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Geographical area |
Western Asia Minor
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Region |
Ionia
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Site |
Magnesia on the Maeander
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Full name (original language) |
ὁ θίασος ὁ Καταιβατῶν (I.Magnesia 215 l. 36)
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Full name (transliterated) |
ho thiasos ho Kataibaton
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Date(s)
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Hell. (?) - f. ii
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Name elements |
| Theophoric: | The name Καταιβάται, Kataibatai, seems to reflect the name of Zeus Kataibates, "Zeus who descends in lightning". |
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Descriptive terms |
θίασος, thiasos
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Source(s) |
I.Magnesia 215
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Note |
Jaccottet 2003 no. 146 (with a list of earlier editions)
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Online Resources |
I.Magnesia
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Source type(s) |
Epigraphic source(s)
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| i.b. |
Document(s) typology & language/script |
Oracle from Delphi, ostensibly from the Hellenistic period, inscribed as a dedication to Dionysos in the Hadrianic period.
Greek.
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Physical format(s) |
Slab of marble and base, in which the stele was inserted.
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Source(s) provenance |
Magnesia, near the so-calles 'Roman gymnasium'
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Founder(s) |
Θετταλή, Thettale, a μαινάς ἐκ Θηβῶν, mainas ek Thebon, "a Maenad from Thebes"
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Gender |
Female
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Members |
μύσται, mystai
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Gender |
Men
Women
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Note |
Cf. Jaccottet 2003: I 77-78 on the question of the gender of the members.
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Age |
Adults
Elders
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Worship |
The thiasos was obviously a religious association but no specific cultic activities are recorded. The inscription mentions orgia, "rites" and nomima, "(cultic) customs".
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Deities worshipped |
Dionysos Bacchos
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Local interaction |
The thiasos of the Katabatai is one of three Dionysiac societies in Magnesia introduced in consequence of an oracle (cf. XII.i). CAPInv. 1401, CAPInv. 1403.
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Private association |
Certain
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Note |
The terminology (thiasos) and the religious character suggests a private association.
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