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Author: Alexandru Avram

CAPInv. 1118: Bakcheastai hoi peri Eratona Demophilou

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Thrace
ii. Region Euxine Coast
iii. Site Dionysopolis

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Βακχεασταὶ οἱ περὶ Ἐράτωνα Δημοφίλου (IGBulg I2 20)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Bakcheastai hoi peri Eratona Demophilou

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:hoi peri Eratona Demophilou
Theophoric:Bakcheastai, epiclesis of Dionysos.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IGBulg I2 20 (iii BC)
Note See also: Jaccottet II 52
Online Resources IGBulg I2 20
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication to Dionysos put by the priest of Dionysos in the name of the association.
i.c. Physical format(s) Statue representing Pan playing the syrinx with inscription on its base.

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) From ll. 3-4 (βακχεαστῶν τῶν περὶ Ἐράτωνα Δημοφίλου, bakcheaston ton peri Eratona Demophilou) we could infer that Eraton Demophilou was the founder. Nevertheless, this remains uncertain. He also might have been the leader of the association.
Gender Male
ii. Leadership For the possibility of Eraton Demophilou being leader see VII.1: Founder(s).
iv. Officials Apollonios Demophontos ἱερώμενος Διονύσου, hieromenos Dionysou.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number Just the founder (or the leader?) and a priest (author of the dedicate) are known.
ii. Gender Men
Note The attested members were men.
iii. Age Adults

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The group dedicated the statue of Pan to Dionysus.
Deities worshipped Dionysus and Pan

XII. NOTES

i. Comments “Seule peut-être la nature de la dédicace, une statue de Pan, frappe quelque peu, et nous atteste la vision large selon laquelle on pouvait concevoir le cercle dionysiaque” (Jaccottet 2003: II.107).
ii. Poland concordance Poland B 86
iii. Bibliography Jaccottet, A.-F. (2003), Choisir Dionysos. Les associations dionysiaques ou la face cachée du dionysisme. 2 vols. Zurich.
Slavova, M. (2002), ‘Mystery Clubs in Bulgarian Lands in Antiquity’, OAth 27: 137-149 (text of the inscription: 144).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology employed points to a private association.