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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 283: thiasotai

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) θιασῶται (IG II3 (4) (1) 643, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) thiasotai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iv BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:thiasotai

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II3 (4) (1) 643 (iv BC)
Note Ed. pr. AD 23 (1968) A, 6 no. 2.
Other ed.: SEG 24: 223.
Cf. IEleusis p. 2. BE 1969, no. 211.
Online Resources SEG 24: 223
IG II3 (4) (1) 643 English translation
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication followed by a list of names.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble (statue?) base mutilated in the left side, measuring 0,18x0,50m.
ii. Source(s) provenance It was found in the village of Mavraki, north of Eleusis, now in Eleusis Museum.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials A priest (ἱερεύς, hiereus) is mentioned in l. 1-2. It is not clear, however, whether this is a priest of the group or a priest of a polis sanctuary.
Eponymous officials If the priest belongs to the group then it is implied that he was considered as eponymous.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The list of members include male names only.
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status The name list in ll. 2-8 imply that the members may not have been all of free-born status, Parker 1996: 338. See also Arnaoutoglou 2011.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Arnaoutoglou, I. (2003), Thusias heneka kai sunousias. Private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens. Athens: 70.
Arnaoutoglou, I. (2011), ‘‘Ils étaient dans la ville, mais tout à fait en dehors de la cité’. Status and identity in private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens’, in van Nijf, O., and Alston, R. (eds.), Political culture in the Greek city after the classical age. Leuven: 27-48.
Parker, R. (1996), Athenian religion. A history. Oxford.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The name of the group as well as the preserved names of its members imply that this was a private association.