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Geographical area |
Egypt
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Nome |
Alexandria (L00)
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Site |
Alexandria
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Full name (original language) |
σύνοδος ἀμιμητοβίων (Plu. Ant. 28.2)
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Full name (transliterated) |
synodos amimetobion
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Name in other forms |
ἡ τῶν ἀμιμητοβίων σύνοδος, he ton amimetobion synodos (Plu. Ant. 71.3)
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Name elements |
Other: | amimetobioi 'Inimitable Livers' |
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Descriptive terms |
σύνοδος, synodos
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Note |
synodos: Plu. Ant. 28.2 and 71.3
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Source(s) |
Plu. Ant. 28.2 and 71.3
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Online Resources |
Plu. Ant. 28 Plu. Ant. 71
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Source type(s) |
Literary source(s)
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Document(s) typology & language/script |
Greek, Plutarch's Life of Antony.
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Founder(s) |
Queen Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony.
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Gender |
Male Female
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Gender |
Men Women
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Note |
Given the fact that the synodos was founded by the Queen of Egypt and Mark Antony and gathered their friends and courtiers, it was presumably open to men and women.
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Meetings and events |
The synodos was mainly involved in banquets, which were regular (allegedly held daily): καθ᾿ ἡμέραν εἱστίων ἀλλήλους kath' hemeran eistion allelous (Plu. Ant. 28.2).
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Comments |
Cleopatra and Mark Antony dissolved the synodos after the defeat at Actium (31 BC) and founded another synodos instead (Plu. Ant. 71.3; cf. CAPinv. 1516).
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Private association |
Certain
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Note |
The terminology used and the character of the proceedings makes it certain that the synodos here was a private association.
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Historical authenticity |
One may wonder the truth of Plutarch's statements and the actual existence of such a club.
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