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Author: Jan-Mathieu Carbon

CAPInv. 2130: thiasitai Bakchiastai hoi xyn Diogenei

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Kos
iii. Site Haleis (deme)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) θιασῖται Βακχιασταὶ οἱ ξὺν Διογένει (IG XII.4 3133)
ii. Full name (transliterated) thiasitai Bakchiastai hoi xyn Diogenei

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:Diogenei (ξὺν Διογένει, ll. 5-6)
Theophoric:Bakchiastai (Βακχιασταὶ, l. 4)
Derived from the name/epithet of Dionysos Bakchos and the related festival of Bakch(e)ia.
iii. Descriptive terms θιασῖται
Note thiasitai, l. 3: The term (implying a thiasos) refers both specifically to a cultic group and, more widely, to a collectivity.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XII.4 3133 (1st c. BC)
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i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Boundary stone, horos (cf. ὅρος, line 1). Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) White limestone plaque.
ii. Source(s) provenance Rebuilt in a house in Pili (ancient deme of Haleis on Kos).

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The point of reference of the boundary stone (ὅρος, line 1) is to private burial plots for the group: thekai (θηκᾶν, line 2).

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) Diogenes (ξὺν Διογένει, ll. 5-6)
This individual, mentioned in the name of the association, is either its founder or its leader.
Gender Male
ii. Leadership See above.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Part of the name of the group, Bakchiastai (Βακχιασταὶ, l. 4), derives from the name Bakchos, an alias or epithet of Dionysos, and the related festival of Bakch(e)ia.
Deities worshipped Dionysos Bakchos.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note On the basis of its name and by comparison with other highly similar boundary stones of the burial plots of associations near the city of Kos (more than 50 in number, cf. e.g. CAPI no. 1826), we can be confident that the group constituted a private association.