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Author: Sophia Zoumbaki

CAPInv. 550: [h]oi ek to[u gy]mnasiou tou Hippolyt[e]iou

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Peloponnese with Adjacent Islands
ii. Region Argolis
iii. Site Troizen

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [ο]ἱ̣ ἐκ̣ {κ} το[ῦ γυ]μνασίου τοῦ Ἱππολυτ[ε]ί̣ου (IG IV 754, ll. 3-6)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [h]oi ek to[u gy]mnasiou tou Hippolyt[e]iou

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iii / ii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Topographical:tou gymnasiou tou Hippolyteiou: The phrase is in accordance with Pausanias's mention (2.32.3) of a stadion called "the stadion of Hippolytos", which was adjacent to the temenos of Hippolytos.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG IV 754 (l. iii BC)
Note Ed. pr.: Legrand 1893: 110 no. XXIX
Online Resources IG IV 754
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Fragment of a decree (?) in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) A fragment of the bottom of a stele bearing apparently a decree. Beneath the text there are three wreaths.
ii. Source(s) provenance The stone was found in the ruins of a chapell of Hagios Nikolaos, which belonged to a private individual called D. Psachos.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects το[ῦ γυ]μνασίου τοῦ Ἱππολυτ[ε]ί̣ου, tou gymnasiou tou Hippolyteiou, l. 3-6.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Men used the facilities of the gymnasion.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments For groups active in the gymnasia see Fröhlich 2013: 59-111.
iii. Bibliography Fröhlich, P. (2013), ‘Les groupes du gymnase d’Iasos et les presbytéroi dans les cités à l’ époque hellénnistique’, in P. Fröhlich and P. Hamon (eds.), Groupes et associations dans les cités grecques (IIIe siècle av. J.-C. – IIe siècle apr. J.-C.), Genève: 59-111.
Legrand, E.P. (1893), ‘Inscriptions de Trézène’, BCH 17: 84-121.
Ziebarth, E. (1914), Aus dem griechischen Schulwesen. Eudemos von Milet und Verwandtes. Leipzig, Berlin: 90.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The fragmentary inscription does not allow us to draw certain conclusions on the existence of an organized association of the individuals who used the gymnasion Hippolyteion.