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I. LOCATION

i.	Geographical area	Western Asia Minor
ii.	Region	Lydia
iii.	Site	Saittai

II. NAME

i.	Full name (original language)	οἱ περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον [πο]δάριοι (TAM V.1 91, ll. 2-4)
ii.	Full name (transliterated)	hoi peri ton Dionyson [po]darioi

III. DATE

i.

Date(s)

167 - 169 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i.

Name in other forms

ἡ σύνοδος τῶν νέων ποδαρίων, he synodos ton neon podarion,
‘the association of the new podarioi’ (TAM V.1 92, ll. 2-3)

ii.

Name elements

Professional:	For the possibility that podarioi designates a professional association, perhaps in relation to the theatre and similar to the technitai association see. Hermann 1962: 16-17; Cf. Herrmann and Polatkan 1961: 121-2
Theophoric:	The name includes the name of the god Dionysos

iii.

Descriptive terms

σύνοδος, synodos, (TAM V.1 92, l. 2)

V. SOURCES

i.	Source(s)	TAM V.1 91 (167/8 AD) TAM V.1 92 (168/9 AD)
	Online Resources	TAM V.1 91 TAM V.1 92
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	TAM V.1 91: probably honorific inscription TAM V.1 92: funerary inscription
i.c.	Physical format(s)	Both are steles with pediment; TAM V.1 91 also with representation of a crown.
ii.	Source(s) provenance	Both found in İcikler (ancient Saittai). TAM V.1 92 is now in Museum Manisa (Inv. 452).

VII. ORGANIZATION

viii.

Obligations

The association probably had funerary obligations (cf. TAM V.1 92)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii.	Gender	Men
	Note	TAM V.1 92: the only properly attested member is a man, who died at the age of 43.
iii.	Age	Adults

X. ACTIVITIES

iii.	Worship	The name of the association implies that it worships Dionysos
	Deities worshipped	Dionysos
iv.	Honours/Other activities	The association probably organized funerary activities (cf. TAM V.1 92).

XI. INTERACTION

i.

Local interaction

The cult of Dionysos is attested in Saittai through the name of a phyle, which means an official importance of the cult. The association could have had some interaction with that cult, though there is no evidence of this.

XII. NOTES

i.	Comments	It is not certain if the two different names of the association implies the existence of two different associations, maybe one older than the other (cf. Herrmann 1962: 16), or perhaps one of younger members. In this last case, the attested member in TAM V.1 92 would not be a member of the association. For associations in Lydia called neotera cf. TAM V.1 537 (of Men Tiamu, Men Tyrannos and Zeus Masphalatenos in Maionia, 171/2 AD); TAM V.1 451 (of Asklepios in Ayazviran, 28/29 AD). For an association of neaniskoi of the gymnasion cf. TAM V.2 949 etc. (of Herakles in Thyateira, III AD), and cf. TAM V.3 1556: νέοι φιλάνπελοι, neoi philanpeloi. P. Herrmann 1962: 43 interprets the word neotera in the name of the association TAM V.1 537 as meaning ‘ein jungerer, spaten gegrundeter Verein’.
iii.	Bibliography	Herrmann, P., and Polatkan, K.Z. (1961), ‘Grab- und Votivstelen aus dem nordöstlichen Lydien im Museum von Manisa’, AAWW 98: 119-27. Herrmann, P. (1962), Ergebnisse einer Reise in Nordostlydien. Vienna. de Hoz, M.-P. (1999), Die Lydischen Kulte im Lichte der griechischen Inschriften. Bonn. Malay, H. (1994), Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the Manisa Museum Wien.

XIII. EVALUATION

i.	Private association	Certain
	Note	Dionysos associations are private though many of them have an important role in the public sphere.

CAPInv. 815: hoi peri ton Dionyson [po]darioi