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Last Updated on 01 Mar 2017

Author: Sophia Zoumbaki

CAPInv. GR-77: [sy]nodoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Peloponnese with Adjacent Islands
ii. Region Lakonia
iii. Site Sparta

II. GENERAL REFERENCE

i.a. Full reference (original language) [σύ]νοδοι (IG V.1 723, l. 2)
i.b. Full reference (transliterated) [sy]nodoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iv BC

IV. TERMINOLOGY

i. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: IG V.1 723, l. 2

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG V.1 723 (iv BC)
Online Resources IG V.1 723
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Fragmentary Greek funerary epigram
i.c. Physical format(s) The right part of a block of marble
ii. Source(s) provenance Sparta

IX. EVALUATION

i. Private associations Discarded
Note The fragmentary state of the inscription and the metric text do not allow us to regard the phrase [--- ἐν συ]νόδοις ὀλόμαν, [--- en sy]nodois oloman (l. 2) as concrete evidence for the existence of some synodos, but rather as a poetic expression.