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Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 471: Kreouerenoi mystai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia
iii. Site Dorylaion

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Κρηουερηνοὶ μύσται (Jaccottet II no. 80, ll. 1-2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Kreouerenoi mystai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:mystai
Topographical:The group is named after a village.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Jaccottet II no. 80 (ii - iii AD)
Note See also:
Haspels, Highlands, no. 139

In Jaccottet's edition, the suggestion of Frei to read Κρηουερηνοι, Kreouerenoi, instead of Κηιουερηνοι, Keiouerenoi (Haspels) is accepted.
Online Resources Haspels, Highlands, no. 139
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble altar with relief on one side
ii. Source(s) provenance Ilica

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The association dedicates an altar to Zeus Dionysos.
Deities worshipped Zeus Dionysos

XII. NOTES

i. Comments On similar monuments from this region, see Jaccottet 2003: 158-60.
iii. Bibliography Cole, S.G. (1991), ‘Dionysiac Mysteries in Phrygia in the Imperial Period’, EA 17: 41-9.
Jaccottet, A.-F. (2003), Choisir Dionysos. Les associations dionysiaques ou la face cachée du dionysisme. 2 vols. Zürich.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The status of mystai-groups is not quite clear; most of them probably served both the private interests of their members and the needs of civic religion.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain