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Last Updated on 13 Mar 2017

Author: Alexandru Avram

CAPInv. 1246: U-THR-044

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Thrace
ii. Region Euxine Coast
iii. Site Dionysopolis

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-THR-044

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - iii AD

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 60: 778 (ii - iii AD)
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication to Herakles by Demosthenes of Nicomedia Atheneastes.
i.c. Physical format(s) Small marble altar completely preserved
ii. Source(s) provenance Dionysopolis, temple of the Pontic Mother of Gods (excavations).

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains The altar itself, insofar it was consacrated in the temple.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members The members of the association were called Ἀθηνεασταί, Atheneastai, as we can infer from the definition Ἀθηνεαστής (Ἀθηνεαστές, in the inscription), Atheneastes (l. 4), used to describe the only known member of the association, Demosthenes, author of the dedication.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Lazarenko, I., et al. (2010), ‘The Temple of the Pontic Mother of Gods in Dionysopolis’, in E.K. Petropoulos and A.A. Maslennikov (eds.), Ancient Sacral Monuments in the Black Sea, Thessaloniki: 13-62.
Lazarenko, I., et al. (2013), The Temple of the Pontic Mother of Gods in Dionysopolis. Varna.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note On the basis of the terminology, the existence of the association is certain but was it at Dionysopolis or at Nicomedia, Demosthenes' country?