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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. GR-17: orgeon (l. orgeones)

I. LOCATION

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

II. GENERAL REFERENCE

i.a. Full reference (original language) ὀργέων (Arist. EE 7.1241b 25)
i.b. Full reference (transliterated) orgeon (l. orgeones)
ii. Reference context The word appears in a paragraph where Aristotle explains that communities other than the political, are part of the latter.

III. DATE

i. Date(s) l. iv BC

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Arist. EE 7.1241b 25 (l. iv BC)
Online Resources Arist. EE 7.1241b 25
i.a. Source type(s) Literary source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Ethical philosophy treatise, in Greek.

VIII. NOTES

i. Comments The manuscript reads ὀργίων, orgion, a reading that makes no sense. The emendation into ὀργέων, orgeon, for ὀργεών(ων), orgeon(on) is most likely.
iii. Bibliography Arnaoutoglou, I. (2003), Thusias heneka kai sunousias. Private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens. Athens: 37.
Ismard, P. (2010), La cité des reseaux. Athènes et ses associations VIe – Ier siècle av. J.-C.. Paris: 46.
Jones, N. (1999), The associations of classical Athens. Oxford: 28-9.

IX. EVALUATION

i. Private associations Probable
Note Despite the palaeographical problem, associations of orgeones are well attested epigraphically. The reference, therefore, is very likely to private associations.
ii. Historical authenticity The authenticity of the treatise is not contested.