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Author: Mario C.D. Paganini

CAPInv. 1524: hoi peri ton Dionyson technitai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Alexandria (L00)
iii. Site Alexandria

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον τεχνῖται (Ath. 198c)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi peri ton Dionyson technitai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 279 (?) / 278 (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:technitai
Theophoric:peri ton Dionyson, Dionysus

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Ath. 198c
Note FGrH 627 F 2; Le Guen I 17.
Online Resources Ath. 198c
i.a. Source type(s) Literary source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Account in Greek of Ptolemy II Philadelphus' procession in honour of his father Ptolemy I Soter, as recorded by Callixeinus of Rhodes (FGrH 627 F 2) and transmitted in Athenaeus' The Learned Banqueters (Deipnosophistae). According to the account the technitai of Dionysus took part in the procession.

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership According to Dunand 1986: 92, the poet Philiskos, priest of Dionysus (Ath. 198 c: Φιλίσκος ὁ ποιητὴς ἱερεὺς ὢν Διονύσου, Philiskos ho poietes hiereus on Dionysou), who took part in the procession together with the technitai, was probably their president.
iii. Members The members are collectively called οἱ περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον τεχνῖται, hoi peri ton Dionyson technitai.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Given the character of the association it seems certain that the members were all men.
iii. Age Adults
Note On the basis of the type of association, the technitai were probably all adults.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments On the question of the date of Ptolemy II's procession, cf. Thompson 2000: 381-388.
iii. Bibliography Dunand, F. (1986), 'Les associations dionysiaques au service du pouvoir lagide (IIIe s. av. J.-C.)', in L'association dionysiaque dans les sociétés anciennes. Actes de la table ronde organisée par l'École française de Rome, Rome: 85-103.
Thompson, D. J. (2000), 'Philadelphus' procession: dynastic power in a mediterranean context', in L. Mooren (ed.), Politics, administration and society in the Hellenistic and Roman World. Proceedings of the international colloquium, Bertinoro 19-24 July 1997, Leuven: 365-88.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note Given the character of the technitai of Dionysus it seems certain that they were a private association.