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Last Updated on 09 Mar 2017

Author: Alexandru Avram

CAPInv. 1197: thymelike synodos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Thrace
ii. Region Euxine Coast
iii. Site Tomis

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) θυμελικὴ σύνοδος (I.Tomis 70)
ii. Full name (transliterated) thymelike synodos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 150 - 180 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Other:thymelikos
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: I.Tomis 70, l. 9

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Tomis 70 (AD 150-180)
Note See also: IGGR I 633
Online Resources I.Tomis 70 and AGRW ID 14629
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorific inscription (in Greek) by the city of Tomis for a citizen πανηγυριαρχήσας τῆς θυμελικῆς συνόδου φιλοτείμως, panegyriarchesas tes thymelikes synodou philoteimos (ll. 8-9).
i.c. Physical format(s) Fragmentary marble stele.
ii. Source(s) provenance Tomis

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The context suggests to see in this thymelike synodos a corporation of itinerant actors. For an actor active in Tomis about that time, see Avram and Jones 2011: 126-34. Nevertheless, nothing indicates that he belonged to this association.
ii. Poland concordance Poland Δ 76
iii. Bibliography Avram, A., and Jones, C. (2011), ‘An Actor from Byzantium in a New Epigram from Tomis’, ZPE 178: 126-34.
Dana, M. (2011), Culture et mobilité dans le Pont-Euxin. Approche régionale de la vie culturelle des cités grecques. Paris - Bordeaux: 60, 80.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology suggests a private association.