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Last Updated on 09 Jul 2019

Author: Maria Paz de Hoz

CAPInv. 1683: symbiosis ton Euemerion

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Lydia
iii. Site Territory of Hypaipa

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) συμβίωσις τῶν Εὐημερίων (I.Eph(esos) 3817, ll. 4-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) symbiosis ton Euemerion

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 212 - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Other:The name of the association ‘of those having a good time’ is Euemerioi - probably related to ‘joyeuses agapes’, such as the symbiosis of the Eutherapioi in Milet (Robert, L. (1937): 65)
iii. Descriptive terms συμβίωσις, symbiosis

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Eph(esos) 3817
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorific inscription of a village for the association for having donated 20.000 denaria for the care of the cult of the emperors and the patrioi theoi. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Stele
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in the Kayster valley, near Tire, in the area of ancient Hypaipa. Now in Izmir Museum.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members There are 10 members mentioned. It is not sure if they are the members of the association that donated money, or if they represented the whole association.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds The association must have some funds since it makes a generous donation to the village, though it could also be that the 10 members mentioned made a private donation.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number At least 10 members.
ii. Gender Men
Note All members mentioned are men.
iv. Status All members mentioned are free, for they are named through tria nomina

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The inscription of the village is erected in name of the Patrioi Theoi and the Theoi Sebastoi (I.Eph(esos) 3817, ll. 1-2), so the donation of the association is probably related to the cult of these gods.
Deities worshipped Theoi Patrioi, Theoi Sebastoi.
The imperial cult is usually associated in each village to the main gods, the Theoi Patrioi.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The inscription reveals interaction between the association and the village concerning the cult of the Theoi Patrioi and Theoi Sebastoi.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Firatli, N., and Robert, L (1964), Les stèles funéraires de Byzance gréco-romaine Paris: 184.
de Hoz, M.-P. (1999), Die Lydischen Kulte im Lichte der griechischen Inschriften. Bonn: 57.13.
Robert, L. (1937), Études Anatoliennes. Paris: 65 (Z. 1-7).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note There is nothing that induce to think of a public association. The symbioseis attested in Lydia are, as far as they can be identified, private. Also, the name of the association fits a private community much better than a public one.