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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 253: [thia]sotai ton m[eth' heautou

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Athens

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [θια]σῶται τῶν μ[εθ’ ἑαυτοῦ (IG II3 (4) (1) 651, no. 1, l. 2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [thia]sotai ton m[eth' heautou

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 256 / 255 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:thiasotai
Personal:m[eth' heautou, sc. the honorand

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II3 (4) (1) 651 (256/5 BC)
Note Ed. pr.: Hesperia 16 (1947): 63, no. 1
See also: BE 1948: no. 54; SEG 47: 26
Online Resources Hesperia 16 (1947): 63, no. 1
IG II3 (4) (1) 651 English translation
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication (?) of a statue
i.c. Physical format(s) Fragment of a cylindrical marble column broken on top, height: 0.22m.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in the south slope of the Athenian Akropolis

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects There is a restored reference to a statue (ἄγαλμα, agalma) in l. 1.

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership The expression m[eth' heautou to define the thiasotai (l. 2) may suggest that the dedicant, Epikrates, was the leader.
iii. Members thiasotai (l. 2)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The name of the eight members mentioned are male names.
iii. Age Adults

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The text is dated in the archonship of Antimachos.
iii. Bibliography Lambert. St. (1993), The phratries of Attica. Ann Arbor: 84-5.
Osborne, M.J. (2009), ‘The Archons of Athens 300/299-228/7’, ZPE 171: 90.
Parker, R. (1996), Athenian religion. A history. Oxford.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The likely restoration of the term thiasotai and the list of names following strongly suggest that this is a private association.