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Last Updated on 12 Jun 2019

Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 129: hoi peri Polyxenon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Thera
iii. Site Ancient Thera

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ περὶ Πολύξενον (IG XII.3 Suppl. 1316)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi peri Polyxenon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iv BC / iii

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:hoi peri + personal name: followers of Polyxenos

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XII.3 Suppl., 1316 (iv/iii BC)
Online Resources IG XII.3 Suppl., 1316
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication? (the name of the deity, Zeus, appears in Greek in the nominative case followed by the name of the group in genitive)
i.c. Physical format(s) graffito
ii. Source(s) provenance The graffito is incised in the wall of the vaulted subterranean structure (the so-called laconicum) in the gymnasion in ancient Thera.

X. ACTIVITIES

Deities worshipped Zeus Melichios

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Discarded
Note In a gymnasion context ephebes and young men often incised their names or names of fellow-members of the gymnasion in walls. We are probably dealing with an ad hoc group of ephebes/ young men.