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I. LOCATION

i.	Geographical area	Central Greece
ii.	Region	Thessaly. Perrhaibia.
iii.	Site	City of Gonnoi.

II. NAME

i.	Full name (original language)	οἱ σύσσι]τ̣ο̣ι̣ (Arvanitopoulos 1914: 17, no. 221, ll. 1-2)
ii.	Full name (transliterated)	hoi syssi]toi

III. DATE

i.

Date(s)

250 - 200 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i.

Name in other forms

οἱ σύνσιτοι (IG IX.2 332, l. 3)

ii.

Name elements

Status-related:

In Athens, syssitia usually indicates ephebes' or soldiers' encampments in various locations (Arist., Ath. Pol., 42.3).

V. SOURCES

i.	Source(s)	Arvanitopoulos 1914: 17, no. 221 (250-200 BC)
	Note	See also: Gonnoi II 159 Heinz 1998: 218, no. cat. 84
	Online Resources	Gonnoi II 159
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	This is a votive inscription dedicated to Apollo Agreus. Four male dedicants are mentionned with their names and patronymics, while other names seem to follow in that list. The first two lines are reconstructed and caracterize the dedicants as a group of syssitoi. In Greek.
i.c.	Physical format(s)	Arvanitopoulos 1914: 17, no. 221 is a fragmentary stone stele (Gonnoi II, pl. XXIV; Heinz 1998: 218, no. cat. 84 fig. 122).
ii.	Source(s) provenance	Arvanitopoulos 1914: 17, no. 221 was located at the acropolis of ancient Gonnoi, within the ruins of the sanctuary of Athena Polias (now in the Museum of Volos, Inv. No. 865).

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i.

Archaeological remains

The area of the sanctuary of Athena Polias at the acropolis of Gonnoi preserved a rich votive record that dates from the Archaic to Roman times: almost 180 public decrees, votive stelai to Athena Polias, Apollo and other divinities, terracotta figurines and other clay finds, bone artefacts and metal objects etc. The votives include inscribed stelai, dated to the third and second century BC, dedicated to Athena on behalf of the phrouroi, the guards of the city (Arvanitopoulos 1910; idem 1911; Gonnoi I-II).

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii.

Members

Arvanitopoulos 1914: 17, no. 221 delivers the names of four members.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i.	Number	Arvanitopoulos 1914: 17, no. 221 delivers the names of four members.
ii.	Gender	Men
iv.	Status	Ephebes? Guards? Soldiers?

X. ACTIVITIES

ii.	Meetings and events	The name of the group refers to persons encamped in various locations.
iii.	Worship	The group dedicates a votive stele to Apollo Agreus in the acropolis of Gonnoi.
	Deities worshipped	Apollo Agreus

XII. NOTES