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Author: Fabienne Marchand

CAPInv. 967: synthyte toi Philetereies (l. synthytai hoi Philetaireies)

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Central Greece
ii. Region Boiotia
iii. Site Thespiai

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) συνθύτη τοὶ Φιλετηρεῖες (I.Thespiai 60, ll. 5-6)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synthyte toi Philetereies (l. synthytai hoi Philetaireies)

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 270 - 260 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:Philetairos of Pergamon
iii. Descriptive terms συνθύται, synthytai
Note synthytai: I.Thespiai 60, l. 5

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Thespiai 60 (270 - 260 BC)
Note Previous edition:
Roesch 1982: 126-7, no. 6 and 164-6 (SEG 32: 506)
See also:
Bringmann and von Steuben 1995: no. 87
Online Resources I.Thespiai 60
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Boundary stone in the Boiotian dialect of land dedicated by Attalos of Pergamon to the Muses and to the synthytai named after himself so they remain sacred forever.
i.c. Physical format(s) Stele of beige limestone
ii. Source(s) provenance Village of Ellopia (Karatas)

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) Probably Philetairos of Pergamon
Gender Male
iii. Members συνθύται, synthytai

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty The synthytai administered the land mentioned below, but probably did not own it.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Clear link with the Muses of the Helicon; worship probable.
Deities worshipped Probably the Muses of the Helicon.
iv. Honours/Other activities The synthytai probably administered land consecrated to the Muses. Philetairos of Pergamon dedicated land to the Muses (see I.Thespiai 58 and I.Thespiai 59; see Poland B 36a), and the revenue of the land was probably affected to the cult of the Muses.

XI. INTERACTION

ii. Interaction abroad Clear link with Philetairos of Pergamon who was their probable founder, and after whom the association is named.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland B 37
iii. Bibliography Allen, R.E. (1983), The Attalid Kingdom. Oxford.
Bringmann, K., and von Steuben, H. (eds.) (1995), Schenkungen hellenistischer Herrscher an griechische Städte und Heiligtümer. Teil I: Zeugnisse und Kommentare. Berlin.
Fraser, P.M. (1952), ‘Dédicaces attalides en Béotie’, REA 54: 233-45.
Roesch, P. (1982), Etudes béotiennes. Paris.
Schalles, H.-J. (1985), Untersuchungen zur Kulturpolitik der Pergamienischen Herrscher im dritten Jahrhundert vor Christus. Tübingen.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The use of the term synthytai points to a private association.