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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 359: hoi paianistai tou Mounichiou Asklepiou

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ παιανισταὶ τοῦ Μουνιχίου Ἀσκληπιοῦ (IG II3 (4) (1) 663, ll. 4-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi paianistai tou Mounichiou Asklepiou

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 215 / 216 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:paianistai: 'those singing peans'
Theophoric:Mounichios Asklepios

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II3 (4) (1) 663 (AD 215/6)
Note Ed. pr. BCH 14 (1890) 649 no. 2.
Other publications: IG II2 2963; Syll3 1110; Käppel 1992: 341 no. 121; Riethmüller 2005: II 25 no. 10.
Cf. SEG 53: 27; SEG 54: 14. BE 1938, no. 98.
Online Resources IG II2 2963
IG II3 (4) (1) 663 English translation
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Fragmentary Greek inscription recording the decision of G. Likinios Telemachos, logistes of Athens following the command of the god expressed through his priest.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele broken at the bottom.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in Piraeus.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials Priest, ἱερεύς, hiereus, l. 9.

X. ACTIVITIES

Deities worshipped Μουνίχιος Ἀσκληπιὸς, Mounichios Asklepios, ll. 4-5.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The group is honouring an official: see Guerber (2012: 461-2).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The inscription is dated in the archonship of Dionysios, son of Dionysios of Acharnai.
ii. Poland concordance Poland A54
iii. Bibliography Baslez, M.-F. (2004), ‘Les notables entre eux. Recherches sur les associations d’Athènes à l’époque romaine’, in S. Folle (ed.), L’Hellénisme d’époque romaine: Nouveaux documents, nouvelles approches (Ier s. a.C. – IIIe s. p.C.) (Actes du colloque international à la mémoire de Louis Robert, Paris, 7-8 juillet 2000). Paris: 105-20.
Byrne, S. (2003), Roman citizen of Athens. Leuven: 537.
Guerber, E. (2012), ‘La permanence et les limites de la liberte des cites du monde hellenophone sous le Haut-Empire romain’ in C. Feyel, J. Fournier, L. Graslin-Thome, and F. Kirbihler (eds.), Communautes locales et pouvoir central dans l'Orient hellenistique et romain. Nancy: 451-97.
Käppel, L. (1992), Paian. Studien zur Geschichte einer Gattung. Berlin.
Riethmüller, J. (2005), Asklepios. Heiligtümer und Kulte. Heidelberg.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The corporate and the private character of the group are not clear.