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Last Updated on 14 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 468: [mys]tai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia
iii. Site Nakoleia

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [μύσ]ται (SEG 28: 1187, ll. 1.1-1.2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [mys]tai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - iii AD

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 28: 1187 (ii - iii AD)


Note See also:
Jaccottet II no. 81
Ed.pr.:
Drew-Bear 1978: 32, no. 1
Online Resources Drew-Bear 1978: 32, no. 1
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory inscription, greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble altar, with reliefs on four sides and inscriptions on three
ii. Source(s) provenance Sarayören

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials ἱερεύς, hiereus (l. 1.3)
ἱεροφάντης, hierophantes (l. 2.1)
σπειράρχης, speirarches (l. 3.1)

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship For the Dionysiac scenes depicted on the altar, see Jaccottet 2003: 157-60.
Deities worshipped Dionysos
iv. Honours/Other activities The association dedicates an altar to Dionysos.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Cole, S.G. (1991), ‘Dionysiac Mysteries in Phrygia in the Imperial Period’, EA 17: 41-9.
Drew-Bear, Th. (1978), Nouvelles Inscriptions de Phrygie. Zutphen.
Jaccottet, A.-F. (2003), Choisir Dionysos. Les associations dionysiaques ou la face cachée du dionysisme. 2 vols. Zürich.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The status of mystai-groups is not quite clear; most of probably served both the private interests of their members and the needs of civic religion.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain