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Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 1333: hoi therapeutai hoi meta Theophilou tou Theodotou

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Mysia
iii. Site Kyzikos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ θεραπευταὶ οἱ μετὰ Θεοφίλου τοῦ Θεοδότου (IMT Kyz Kapu Dağ 1799)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi therapeutai hoi meta Theophilou tou Theodotou

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:therapeutai: the term normally designates worshippers of Isis and Sarapis but it can also refer to devotees of other deities.
Personal:hoi meta Theophilou tou Theodotou

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IMT Kyz Kapu Dağ 1799 (i BC?)
Note Ed.pr.
Drexler 1889: p. 50 bα

RICIS 301/0402
SIRIS 319
Online Resources IMT Kyz Kapu Dağ 1799
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication in Greek to Sarapis and Isis by the therapeutai hoi meta Theophilou tou Theodotou, followed by a long list of names (Dexler 1889). The present whereabouts of the stone is unknown and Drexler (1889) did not record the names.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble slab.

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) The formula hoi meta Theophilou tou Theodotou suggests that Theophilos son of Theodotos was the founder or leader of the therapeutai.
Gender Male

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The dedication is addressed to Sarapis and Isis.
Deities worshipped Sarapis
Isis

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Kyzikos has yielded another inscription that bears witness to another group of worshippers that were led by an individual and made a dedication to Sarapis and Isis (CAP Inv. 1216).
iii. Bibliography Drexler, W. (1889), 'Der Isis- und Sarapis-Cultus in Kleinasien', NZ 21: 1-234.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The name is suggestive of a group of worshipers, who came together on the initiative of an individual. The personal element in the name of the group sets it aside from other groups of worshipers. It remains uncertain, however, whether the therapeutai formed a formal and durable group or whether they formed an ad hoc group with the aim to making a dedication to Sarapis and Isis.