Stable URL: http://ancientassociations.ku.dk/GR/14Download as:PDF
Last Updated on 26 Jan 2018

Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. GR-14: thiasoi Herakleous

I. LOCATION

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

II. GENERAL REFERENCE

i.a. Full reference (original language) θίασοι Ἡρακλέους (Is. Peri Asthyphilou klerou 9.30)
i.b. Full reference (transliterated) thiasoi Herakleous
ii. Reference context The speaker invokes the testimony of the members of the group that he was registered among its members by his adopter in order to prove the extent of the intimate relation between himself and Astyphilos' father.

III. DATE

i. Date(s) m. iv BC

IV. TERMINOLOGY

i. Descriptive terms θίασος, thiasos

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Is. Peri Asthyphilou klerou 9.30 (m. iv BC)
Online Resources Is. Peri Asthyphilou klerou 9.30
i.a. Source type(s) Literary source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Lawcourt speech about the inheritance of Astyphilos, in Greek.

VI. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members The members are designated as θιασῶται, thiasotai.

VIII. NOTES

i. Comments Since the group is not qualified in any particularly meaningful way (I bet that there were several thiasoi Herakleous), it should be considered as a general reference to not better defined groups.
iii. Bibliography Arnaoutoglou, I. (2003), Thusias heneka kai sunousias. Private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens. Athens: 35, 63.
Ismard, P. (2010), La cité des réseaux. Athènes et ses associations VIe – Ier siècle av. J.-C. Paris: 109.
Lambert, S. (1993), The phratries of Attica. Ann Arbor, Michigan: 89-90.
Lambert, S. (1999), ‘IG II2 2345, thiasoi of Herakles and the Salaminioi again’, ZPE 125: 93-130.
Parker, R. (1996) Athenian religion. A history. Oxford: 333. (SEG 47: 26)

IX. EVALUATION

i. Private associations Possible
Note Lambert 1993: 89-90 and 1999: 125-8 includes this testimony among those supporting thiasoi as subdivisions of phratries. But the purpose of joining these thiasoi is none other than participation in the association, Arnaoutoglou 2003: 63. So there is a clear possibility that thiasoi of Herakles were not sub-divisions of the phratries.
ii. Historical authenticity The speech is considered genuine.