion

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) σύσκανοι (IG IX.12.1 117, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) syskanoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 250 - 200 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Other:syskanoi. On the possible nature of the σκανά, skana see Antonetti 2010: 319-20.
Note

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG IX.12.1 117 (250-200 BC)
Online Resources IG IX.12.1 117
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication to Dionysos by the syskanoi (l. 1). Followed by at least 22 male names to the nominative case (ll. 2-10).
i.c. Physical format(s) Limestone cippus. The upper surface of the stone presents an oblong hole (to fix a votive offering?).
ii. Source(s) provenance Gavalou (ancient Trichonion)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number Unknown. The men recorded in the inscription are at least 22.
ii. Gender Men
Note All the persons recorded are men.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Given the dedication to Dionysus, one may supposed worship by the gorp.
Deities worshipped Dionysos

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The interpretation of the inscription revolves around the term syskanoi: once the nature of the σκανά (skana), the tent that founded the association, is understood one can understand its true nature. I think that the skana should be an ephemeral building used by a religious group, the syskanoi, for a Dionysian ceremony (maybe mysteric). If the share of the tent has a religious origin, it is very likely that the group also is religious in nature, a cultic Dionysian association. Cf. Antonetti 2010: 318-21 (with previous bibliography).
iii. Bibliography Antonetti, C. (2010), ‘I diversi aspetti di una koine socio-culturale nella Grecia nord-occidentale di epoca ellenistica’, in C. Antonetti (ed.), Lo spazio ionico e le comunità della Grecia nord-occidentale. Territorio, società, istituzioni, Pisa: 301-26.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note It is more likely the association be private rather than public.