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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 1529: eranistai hoi meta Pythodorou

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἐρανισταὶ οἱ μετὰ Πυθοδώρου (Agora XIX H89, ll. 4-6)
ii. Full name (transliterated) eranistai hoi meta Pythodorou

III. DATE

i. Date(s) e. iv - e. ii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:meta Pythodorou with Pythodoros

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Agora XIX H89 (e. iv - e. ii BC)
Note Ed. pr.: Hesperia 41 (1972): 276, no. 3 SEG 34: 160
Other publications: Finley 1951: no. 78A
Online Resources Agora XIX H89
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek horos of a house sold under the right of redemption.
i.c. Physical format(s) Limestone block measuring 0.58x0.71x0.33m.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found built on the wall of a house SW of the Areopagus Hill, now in Agora I 7209.

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership On the basis of the expression meta Pythodorou in the name of the group, perhaps Pythodoros of Athmonon (Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (45)) acted as the leader .

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Arnaoutoglou, I. (2003), Thusias heneka kai sunousias. Private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens. Athens.
Cohen, E. (1992), Athenian economy and society. A banking perspective. Princeton: 207-15.
Faraguna, M. (2012), ‘Diritto, economia, societa: riflessioni su eranos tra eta omerica e mondo ellenistico’, in B. Legras (ed.), Transferts culturels et droits dans le monde grec et hellenistique, Paris: 129-53.
Finley, M. (1951), Studies in land and credit in ancient Athens, 500-200 B.C. The Horos inscriptions. New Brunswick.
Harris, E. (2013), ‘Finley’s Studies in land and credit sixty years later’, Dike 16: 123-46.
Ismard, P. (2010), La cité des réseaux. Athènes et ses associations VIe – Ier siècle av. J.-C. Paris: 281-4.
Millett, P. (1991), Lending and borrowing in ancient Athens. Cambridge.
Thomsen, Chr. (2015), ‘The eranistai of classical Athens’, GRBS 55: 154-75.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note Although it was forcibly argued by Finley 1951 and Millett 1991 that eranistai in horoi inscriptions should not be regarded as associations, I think that there are good grounds to consider these groups as private associations (see also Thomsen 2015). Firstly, in almost all cases they are identified as eranistai hoi meta… or hoi peri, an element that points to a certain embryonic or nascent collective identity. Secondly, they also pull their resources (or part of it) together to lend money, for which they acquire the legal standing as creditors, whose claim is secured. Thirdly, in case the repayment of the loan does not proceed, they may be represented in law courts.