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Last Updated on 21 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1698: hoi hetairoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Ionia
iii. Site Metropolis

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ ἑταῖροι (I.Eph(esos) 3466a, l. i.1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi hetairoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 300 (?) - 100 (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:hetairoi

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Eph(esos) 3466a (300 (?) - 100 (?) BC)
I.Eph(esos) 3466b (300 (?) - 100 (?) BC)
I.Eph(esos) 3488 (300 (?) - 100 (?) BC)
Note For the date, based on letter forms, cf. Pleket in SEG 32: 1169.
Online Resources I.Eph(esos) 3466a
I.Eph(esos) 3466b
I.Eph(esos) 3488
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Epitaphs, Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble pedimental stelai depicting wreaths
ii. Source(s) provenance Metropolis

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities Several groups of hetairoi commemorate deceased persons

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Discarded
Note Instead of postulating the existence of multiple hetaireiai in Metropolis, it is safer to assume that the "companions" who set up these commemorative stelai were friends and relatives of the deceased person. In one case (I.Eph(esos) 3466a), the hetairoi were joined by thiaseitai - so if the deceased was a member in an association, that association joined his friends (who should, therefore, not be regarded as an association themselves).
ii. Historical authenticity Certain