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Author: Takashi Fujii

CAPInv. 1507: [ho thias]os tes Mar[ieon]

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Cyprus
ii. Region Cyprus
iii. Site Unknown provenance

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [ὁ θίασ]ος τῆς Μαρ[ιέων] (SEG 54: 1531 (2), l. 2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [ho thias]os tes Mar[ieon]

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Ethnic:τῆς Μαριέων, tes Marieon (sc. κοινονίας, koinonias), signifying 'the community of Marion' (Hermary 2004: 55). Cf. Mitford 1980: 175-6, no. 236. Marion lies on the north-western corner of the island, near modern Polis.
Geographical:τῆς Μαριέων, tes Marieon (sc. κοινονίας, koinonias), signifying 'the community of Marion' (Hermary 2004: 55). Cf. Mitford 1980: 175-6, no. 236. Marion lies on the north-western corner of the island, near modern Polis.
iii. Descriptive terms θίασος, thiasos
Note thiasos: SEG 54: 1531 (2), l. 2

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 54: 1531 (2) (ii (?) BC)
Note Old ed.: Mitford 1961: 141-2, no. 39
Newly published in Karageorghis 2002: no. 353 (SEG 54: 1531, 2).
Online Resources SEG 54:1531 (2) and AGRW 20873
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script A Greek honorific inscription set up by the association on behalf of Stasidemos, son of Eros.
i.c. Physical format(s) A fragmentary plaque
ii. Source(s) provenance Unknown provenance; Mitford found it in the Djabras Pierides collection in Larnaka, ancient Kition (Mitford 1961: 141-2, no. 39).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv. Status If the restoration as suggested in SEG 54: 1531 (2) is correct, the thiasos of the community of Marion may have been one of the thiasoi consisting of Ptolemaic military settlers and their descendants. For these thiasoi, see Mitford 1961: 141-2, no. 39; Hermary 2004: 54-5; SEG 54: 1531.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities Mitford 1961: 141-2, no. 39 demonstrates that the association honoured Stasidemos, son of Eros, who was a citizen of Paphos and served there as [θε]ῶν ἐπιστάτης, [the]on epistates.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction Through the honours granted (see above X.iv), the association interacted with a citizen of Paphos, one of the main cities on the island.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Hermary, A. (2004), ‘Autour de Golgoi: Les cités de la Mesaoria à l’époque hellénistique et sous l’Empire’, CCEC 34: 47-68.
Karageorghis, V. (2002), Ancient art from Cyprus in the Collection of George and Nefeli Giabra Pierides. Athens.
Mitford, T.B. (1961), ‘Further Contributions to the Epigraphy of Cyprus’, AJA 65: 93-151.
Mitford. T.B. (1980), The Nymphaeum of Kafizin: The Inscribed Pottery. Berlin.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology employed (thiasos) and the character of the document point to the fact that this was a private association.