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CAPInv. 2123: Soteriastan Asklapiastan Poseidaniastan Herakleistan Athanaistan Aphrodisiastan Hermaistan Matros Theon koinon

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I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Σωτηριαστᾶν Ἀσκλαπιαστᾶν Ποσειδανιαστᾶν Ἡρακλεϊστᾶν Ἀθαναϊστᾶν Ἀφροδισιαστᾶν Ἑρμαϊστᾶν Ματρὸς Θεῶν κοινόν
ii. Full name (transliterated) Soteriastan Asklapiastan Poseidaniastan Herakleistan Athanaistan Aphrodisiastan Hermaistan Matros Theon koinon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii

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).
Theophoric:Σωτηριασταί, Soteriastai - From Zeus, specifically the epithet Σωτηρ, Soter (Morelli, ibid. 46-52, 136-147).

Ἀσκλαπιασταί, Asklapiastai - From the deity Asklepios (Morrelli, ibid. 31-33, 115-117).

Ποσειδανιασταί, Poseidaniastai - From the god Poseidon (Morrelli, ibid. 63-66, 167-170).

Ἀθαναιισταί, Athanaistai - From the doric spelling of Athena (Morrelli, ibid. 2-13, 80-89).

Ἀφροδισιασταί, Aphrodisiastai - From the goddess Aphrodite (Morrelli, Ibid., 34-35, 117-18)

Ἑρμαϊσταί, Hermaistai - From the god Hermes (Morrelli, ibid., 15-20, 94-99).

Ματὴρ Θεῶν, Mater theon - A reference to a deity called 'mother of the gods', according to Morelli, this likely refers to a cult of asiatic origin (Morrelli, ibid., 60, 160). The worship of such a deity became a frequent thing in the Greek speaking world in the hellenistic period. The epithet has been connected to the Phrygian goddess Cybele, and the Greek goddesses Gaia, Rhea and Demeter (see Borgeaud 1996).
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XII,1 162
Online Resources IG XII,1 162

AGRW no. 12539
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honourific-dedicatory inscription in Greek.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Borgeaud, Philippe (1996), La Mère des dieux. De Cybèle à la Vierge Marie, Paris, Seuil-

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The descriptive term koinon (κοινὸν), used together with the many theophoric name elements, guarantee the private character of the association.