Stable URL: http://ancientassociations.ku.dk/GR/45Download as:PDF
Last Updated on 24 Feb 2017

Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. GR-45: ithyphalloi

I. LOCATION

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

II. GENERAL REFERENCE

i.a. Full reference (original language) ἰθύφαλλοι (Dem. 54.14 and 16 = Against Conon)
i.b. Full reference (transliterated) ithyphalloi
ii. Reference context The term occurs in the narrative of the Demosthenic speech Against Conon for assault and battery: καὶ ἐρεῖν ὡς εἰσὶν ἐν τῇ πόλει πολλοί, καλῶν κἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν υἱεῖς, οἳ παίζοντες οἷ' ἄνθρωποι νέοι σφίσιν αὐτοῖς ἐπωνυμίας πεποίηνται, καὶ καλοῦσι τοὺς μὲν ἰθυφάλλους, τοὺς δ᾽ αὐτοληκύθους, kai erein hos eisin en tei polei polloi kalon kagathon andron huieis, hoi paizontes, hoi' anthropoi neoi sphisin autois eponymous pepoientai, kai kalousi tous men ithyphallous, tous d' autolekythous (54.14).

III. DATE

i. Date(s) m. iv BC

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Dem. 54.14 and 16 = Against Conon (m. iv BC)
Online Resources Dem. 54.14
Dem. 54.16
i.a. Source type(s) Literary source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Law court speech, in Greek.

VIII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Parker, R. (1996), Athenian religion. A history. Oxford: 335. (SEG 47: 26)

IX. EVALUATION

i. Private associations Possible
Note The group does not have any other associational element apart from the name. It is also characteristic the use of the participe playing (παίζοντες, paizontes, Dem. 54.14), which unmistakably points to the transient and playful purpose of the group.
ii. Historical authenticity The lawcourt speech is regarded unanimously as genuine.