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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. GR-57: thia[sos]

I. LOCATION

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

II. GENERAL REFERENCE

i.a. Full reference (original language) θία[σος] (IG II2 1177, ll. 3-4)
i.b. Full reference (transliterated) thia[sos]
ii. Reference context Decree of the deme of Pireaus about the use of Thesmophorion.

III. DATE

i. Date(s) m. iv BC

IV. TERMINOLOGY

i. Descriptive terms θίασος, thiasos

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II2 1177 (m. iv BC)
Note Other publications: Prott - Ziehen II.1: 33; Michel no. 144
LSCG 36 (SEG 25: 143); Whitehead 1986: 396 (SEG 36: 181); Garland 1987: 227 (SEG 37: 101)
Translations: Le Guen I 1 (SEG 42: 1803) (French); Brodersen, HGIU 289 (German)
Cf. SEG 33: 1575bis; 46: 20; 47: 2320; 48: 2185; 49: 2490; 50: 20; 55: 612; 57: 30 and 129.
Online Resources IG II2 1177
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Deme decree, in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele, measuring 0.59x0.42m.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in Piraeus, now in the Piraeus Archaeological Museum.

VIII. NOTES

i. Comments The term thiasos in ll. 3-4 is restored, thia[soi].
iii. Bibliography Arnaoutoglou, I. (2003), Thusias heneka kai sunousias. Private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens. Athens.
Feaver, D. (1957), ‘Historical development in the priesthoods of Athens’, YCIS 15: 121-58. (SEG 21: 517)
Garland, R. (1987), The Piraeus. From the fifth to the first century B.C.. London.
Whitehead, D. (1986), The demes of Attica 508/7-c. 250 B.C. A political and social study. Princeton.
Ziebarth, E. (1896), Das griechische Vereinswesen. Leipzig.

IX. EVALUATION

i. Private associations Discarded
Note The reference to thiasoi does not refer to associations but to the gatherings of worshippers. It is the duty of the demarch to make sure that certain things do not occur in the vicinity of Thesmophorion, see Ziebarth 1896: 167.