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Author: Maria-Gabriella Parissaki

CAPInv. 1757: mystai Dionysou

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Macedonia
ii. Region Edonis
iii. Site Philippi

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) μύσται Διονύσου (Philippi II 597/G211, l. 4-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) mystai Dionysou

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:mystai
Theophoric:Dionysus

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Philippi II 597/G211 (ii - iii AD)
Note See also: Perdrizet 1900: 304
Online Resources Perdrizet 1900: 304 and TM 126937
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary monument of Zeipas and his wife mentioning a donation, in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Stele (0.95 h.) with relief decoration of eight busts distributed into two zones; a 'Thracian Rider' is depicted below them.
ii. Source(s) provenance From the village of Podochori, territory of Philippi; no further details available on its finding-place.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iv. Endowments The mystai are named as the recipients of a bequest left for the celebration of the Rosalia; the amount of the bequest is 120 denarii.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv. Status The deceased mentioned in the text is a peregrinus of Thracian origin, as indicated by both his personal name and the depiction of the 'Thracian Rider' on his tombstone.

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events The mystai were involved in the celebration of Rosalia.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The term consacrani, but with no further specifications, occurs in inscription Philippi II 209/L468.
ii. Poland concordance Poland Β *61
iii. Bibliography Perdrizet, P. (1900), ‘Inscriptions de Philippes : Les Rosalies’, BCH 24: 299-323.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note That this private group of devotees could have been origanised on a more permanent basis is conveyed by the fact that it is named as the recipient of a bequest generating future obligations.