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Author: Sofia Kravaritou

CAPInv. 1235: anchistoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Central Greece
ii. Region Thessaly. Perrhaibia (Northern Thessalian Perioikoi).
iii. Site Ancient city of Phalanna.

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἄγχιστοι (Tziafalias 2000: 100, Cf. CAPInv. 1236)
ii. Full name (transliterated) anchistoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms ἀνχιστῶν οἱ περὶ Παρμενίσκον, Anchiston hou peri Parmeniskon (CAPInv. 1234)
ii. Name elements
Kinship-related:ἄγχιστοι. The term anchistoi (nominative plural) denotes a group of the familial type, a group connected with bonds of kinship (Chantraine 1968: 16). The term is used to define in Attica the rights of kinship groups up to first or second cousin to participate in mourning and inheritance (Parker 1983: 40; cf. Mili 2015: 90). Another Thessalian group of anchistoi was located in Ancient Pharsalos (see CAPInv. 1234).
Topographical:The term anchi ('next to') was originally used in Homer to signify someone or somebody that is close (Chantraine 1968: 16). Following that perspective, Helly has argued that anchistoi were a group of people living close to each other and possessing land in the public cadastre, by their common name (Helly 1995: 316, n. 106; lately, idem, forthcoming).

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Unpublished. Mentioned in Tziafalias 2000: 100 (iii BC)
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Votive inscription
ii. Source(s) provenance Ancient Phalanna

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The inscription is a dedication made by the anchistoi.
Deities worshipped Patrooi Theoi

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Chantraine, P. (1968), Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque: histoire des mots. Paris.
Helly, Br. (1995), L'Etat thessalien. Aleuas le Roux, les tétrades et les tagoi. Lyon.
Helly, Br. (forthcoming), ‘La Thessalie des 'siècles obscurs': un essai d'interprétation historique’, in Mélanges offerts à Phanouria Dakoronia.
Mili, M. (2015). Religion and Society in Ancient Thessaly. Oxford: 90-91.
Parker, R. (1983). Miasma. Pollution and Purification in Early Greek Religion. London.
Tziafalias, A. (2000), ‘Ταύτιση του αρχαίου Μοψίου^, in P. Kalogerakou (ed.), Το Έργο των Εφορειών Αρχαιοτήτων και Νεωτέρων Μνημείων (1990-1998), Volos: 97-101.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note Tziafalias (2000: 100) describes the anchistoi from Phalanna as a kinship group of realtives; however, the fact that the inscription remains unpublished leaves the possibility to have a private corporation open.