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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 314: eranistai

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἐρανισταί (IG II3 (4) (1) 649, ll. 4-6)
ii. Full name (transliterated) eranistai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 300 / 299 BC

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II3 (4) (1) 649 (300/299 BC)
Note The inscription is written stoichedon.
Ed. pr.: Kalogeropoulou 1987: 302.
Other ed.: SEG 41: 171.
Cf. SEG 57: 158
Online Resources SEG 41: 171
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication to (Herakles) Pankrates by the officials of the eranistai, after they had been honoured by the group.
i.c. Physical format(s) Almost complete marble stele bearing a relief of recumbent Herakles on top and an incised crown at the bottom, measuring 0.885x0.38-41m.
ii. Source(s) provenance It was found at the junction of Vas. Konstantinou str. with Vas. Georgiou str. in central Athens, very near the modern district of Pankrati; see the reports of Meliades 1953 and 1954.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains The inscription was found in the place of an open air sanctuary with an enclosing peribolos (the foundations of which were also found). Among the remains was pottery, lamps, other dedications with reliefs but no architectural remains or spolia. See Meliadis 1953 and 1954; for the reliefs see Vikela 1994.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials Treasurer (ταμίας, tamias, ll. 1, 7)
Secretary (γραμματεύς, grammateus, ll. 2, 13)
Stewards (ἐπιμεληταί, epimeletai, ll. 1, 8) (four)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Μῦς, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (13)
Διονυσόδωρος Μιλήσιος, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (247)
Εὔνοστος Θηβαῖος, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (4)
Δημόφιλος Ἡρακλεώτης, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (68)
Διονύσιος, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (1043)
Κόνων Ἡρακλεώτης, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (72)
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status Foreigners: 4 (Milesios, Thebaios and Herakleotes)
Unidentified: 2

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship On the basis of the dedication to Herakles Pankrates, one may suppose worship by the group.
Deities worshipped (Ἡρακλῆς) Πανκράτης, (Herakles) Pankrates.
iv. Honours/Other activities The magistrates have been crowned by the association because of their virtue and fairness, ll. 4-5.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The association used the same sanctuary with the following associations (from unpublished material referred to in SEG and Tracy 2003 all dated in the 3rd century BC): orgeones (SEG 41: 84), eranistai (SEG 41: 82), and thiasotai (SEG 41: 83; 53: 161; Tracy 2003: 51, 88 and 146).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The magistrates have served during the archonship of Hegemachos.
iii. Bibliography Kalogeropoulou, A. (1987), ‘Apo to hiero tou Pankratous sten Athena’, in Praktika tou H' Diethnous Synedriou Hellenikes kai Latinikes Epigraphikes (Athena, 3-9 Oktobriou 1982). Athens: II 298-304.
Meliades, I. (1953), ‘Anaskaphe para ten koiten tou Ilissou’, PAE: 47-59.
Meliades, I. (1954), ‘Anaskaphe para ten koiten tou Ilissou’, PAE: 41-9.
Tracy, S. (2003), Athens and Macedon. Attic letter-cutters of 300 to 229 B.C. Berkeley. (SEG 53: 156)
Vikela, E. (1994), Die Weihreliefs aus dem Athener Pankrates-Heiligtum am Ilissos: religionsgeschichtliche Bedeutung und Typologie. Berlin.

XIII. EVALUATION

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