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Author: Georgios Zachos

CAPInv. 926: peri ton Dionyson technitais ex Isthmou kai Nemeas, syntelousin de en Opounti

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Central Greece
ii. Region East Lokris
iii. Site Opous

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον τεχνίταις ἐξ Ἰσθμοῦ κ̣αὶ Νεμέας, συντελοῦσιν δὲ ἐν Ὀποῦντι (IG IX.1 278, ll. 1-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) peri ton Dionyson technitais ex Isthmou kai Nemeas, syntelousin de en Opounti

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms σύνοδος, synodos (ll. 5, 14)
σύνοδος τῶν τεχνιτᾶν, synodos ton technitan (l. 12)
κοινόν, koinon (l. 10)
κοινὸν τ[ῶν τεχν]ιτᾶν, koinon t[on techn]itan (l. 7)
ii. Name elements
Cultic:Dionysos
Geographical:Reference to Nemea, Isthmos, Opous
Professional:technitai
iii. Descriptive terms koinon
synodos
Note koinon: IG IX.1 278, ll. 7, 10
synodos: IG IX.1 278, ll. 5, 12, 14

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG IX.1 278 (ii BC)
Note Other editions:
Eustratiades, AEph. 1869: 490-2, no. 443
SGDI II 1502
Laum, Stiftungen: 63, n. 33
Le Guen I no. TE31
Aneziri no. B11
Online Resources IG IX.1 278
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorary decree in Greek for Soteles son of Sosinou and his wife Xenola daughter of Ameinias by the sub-branch in Opous of the Dionysiac technitai of Isthmos and Nemea.
i.c. Physical format(s) Pedimental stele
ii. Source(s) provenance In second use, over the gate of Proph. Elias monastery near the village of Zeli. Now, in Atalanti museum.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects It is mentioned the (ἀνιέρωσις) foundation of a private shrine for Apollo, Hemes and Mouses by Xenola daughter of Ameinias.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iii. Income Xenola defined for the synodos ton technitan to receive every year a silver talent from the sacrifices to Apollo, Hermes and Mouses (ll. 11-13).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
iii. Age Adults

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events They participated in Panhellenic festivals like the Isthmian, Nemean, Pythian, as well as in local festivals associated with the cult of Dionysos.
iii. Worship They were associated with the worship of Dionysos but also to the worship of Apollo, Hermes and the Mouses in Opous (ll. 9, 13).
Deities worshipped Dionysos, Apollo, Hermes, Mouses
iv. Honours/Other activities They honored Soteles son of Sosinou and his wife Xenola daughter of Ameinias with proedria.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction Relation to individuals they had important positions in local community. Soteles speaks and acts in favour of the synodos and Xenola founded a shrine for Apollo, Hermes and Mouses.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The existence of the sub-branch in Opous should be related to the triennial Dionysia mentioned in an inscription of Augustan date from Atalanti (IG IX.1 278)
ii. Poland concordance Poland Δ28
iii. Bibliography Aneziri, S. (2003), Die Vereine der dionysischen Techniten im Kontext der hellenistischen Gesellschaft: Untersuchungen zur Geschichte, Organisation und Wirkung der hellenistischen Technitenvereine. Stuttgart: 56-65.
Summa, D. (2010), ‘Recherches sur la vie théâtrale et son financement en Locride’, in B. Le Guen (ed.), L’argent dans les concours du monde grec, Paris: 119-21.
Ziebarth, E. (1903), ‘Beiträge zum griechischen Recht: I. Die Stiftung nach griechischen Recht’, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft 16: 249-315, esp. 272.

XIII. EVALUATION