| i. | Geographical area | Aegean Islands |
| ii. | Region | Kos |
| iii. | Site | Antimacheia (deme of Kos) |
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CAPInv. 2131: thiasos ton syn Apollonioi
I. LOCATION
II. NAME
| i. | Full name (original language) | θίασος τῶν σὺν Ἀπολλλωνίῳ (IG XII.4 3182) |
| ii. | Full name (transliterated) | thiasos ton syn Apollonioi |
III. DATE
| i. | Date(s) | ii AD |
IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY
| ii. | Name elements |
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| iii. | Descriptive terms | θίασος | ||
| Note | thiasos, ll. 1-2: The term refers both specifically to a cultic group and, more widely, to a collectivity. |
V. SOURCES
| i. | Source(s) | IG XII.4 3182 (2nd c. AD) |
| Note | Mastoropoulos, Ἀντιμάχεια (2002), 52 with pl. 46. | |
| Online Resources | n/a | |
| i.a. | Source type(s) | Epigraphic source(s) |
| i.b. | Document(s) typology & language/script | Funerary stele (text I: Σώτιον | Λυσανία), reused as a boundary stone, horos (text II, line 1: ὅρος). Greek. |
| i.c. | Physical format(s) | Marble stele with kymation. |
| ii. | Source(s) provenance | Antimacheia. |
VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE
| ii. | References to buildings/objects | The point of reference of the boundary stone (ὅρος, line 1) may be presumed to be to private burial plots for the group, though these are not specified in this case. |
VII. ORGANIZATION
| i. | Founder(s) |
Apollonios (σὺν Ἀπολλωνίῳ, 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. |
XII. NOTES
| iii. | Bibliography | Mastoropoulos, G.S. (2002) Ἀντιμάχεια Κώα, Irakleides. |
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. |
