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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 234: [ho]i orgeones hoi met[a

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Athens

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [ο]ἱ ὀργεῶνες οἱ μετ[ά (IG II2 1294, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [ho]i orgeones hoi met[a

III. DATE

i. Date(s) m. iii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:orgeones
Personal:hoi meta + lost personal name (?)

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II2 1294 (m. iii BC)
Note Ed. pr. RhM 55 (1900) 502 no. 3.
Cf. BE 1944, no. 67; 1973, no. 138.
Online Resources IG II2 1294 and AGRW ID 23131
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Fragmentary document of unknown type, in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble pedimental stele, measuring 0,17x0,17m. (see photo in Langdon 1973)
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in the Plaka district near the gate of Hadrian, now in Epigraphical Museum, EM 2679.

X. ACTIVITIES

Deities worshipped Ζεὺς Ἐπάκριος, Zeus Epakrios (IG II2 1294, l. 3)

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Among orgeones associations, the inscription preserves an unique way to designate the group: hoi orgeones hoi meta (+ personal name lost in lacuna, presumably).
ii. Poland concordance Poland A6C
iii. Bibliography Ferguson, W. (1944), ‘The Attic orgeones’, HThR 37: 61-140 esp. 93-94.
Lambert, S. (2000), ‘Two notes on Attic ‘Leges Sacrae’’, ZPE 130: 71-80.
Langdon, M. (1973), ‘Two epigraphical notes’, AJA 77: 195-6.
Mikalson, J. (1998), Religion in Hellenistic Athens. Los Angeles: 150.
Pakkanen, P. (1996), Interpreting early Hellenistic religion. A study based on the mystery cult of Demeter and the cult of Isis. Helsinki.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Lambert 2000: 77-78 thinks that this is ‘a group of (probably phratric) orgeones’ associated with the cult of Zeus Epakrios.