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Last Updated on 26 Jan 2018

Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. GR-12: orgeones

I. LOCATION

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

II. GENERAL REFERENCE

i.a. Full reference (original language) ὀργεῶνες (Is. Pros orgeonas. frg. 35)
i.b. Full reference (transliterated) orgeones
ii. Reference context The word orgeones occurs in a lost lawcourt speech composed by Isaeus entitled Pros orgeonas.

III. DATE

i. Date(s) f. iv BC

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Is. Pros orgeonas. frg. 35 (f. iv BC)
Note The passage is preserved in Harpoer. α53; γ78; ε105; ο224; π232
Phot. ο. 343; Sud. ο. 512; Lex. Vind. ο. 10
i.a. Source type(s) Literary source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Law court speech, in Greek.

VIII. NOTES

i. Comments Since the term appears in the title of a lost speech, it should be considered as a general reference to not better defined group of orgeones.
iii. Bibliography Arnaoutoglou, I. (2003), Thusias heneka kai sunousias. Private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens. Athens: 34-5.

IX. EVALUATION

i. Private associations Probable
Note Judging from other references, both epigraphic and literary, it is most probably a private association.
ii. Historical authenticity It is considered genuine.