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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 300: eranistai

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἐρανισταί (IG II2 1265, ll. 1, 10, 12)
ii. Full name (transliterated) eranistai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 320 (?) - 296 (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon (?)
Note koinon: restored in IG II2 1265, ll. 4-5

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II2 1265 (320 (?) - 296 (?) BC)
Note The inscription is written stoichedon.
Ed. pr.An.Ép. 1853, 883 no. 1408. (ΑΡΜΑ 5, 95 no. 673)
Other publications: Lueders no. 2; Foucart no. 32.
Online Resources IG II2 1265
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek honorific decree for two officials of the group, Nikon and Agathon.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele with vestiges of a relief at the top, measuring 0.45x0,26m.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found west of Erechtheion on the Athenian Acropolis, now in the Epigraphical Museum, EM 7760.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials ἱεροποιός, hieropoios, l. 5.
Treasurer (ταμίας, tamias, ll. 2, 9).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Νίκων, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (128).
Ἀγάθων, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (74).
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status The names do not allow any further identification.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities Nikon and Agathon are praised (ἐπαινέσαι, epainesai) and honoured with a crown (στέφανος, stephanos) for their love of honour (φιλοτιμία, philotimia), ll. 7-9.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland A32
iii. Bibliography Pakkanen, P. (1996), Interpreting early Hellenistic religion. A study based on the mystery cult of Demeter and the cult of Isis. Helsinki.
Tracy, S. (1995), Athenian democracy in transition. Attic letter cutters of 340-290 B.C.. Berkeley: 136.
Wilhelm, A. (1905), ‘Attika psephismata’, AE, 244 no. 10. (= (1984), A. Wilhelm. Abhandlungen und Beiträge zur griechischen Inschriftenkunde in Archaiologike Ephemeris und anderen Zeitschriften und Festschriften (1890-1950). Leipzig: 26-44)
Wilhelm, A. (2006), ‘Attische Urkunden. Teil VI’ in Taeuber, H. (ed.), A. Wilhelm. Kleine Schriften III. Schriften aus Adolf Wilhelm Nachlass. Wien: 274 no. 47.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The association displays all the hallmarks of a private association: distinct name, membership, organization, property and durability.