| i. | Geographical area | Central Greece |
| ii. | Region | Thessaly. Pelasgiotis. |
| iii. | Site | City of Atrax |
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CAPInv. 821: koinon toun Heraklei<o>daoun
I. LOCATION
II. NAME
| i. | Full name (original language) | κοινὸν τοῦν Ἡρακλει<ο>δάουν (SEG 34: 487, l. 2) |
| ii. | Full name (transliterated) | koinon toun Heraklei<o>daoun |
III. DATE
| i. | Date(s) | l. iii BC |
IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY
| i. | Name in other forms |
κοινὸν τοῦν Ἡρακλειστάουν (SEG 38: 436, l. 2) (second reading in SEG 38: 436, l. 2, after Tziafalias 1979: 226, no. 20). It must be noticed that the reading Ἡρακλειστάων, Herakleistaon that has been attributed to Tziafalias (1979: 226, no. 20) by Mili (2015: 347) is erroneous. |
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| iii. | Descriptive terms | κοινόν, koinon | ||
| Note | koinon: SEG 34: 487, l. 2 |
V. SOURCES
| i. | Source(s) | SEG 34: 487 (l. iii BC) |
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See also: Tziafalias 1984: 201, no. 69 SEG 38: 436 BE 1988: no. 707 |
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SEG 34: 487 SEG 38: 436 |
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| i.a. | Source type(s) | Epigraphic source(s) |
| i.b. | Document(s) typology & language/script | SEG 34: 487 is a dedicatory inscription. It gives the name of the honoured divinity (l. 1) and the dedicator (koinon toun Heraklei<o>daoun, l. 2), followed by the name, patronymic and function of a priest (ll. 3-4). Ten names and patronymics are listed after the name of the priest (ll. 5-14). |
| i.c. | Physical format(s) | Large pedimental stele of white marble bearing three intact akroteria (Heinz 1997: 75, n. 791, no. cat. 237, fig. 46). |
| ii. | Source(s) provenance | SEG 34: 487: city of Atrax (now in Larisa, Inv. no. 78/60) |
VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE
| i. | Archaeological remains | The site of Ancient Atrax has delivered public architecture (acropolis, remains of sanctuaries and a theatre, fortification walls), as well as a rich record of public and private inscriptions, including decrees, votives, inscribed tombstones, etc (Decourt, Nielsen, Helly et al. 2004: 692). |
VII. ORGANIZATION
| iii. | Members | SEG 34: 487 lists ten names of male members of this koinon. |
IX. MEMBERSHIP
| i. | Number | SEG 34: 487 lists ten names of members. |
| ii. | Gender | Men |
| iii. | Age | Adults |
X. ACTIVITIES
| iii. | Worship | The koinon dedicates the stele to its homonymous divinity. |
| Deities worshipped | Herakles |
XI. INTERACTION
| i. | Local interaction | SEG 34: 487 gives the name of a priest (ll. 3-4). We do not know if this is a priest of the association or the eponymous priest of the city of Atrax. |
XII. NOTES
| iii. | Bibliography |
Decourt, J.-C., and Tziafalias, A. (2001), ‘Une liste civique à Crannon: La stèle dite des Ménandridai’, ZPE 137: 139-52. Decourt, J.-C., Nielsen, Th.H., Helly, Br. et al. (2004), ‘Thessalia and adjacent regions’, in M.H. Hansen and Th.H. Nielsen (eds.), An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis, Oxford: 676-731. Heinz, M. (1998), Thessalische Votivstelen. Bochum. Mili, M. (2015), Religion and Society in Ancient Thessaly. Oxford: 347. Tziafalias, A. (1979), ‘Άτραξ’, AD 34: 212-29, esp. 226, no. 20. Tziafalias, A. (1984), ‘Επιγραφές από τη θεσσαλική πόλη Άτραγα’, Thessaliko Hemerologio 6: 177-208, esp. 201. |
XIII. EVALUATION
| i. | Private association | Probable |
| Note | The use of the term koinon and the use of the theophoric name suggest that this collectivity is probably a private association. According to Decourt and Tziafalias (2001: 147) this koinon was in every probability a 'collège', despite of the fact that the first editor has associated the presence of the patronymics with a civic collectivity, namely a phratry (see Tziafalias 1979: 226). Mili 2015: 347 notes that 'the nature of the group is uncertain'. | |
| ii. | Historical authenticity | The relevant inscription (SEG 34: 487) renders the historical authenticity of this association certain. |
