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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 360: paianistai

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) παιανισταί (SEG 39: 194, l. 7)
ii. Full name (transliterated) paianistai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii / iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:paianistai: singers of a paeans

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 39: 194 (ii / iii AD)
Note Ed. pr.: IG II2 2481
Cf. BE 1946/7: no. 102; 1987: nos. 573 and 586; 1992: no. 241
Online Resources SEG 39: 194
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Decision to inscribe a list of paean singers, in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele broken on all sides measuring 0.646x0.232m.
ii. Source(s) provenance Although its provenance is unknown, most probably it comes from the Asklepieion of Athens, now in the Epigraphical Museum, EM 12614.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number At least thirty members are recorded.
ii. Gender Men
Note The names of the members preserved are male names.
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status Athenian citizens: 16 (9 with Roman names)
Unidentified: 14

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Aleshire, S. (1991), Asklepios at Athens. Epigraphic and prosopographic essays on the Athenian healing cults. Leiden: 33-40.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note It remains unclear whether the group of paianistai was organized or remained an ad hoc grouping brought together for the performance of a paean in certain occasions.