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Last Updated on 01 Jul 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1804: [he hier]a xystike [peripolistik]e eusebes [synodos ton peri t]on Heraklea [kai Autokratora Kaisar]a [Seba]ston ...

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [ἡ ἱερ]ὰ ξυστικὴ [περιπολιστι]κὴ εὐσεβὴς [σύνοδος τῶν περὶ τ]ὸν Ἡερακλέα [καὶ Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρ]α [Σεβα]στόν ... (I.Eph(esos) 1084, ll. 1-4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [he hier]a xystike [peripolistik]e eusebes [synodos ton peri t]on Heraklea [kai Autokratora Kaisar]a [Seba]ston ...

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 1 (?) - 250 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:Emperor Hadrian(?)
Professional:xystike
peripolistikes
Status-related:hiera
Theophoric:Herakles
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: I.Eph(esos) 967, l. 6; I.Eph(esos) 1084, l. 3; I.Eph(esos) 1088, l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Eph(esos) 967 (1 (?) - 250 (?) AD)
I.Eph(esos) 1084 (1 (?) - 250 (?) AD)
I.Eph(esos) 1087 (1 (?) - 250 (?) AD)
I.Eph(esos) 1088
Online Resources I.Eph(esos) 967
I.Eph(esos) 1084
I.Eph(esos) 1087
I.Eph(esos) 1088
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script All four inscriptions are extremely fragmentary. I.Eph(esos) 967 is a thanksgiving inscription to Artemis by a neopoios (l. 3); I.Eph(esos) 1084 is an honorary decree.
In Greek.
ii. Source(s) provenance Ephesos

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The fragmentary state of the evidence leaves us with hardly any information about this synodos. But in general, athletes' associations can be regarded as essentially private networks
ii. Historical authenticity Certain