Stable URL: http://ancientassociations.ku.dk/assoc/226Download as PDF
Last Updated on 21 Feb 2017

Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 226: [to koinon ton o]rgeon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Athens

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [τὸ κοινὸν τῶν ὀ]ργέων (Agora 16 130, ll. 5-6)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [to koinon ton o]rgeon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iv / iii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:orgeon
iii. Descriptive terms [κοινόν], [koinon]
Note koinon: Agora 16 130, ll. 5-6

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Agora 16 130 (iv / iii BC)
Note Ed. pr. Hesperia 10.56 no. 20.
Online Resources Agora 16 130
AGRW ID 23107
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Fragmentary honorary decree for Mnesarchos in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Pedimental marble stele, measuring 0,218x0,156m, with a wide moulding; only the left side is preserved intact.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in the wall of a modern house south-east of Odeion, now in Agora I 2161.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Μνήσαρχος, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (4).
Μνησιγείτων, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (1).
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status The individuals are attested with their personal name only. It is likely that they were citizens, Ferguson 1944: 82.
v. Relations On the basis of their names, these individuals may belong to the same extendend family, Ferguson 1944: 82.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association praised ([ἐπαινέσαι], [epainesai], l. 6) Mnesarchos following a proposal by Mnesigeiton

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The honoured is described as [ἀνὴρ ἀγαθός ἐστι πε]ρὶ τὸν δῆμον τ[ῶν Ἀθηναίων], [aner agathos esti pe]ri ton demon to[n Athenaion], ll. 2-3.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Note that the term ὀργεὺς, orgeus, will become ὀργέων, orgeon, - gen. pl. and ὀργεῦσι, orgeusi, - dat. pl., Ferguson 1944: 82-83
iii. Bibliography Ferguson, W. (1944), ‘The Attic orgeones’, HThR 37: 61-140.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The restoration [o]rgeon relies on a parallel from a lost speech of Lysias (frg. 112 Sauppe).