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Author: Vincent Gabrielsen

CAPInv. 2063: Hagetoreion Polystrateion ton [p]er[i] Dionyson kai tas Mousas Technitan

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I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Rhodes
iii. Site Rhodos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Ἁγητορείων Πολυστρατείων τῶν [π]ερ[ὶ] Διόνυσον καὶ τὰς Μούσας τεχνιτᾶν
ii. Full name (transliterated) Hagetoreion Polystrateion ton [p]er[i] Dionyson kai tas Mousas Technitan

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:τῶν περὶ Διόνυσον καὶ τὰς Μούσας, ton peri Dionyson kai tas mousas - The cult of Dionysos and the muses was an important cultic influence on the associations connected to dramatic performance.
Personal:Ἁγητορείοι, Hagetoreioi - From the Greek personal name Ἁγήτωρ, Hagetor (LGPN s.v. no. 8). The compound name likely suggests a founder or a benefactor of the association, (cf. Thomsen (forthcoming), Gabrielsen 1997 p. 126-7, Maiuri 1916 p. 141, Poland 1909 p. 73-6, see also CAPInv. 2062, and CAPInv. 2065).

Πολυστρατείοι, Polystrateioi - From the Greek personal name Ἁγήτωρ, Hagetor (LGPN s.v. no. 8). The compound name likely suggests a founder or a benefactor of the association, (cf. Thomsen (forthcoming), Gabrielsen 1997 p. 126-7, Maiuri 1916 p. 141, Poland 1909 p. 73-6).
Professional:τεχνιταί, Technitai - Referring to the artists, actors, musicians and those otherwise involved in dramatic perfomance.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) ASAA 22 (1939/40) 165,19
Online Resources ASAA 22 (1939/40) 165,19

AGRW no. 15063
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honourific-Dedicatory inscription in Greek.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography - Aneziri, S. (2003), Die Vereine der dionysischen Techniten im Kontext der hellenistischen Gesellschaft: Untersuchungen zur Geschichte, Organisation und Wirkung der hellenistischen Technitenvereine. Stuttgart.

-Le Guen, B. (2001), Les associations de technites dionysiaques à l’époque hellénistique. Paris.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The use of a personal name element and the dedicatory-honourific context of the attested inscriptions make the private character of the association certain, although a descriptive term is omitted. The Dionysiac technitai furthermore present all features of a private association. The internal organization of the Dionysiac technitai has been meticulously established in modern scholarship.