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Author: Vincent Gabrielsen

CAPInv. 2073: Herakleiotai [ - - ]oneioi

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I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Rhodes
iii. Site Rhodos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Ἡρακλειωταί [ - - ]ωνείοι
ii. Full name (transliterated) Herakleiotai [ - - ]oneioi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) Hell. (?)

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Heroic:Ἡρακλεϊσταί, Herakleistai - From the hero Herakles (Morelli, I culti in Rodi [Pisa, 1959] 53-56, 147-149).
Personal:[ - - ]ωνείοι, [ - - ]oneioi - Most likely a compound name of a founder or a benefactor of the association, (cf. Thomsen (forthcoming), Gabrielsen 1997 p. 126-7, Maiuri 1916 p. 141, Poland 1909 p. 73-6).
iii. Descriptive terms κοινὸν, koinon

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XII,1 158
Online Resources IG XII,1 158

AGRW no. 12532
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The use of a heroic as well as a personal name element and the dedicatory-honourific context of the attested inscriptions make the private character of the association certain, although a descriptive term is omitted.