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Last Updated on 27 Feb 2017

Author: Claudia Antonetti

CAPInv. 1100: to koinon tes synodou

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Greece with the Ionian Islands
ii. Region Corcyra
iii. Site Corcyra

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κοινὸν τῆς συνόδου (IG IX.12.4 856, ll. 3-4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to koinon tes synodou

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
σύνοδος, synodos
Note koinon: IG IX.12.4 856, l. 3
synodos: IG IX.12.4 856, l. 4

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG IX.12.4 856 (i BC ?)
Note Ed.pr.: IG IX.1 712 (with different dating)
Online Resources IG IX.1 712
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Great statue base with private Greek dedication (inscription on 4 lines) by Leukios Sainios Prepon, son of Philippos, a priest out of office - otherwise unknown -, possibly to the koinon tes synodou.
i.c. Physical format(s) The upper surface of the base presents two holes with the remains of bronze stilts (for a statue?). No other details (lost).
ii. Source(s) provenance Corcyra

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The only known member is a male, the former priest.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The dedicator is a priest out of office. It is unknown if he was priest of the koinon or not.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The fourth line of the inscription with the singular genitive of synodos poses a problem of understanding: Poland has shown that a koinon can encompass many sodalitates; he proposed, however, to interpret the association in question as a college of Dionysian technitai (Poland 1934: 2483).
ii. Poland concordance Poland B *55
iii. Bibliography Poland, F. (1934), ‘Technitai’, RE2 5.2: 2473-578.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note If Poland is right, the association in question should be a koinon of Dionysian technitai. Although the term synodos could refer to an association, it is also possible that it refers to a meeting.