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Author: Sofia Kravaritou

CAPInv. 1219: hoi SYN(----)sidai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Central Greece
ii. Region Thessaly. Perrhaibia (Northern Thessalian Perioikoi).
iii. Site Gonnoi

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ ΣΥΝ̣[----]σίδαι (SEG 53: 530, ll. 1-2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi SYN(----)sidai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iv BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Other:The full name is not yet reconstructed.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 53: 530 (iv BC)
Note See also:
Kontogiannis 2000: 136
Online Resources SEG 53: 530
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script This is a fragmentary votive inscription to Apollo Aisonios.
i.c. Physical format(s) Stone base of white marble cut on the upper right part. Tenons are provided on the upper surface serving at the fixation of a bronze votive object. The front surface bears a three lines inscription (Kontogiannis 2000: 136-7, fig. 20-1).
ii. Source(s) provenance The stone comes from the area of Ancient Gonnoi; it has been reused as building material during the nineteenth century (Kontogiannis 2000: 136).

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains The area of Gonnoi has delivered the ruins of the ancient city: public and private architecture, sculpture, a large record of public and private inscriptions, coins, small finds, etc. (Helly 1973). Six more inscriptions dedicated to Apollo Aisonios have been located in the acropolis and the area of Gonnoi (Kontogiannis 2000).

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The group has dedicated a bronze statue to the God.
Deities worshipped Apollo Aisonios

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Helly, Br. (1973), Gonnoi I-II. Amsterdam.
Kontogiannis, A. (2000), ‘Απόλλωνι Αισωνίωι (αναθηματικές επιγραφές από τους Γόννους)’, in P. Kalogerakou (ed.), Το Έργο των Εφορειών Αρχαιοτήτων και Νεωτέρων Μνημειών του ΥΠ.ΠΟ στη Θεσσαλία και την ευρύτερη περιοχή της (1990-1998). Πρακτικά 1ης Επιστημονικής Συνάντησης, Volos: 125-43.
Mili, M. (2015). Religion and Society in Ancient Thessaly. Oxford: 348.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note It has been argued that the name of the group ending in -idai indicates possible a gentilician group.
ii. Historical authenticity The inability to reconstruct the name of the group leaves the possibility of having here a private association open.