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Last Updated on 04 Feb 2018

Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 334: synodos

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) σύνοδος (IG II3 (4) (2) 1216, ll. 2-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synodos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: IG II3 (4) (2) 1216, ll. 2-3

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II3 (4) (2) 1216 (I BC)
Note Ed. pr.: Deltion Archaiologikon 1890: 145, no. 2
Other ed.: IG II2 4707
Online Resources IG II2 4707
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek edication by a certain Melpon, son of Kallixenos of Probalinthos, to Zeus Naios and the synodos.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble altar measuring 0.18x0.07m.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found to the west of the Parthenon, now in Epigraphical Museum, EM 10001.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Μέλπων Καλλιξένου Προβαλίσιος, Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (1)
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status Citizen

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Dedication to Zeus Naios: this may suggest a worship by the group. This cult is attested in Dodone; one wonders whether there was such a cult in Athens.
Deities worshipped Ζεὺς Ναῖος, Zeus Naios

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland A57
iii. Bibliography Ismard, P. (2010), La cité des réseaux : Athènes et ses associations : VIe-Ier siècle av. J.-C. Paris: 347.
Mikalson, J. (1998), Religion in Hellenistic Athens. Los Angeles.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The fact that there seems to be a relation between the deity and the synodos makes more likely that the latter was a structured cultic group.